Sewing Again

Re: Sewing Again (Trishty)

..I made her a ruana from cashmere tartan. This year, I'd quite like to make something for my mother, as since her stroke back in September, she can't concentrate on crochet, etc, or read comfortably.

Maybe videos are a safer bet!

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Yes. That's it exactly. When I get it done, I will post and give all the details. :) I had something similar when my kids were tiny. But the one I had was made out of a foam type fabric. Like what a mouse pad is made from.

I'll work out the kinks then tell you how I made it. ;)

Sharon

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mamahays

It does go very quickly. When they did my left eye it took 20 minutes from the time they wheeled me into surgery til I was walking out the door. Absolutely amazing Mike in Wisconsin

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Mike Behrent

Larisa,

It's Simplicity #5871. There are 6 patterns in the package. Great deal if you catch Joann's with their 99cents sale.

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Size A(1/2,1,2,3,4 would be perfect for your DS). The outfit is the red one, withyellow stripes, utterly adorable! I wasn't keen on using vinyl, so I substituted fleece for my boys (4 & 1). I figure the outfits will keep the boys playing and warm over the winter. The older boy's outfit took me 3 hours; I'd never sewn a "garment" other than home dec projects. The baby's outfit went ALOT faster, once I got the hang of it.

Rose

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Sharon & Jack

Good luck Mike.

My DH has had it, on and off, for years, and had a whole battery of tests, including CAT scans. The conclusion was that it's due to a stiff neck. Switching to a Swedish neck pillow helped enormously.

:) Trish

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Trishty

Trishty, the cloak/kimono(remember-was it a Miyake?) that you gave me the idea for my elderly aunt who suffered a stroke last spring was the "Best Thing" ever given her, says both daughters. My aunt was an excellent sewist who gave me and another niece her sewing treasures when the macular degeneration took most of her eyesight. Neither of her daughters or her GD sew. Maybe something like that would be good for your Mom. Emily

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Simplicity is 5/$5.00 today at Jo-Ann's. You may be able to find this one if all were not sold before Halloween. Emily

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Thanks bunches...had seen this but apparently forgot about it.

Larisa

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CNYstitcher

RATS! I have a lot of my projects done, but still have to go stash-diving for a piece of fabric that I bought to make a friend a Egyptian-style Gdolabiya (sp? the long men's caftan thingie). I also have to figure out something now for my probable "future" stepmother-maybe a nice fleece or crocheted bed-sitting jacket.

My dad collects beer steins, so that is easy. My mother is one of those people who says she never wants anything, so I think that I will make her a calendar with pictures of DD and all the family dates already printed. My brothers are the gift certificate types, so that will also be easy.

My best friend will be getting a CD copy and a replacement Christmas LP that got broken years ago. She could never find another one, but I found one on eBay. Her hubby will be getting a nice warm vest to wear on the job (he's a surveyor). My goddaughter's gift is still in flux.

I am still embroidering away at my DD's jean jacket. Luckily, she still thinks that it is for someone else, so I get to work on it in front of her. She will also be getting a dressy pantsuit out of some burned-out velvet she kept running to and petting at Joann's.

I still need to make her moose mascot vest for school and finish up the cold weather uniforms and her winter coat. I finally found the pattern I want to use for mine, but I need to tweak it to match the fabric I've got in mind (black ripstop lined with Dalmatian spotted).

Not to mention all the little cute bags I need to finish to put presents in for my co-workers. They seem to impress the ladies as much as the gifts. Plus I am flying home for the holidays, so I have to get all the Christmas together to send on ahead. Last year, I tried carrying them with me and the airlines managed to trash even the bubble-wrapped and padded packages, so I will be utilizing the PO this time around.

No matter how much you do ahead, it always seems like a rush job at the end. But I think it is the excitement that makes it fun.

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Poohma

Thank you Emily.

I'm so pleased your aunt liked it.

In fact it was a copy of a RTW item I've got. I have made one for my mother in summer cotton, but your comment, and Cea's, have made me think about doing one in the cashmere. It's tartan, and my mother's Scottish, so that's kind of appropriate.

And if my mother doesn't want it, Cea, I guess you're next up...!

:) Trish

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Trishty

I am so happy to have so many best friends ;)

You're right - your time's best spent on people who appreciate it. But ain't it hard to get some people something they want? My family has some real doozies - always on a diet, don't drink alcohol, never eat out, don't read, don't have hobbies. Maybe I should buy 'em a shotgun and they could put an end to their misery ;)

Actually, I'm very glad to have been reminded of Lush on here recently, because their toiletries are so different and unusual - great for Christmas presents and they do mail order.

:) Trish

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Trishty

How did you get relatives like that? Were you a foundling? Left by gypsies? They sound so......uninteresting!!! They do remind me of that saying that if you eat right, exercise daily, don't drink, don't smoke, don't party, floss every time you eat, you won't actually live longer, but it will feel like you do.

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A foundling? LOL. A changeling, more like.

I come from that Yorkshire neck of the woods where life were 'ard, we all went barefoot when our clogs wore out, and we ate gravel for dinner ;)

What DO you get your rellies when you come from a family where the favourite saying is: "You laugh now, but later you'll weep,"?

Hankies, maybe? Now, there's a sewing project for me.

;) Trish

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Trishty

Signs to hang around their necks warning passersby to "Stay Back 200 Ft."??? LOL

For the ones that I absolutely can't find anything for, I just give them money now. I have a couple nieces that it just doesn't matter what I do, it will be wrong. I'm not stressing any more. I ENJOY the holiday season. So I make it easy on all of us.

I love doing stuff for the quirky ones though. And, honey, my family's got plenty of those. mmm mmm mmm ;)

It gives the holidays an extra taste of mystery. They never know ***what*** I will find for them. Like the stuffed toy hamster I gave my BIL last year. It's dressed in a ghi, and it sings "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" while it twirls numchucks. Yes, I gave this to my brother-in-law who is the aikido master. He's also the one that got the shirt made for him a few years ago with the pigs riding motorcycles printed all over it. He likes to wear his Hogs on Hawgs shirt when he rides his motorcycle. ;) This year I don't get to be too quirky for him, he gets his haori this year. It sure is fun though to give stuff like that to people who have a sense of humor as odd as mine.

Sharon

--who thinks Trish was a foundling too!!!! ;)

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mamahays

I have a couple of nieces (DH's side) who don't want anything unless it has a "brand name". Last time I gave them a Christmas present was probably 10 years ago. I made them each a lovely robe, red for the brunet who has the perfect coloring for red, and turquoise for her sister who is ash blond. They b**ched about the color, about the fact that I had MADE them, not bought them, and they weren't name brand. I didn't say a word about their rudeness, but they never got another present from me.

Shar>

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Sharon & Jack

Can I jump in here too. ha ha A relative once "critiqued" my work, rather undiplomatically for what seemed like an eternity, and they didn't even sew. They seemed to think my work just flies out of my sewing machine, without me having to do anything.... then they went on to tell me how they wanted it done (?!). I just stood there, figured I was getting constructive feedback somewhere in that assault but feeling pretty dreadful and hurt at the time. (I decided to ignore their request afterwards haha)

I'm making everyone the same gift this year and if I hear a critical comment from this person, that's will be the end of them ever getting anything handsewn, the care and attention in that item is never going to be appreciated. I don't literally "ask" for appreciation, but I certainly don't expect to be told "it isn't good enough". :)

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RLK

As far as I'm concerned, if someone thinks enough of me to put in the time, care, and thought, I don't care WHAT it looks like, I'm gonna love it. I guess that's why I have an earring holder made from 2x4's in a place of honor on my dresser.

My husband likes to say. "Those that can, do. Those that can't, critique." Sharon

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