Sewing and Stitchery Expo 2013!

I spent the ENTIRE day at the expo today...and I am pooped.  I was able to acquire some luscious fabric for my jacket.  It is a reversible woven that is a light coat weight. The colors are mainly black and white...sounds boring but it is gorgeous!  Since it is unlined, I am going to finish the seams with bias binding made from a luxurious 100% silk print that I also picked up at the vogue fabrics booth.  The prices were absolutely amazing for both; $10 for 2 1/2 yds of the main fabric and $9.99 for the silk...WOW!!


I had to stop by the Clover USA booth because a friend of mine told me to find his Mom... the amazing Fran Ortmeyer and introduce myself.  It is such a small world.  She was delightful, just as her son described...jolly with a huge heart.  She showed me some of their really cool thingies.  I also got some wonder clips...you have to get some...they are "wonder"-full.  They work like pins without adding the poke-factor and holes to boot if you are using something like leather or vinyl.

My fall back... another beautiful knit top!

I have been trying to figure out what to sew next.  First I thought I wanted to make a jacket, and I still do!  In fact my pattern just arrived today.  Isn't it pretty?  I am actually taking a class with Angela Wolf on PatternReview.com; Sew an Unlined Designer Jacket.  So far it is pretty good. Angela has a great way of teaching a technique in a very simplified way. 

Aren't they cute? From Shoeology.com via Craftsy

It's a Pinning Party!

I just was invited to join a pinterest power party...what fun!  Its where you link up and find things that our wonderful community of fellow bloggers have shared and pin-it!  I went and found a couple of really cool things, some cookie recipes of course, how to wear colored skinny jeans and organization ideas.

The blog that I linked up with is Sew Much Crafting since she was the gracious person who invited me :).  Thanks Danielle, I am honored.  I followed her simple instruction and joined by pinning and linking up my Inspired T-Shirt!

If you want to join in and hopefully find some new readers copy the image URL by right-clicking the image above and post it to your blog (Danielle, a co-host, gives permission on her blog).  Go to Danielle's blog to see what to do to join the party...its easy!  I look forward to reading the multitude of creatives' blogs that I find in the pinning party!

I will see you all every Thursday!
~Ciao

Easy Green

With my blog reading today I came across this easy way to earn a couple bucks. Click here if you want to start getting money back for you usual online purchases! Seriously...it works.  Before signing up, I looked at the online stores listed and noticed that fabric.com was one of them, so how could I go wrong!  Right!  So I signed up for Ebates.  It literally took 10 seconds to sign up using my email address.  They were offering a $10 gift card to a few different popular stores for making a purchase of ..get this.. $25 by the end of May.  Once signed up, I realized that I had a $50 gift card to REI from my brother at Christmas and found they were on the list for ebates as well.  I needed (yes really) some more fabric and thus made a purchase at fabric.com as well.  Now I have approximately $13 coming to me...this is tax AND shipping, how cool is that!

So click the link right here Ebates  to sign up and hurry.