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Pam Loves Her Blouse!

mammal — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:04:33 +0000

Pam called me today and raved about the color, fit, and style of her new blouse. Just when I was tired of blouses, I get a rave review!
Sweet!

Blouse sized 3X

Handbags Are Fun to Make

mammal — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:26:51 +0000

I finished with the blouses, it really did not satisfy like the handbags do. So I have two more bags cut out and ready to go. It’s not Samsonite luggage by any means, just soft-side bags.
I will have two out of the grey material. One will be lined with a thin satin-like polyester and the other will be lined with a printed light cotton. Both will have outside pockets, a zippered inside pocket and a top zipper.
I’m pretty excited.

Bright material handbag

User Error

mammal — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:28:26 +0000

I found out (by accident) that the reason my new Brother CS 6000i took so much upper thread on the uptake is because the tension was tight.
Not TOO tight, really, as I was top-stitching quilts and then making handbags out of heavy material. When I got to lightweight fabric for the series of blouses, I found that the wasted upper thread problem on the uptake isn’t a problem on light thread/light tension. Also the machine is much quieter.
So now I have been making blouses out of thin material like mad. I think sewing might be the best weight loss pill yet, I don’t have time to eat. Of course I’ll find time to eat again, sewing isn’t THAT good of a pill.

blouse

This particular blouse is size 3X. There are problems fitting extra large women and I think there’s a big market for good-looking and well-fitting clothes. I sure don’t see much to love in Walmart and Target, and let’s admit it, all of us look for bargains there.