Hand Sewing...

I did a lot of hand sewing last night. Hemmed stuff, put rick rack trim on a kimono (trust me, it looks okay).  And I did more fabric flowers. I counted stuff, I need about 200. I'm close to 100. There are about 8 spools left.

My BFF asked last night why I was making all these flowers. So I went to find a picture on here of them and couldn't. So forgive me if this was posted twice. But here are better versions of the flowered necklace. They really look significantly better (I think) when you add in the pearls and the lace. 

Feeling Crafty

So the point of this blog is not simply to be a sewing blog, but to be an everything crafty blog. On that note, I'd still consider this a bit of sewing, but it's also a bit crafty.

Around New Years I bought/downloaded a set of patterns on etsy to make fabric flowers. I've since decided that the one that actually takes the most work is my favorite (maybe because I can replicate it the best). I made the bib necklace, but I'm still not sure if I like what I made. I tried to use stuff I already had in my stash. Luckily, pleather is one of those things...and boy do I have it. I've actually cut out enough to make 12 and still have enough brown pleather to make a pair of pants! Which is good because that's one of the things I bought it for.

So without further ado...fabric flowers galor!

This is the type I really like. I've put it on a hair comb. I think it looks best like that.