tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70361950113114548182024-03-13T10:52:22.487-06:00The Cordelia FilesThe chronicles of a dress form named Cordelia and other adventures in sewing.Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-79783529366419168212012-12-12T18:01:00.000-07:002012-12-12T18:01:48.369-07:00The Quiltinator<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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designer and garment sewer who has always insisted I did not enjoy sewing
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="usercontent">But then last week I took Lewis’s
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="usercontent">I enjoyed it so much I made a second
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If not, Heather is one of my newest <a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/" target="_blank">Stitchology</a>
helpers/buddies/amazing people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In her free time Heather masquerades as a pharmacist (and by
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We put on our aprons for a photo shoot, but we were feeling
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But seriously, who thought this would be a good pose?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It doesn't look much better on me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And it makes me look funny because it is really hard to stand still on one leg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Or what about this one?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I just don't get it. Please explain.</span></div>
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Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-8493699759087605352012-11-29T17:06:00.000-07:002012-11-29T17:06:21.034-07:00Embroider Me This.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So a while back Heather insisted I get my little tush in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What have I been embroidering you may wonder?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">reindeer cause
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pirates because I plan on celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And recently I’ve discovered these plane black hooded
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They make me feel the need to add some color so I have been
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But seriously, embroidery is oober fun and with all the
great new Sublime Stitching products, like this super cute tool kit,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So you
should probably stop by <a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/" target="_blank">Stitchology</a> soon to get inspired and to join our hand
work club that meets every second Tuesday of the month from 10-12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do it, you’ll love it and you too can have a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that you have rotary cut all the fabric you are ready to get sewing. Start by laying the smaller apothecary strip on the dot square piece with right sides together. Line up the 15” edge, pin and sew. Repeat for the other side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To create the Black Death Brew label I got onto Martha Stewart’s website and found a label I liked. I used Photoshop to adjust the size and customize it a bit. Once I was satisfied, I printed it onto the photo fabric that goes right through the machine. This is cool stuff, and if you don’t have any already, you should probably rush over to <a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/" target="_blank">Stitchology</a> and get some. (Only don’t rush too fast because it has been backordered for a bit and we are all out).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there you have it: A truly terrifying Halloween bag that everyone will be envious of!</span></div>
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Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-32249026846814586462012-10-12T12:29:00.001-06:002012-10-12T12:29:18.169-06:00Halloween Sewing: Trick or Treat Sacks.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t know about you, but it has been a good long time since I have been Trick Or Treating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My time spent as a Trick Or Treater has taught me some good lessons, one of which is that it is all about the sack. You have to have the right sack because if you end up with one that is too small, or flimsy you will end up with a candy emergency. Imagine, if your bag is not big enough you will not collect enough loot to last you till Easter which is a serious tragedy. Or if you have a weakling of a bag that caves under the weight of all the delectable chocolate and brakes and you will loose your supply, especially if you happen to be Treating with an older brother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this year I decided to sew up the ultimate Sack. I wanted it to be roomy, sturdy, but also cute. So I made this little guy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The intimidating skeleton keeps all unwanted visitors our of your candy stash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It is such a great sack and totally easy to make, so I know you can whip up your own in no time too. And, because I am feeling especially generous, you can check back tomorrow for the directions!</span></div>
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Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-3240991437712487152012-09-26T15:24:00.000-06:002012-09-26T15:24:11.396-06:00Ballooning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who are not familiar with October in New Mexico, every year the Balloon Fiesta comes to town and it is a massive celebration of all things hot air and balloon shaped. This year I decided to get into the mood by creating a little balloon themed window display at Stitchology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For starters, I decided to make about a billion felt balloons and a few fluffy clouds as well. I hung them all from the window and it was a good thing, but I couldn’t help but feel that I needed to take the theme a little further, so I used the Hot Air Balloon fabric I had just received and made some little outfits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the Oliver + S Family Reunion Dress pattern and sure am glad I did. This pattern, like all Oliver + S patterns, sewed up well, had great directions and is totally adorable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was having so much fun with my balloon fabric that I decided to make a dress for the larger form as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bet you thought I forgot I had a blog didn’t you? I didn’t, I’ve just been super busy doing other things like teaching kids summer camps, traveling, sewing up a storm and buying lots of new fabrics for Stitchology! Seriously, if you haven’t been in for a bit you need to stop by because we are bursting at the seams with new goodies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ll dish about all that later, but first I have to share the new Colette patterns that are being released today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Colette patterns. They have fresh, young, vintagey styles that sew up well. They also have the BEST directions I have ever seen in a pattern. Each one is a little booklet and they are packaged up all cutely too. I mean, she includes detailed instructions on how to sew welt pockets in the new Anise pattern. You can’t even find stuff like this in some sewing books anymore.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because I was able to get my hands on the patterns a bit early, I decided to sew up a sample to help celebrate the release.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The weather’s still fairly warm here in NM so I opted for a home-dec cotton in fall-ish colors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is fully lined with a chartreuse cotton/silk fabric that is just heavenly against my skin and has a beautiful sheen to it. The best part about this fabric is that the cotton makes it REALLY easy to work with so it is my go to fabric for linings (we have several colors at Stitchology!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This pattern is really awesome if you are interested in getting into tailoring as it gives directions on how to do some proper (but easy) tailoring techniques—for example it gives great directions for installing a welt pocket, has you put in an underlining (my inner sewing geek was doing handstands over this) and has you cut the under collar on the bias!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right, we do have that polka dot fabric at Stitchology. Thanks for noticing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall I give these patterns an A++ and think you should hustle over to Stitchology to pick up your own coppy before they sell out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So come find him and participate in a fun city wide scavenger hunt hosted by <a href="http://www.bkwrks.com/book/find-waldo-local-bookworks-and-candlewick-press-july" target="_blank">Bookwoorks</a> on Rio Grande. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year Waldo turns 25 and to celebrate Stitchology has joined up with 19 other local stores to participate in a city wide scavenger hunt. All you have to do is stop by and find our Waldo doll that is hiding somewhere in the store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here he is looking all dapper as we search for the perfect hiding spot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once Waldo is found, I will give you a card and a list of the other participating stores. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On July 31st there will be a Waldo shindig at <a href="http://www.bkwrks.com/book/find-waldo-local-bookworks-and-candlewick-press-july" target="_blank">Bookworks</a> and prizes will be awarded. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember, the more times you find Waldo, the greater your chances to win a prize, so stop into Stitchology today and say “Hi!” to Waldo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took all of 0.15865 seconds before my brain was full of ideas for these beauties. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They will make wonderful dresses, skirts, bags, aprons and more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took me another 2.3658 seconds before I was ready to dive in and start cutting up the fabrics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I had to wait because I had customers in the store, and it’s not polite to ignore them just because I have beautiful fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As soon as things calmed down a bit I got busy sewing, and after a stitch stitch here, and a snip, snip there I had created this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the bag, I used Anna Maria’s Multi-Tasker Tote pattern, and I sure am glad I did because this bag is great! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s big and roomy and has front pockets ideal for stashing my phone and keys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Apron pattern came from the book <u>The Perfect Apron</u> and I love how the girly flounces contrasts with the spider webs and skulls in the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would also like to have oodles of fun with this fabric, you better stop by Stitchology soon because this stuff is going fast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">~Melisa & Cordelia</span></div>
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</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-45236407618041216312012-05-01T16:21:00.001-06:002012-05-01T16:27:06.548-06:00Stitchology: Then and Now.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today Stitchology turns 6 months old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you believe it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well you probably can, but I can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was looking through my old pictures of the store, and it’s amazing how much growth we’ve had in a relatively short time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had no sign yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now(ish):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had tables, but ugly dirty paint.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">(although all the young men aren't too hard on the eyes)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a bit:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New paint did wonders to clean things up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have lots of stuff on the walls to inspire new projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pattern wall was a little bare</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pattern wall is so full I have to find creative new ways to display them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Like hanging them on this new fabric display.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The couch was just for sitting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The couch is a place for lots of fabric critters to hang out at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a ribbon display full of cool ribbons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just have more cool ribbons! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had books and thread and stuff...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have more books and thread and stuff. And zippers too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what the display table looked like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is full of fabric cause I ran out of bookshelf space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a few new displays that didn't even exist then like all this beautiful felt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We still have it packed full of the bubbly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">~Melisa & Cordelia</span></div>
</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-16688535859768787512012-04-25T14:48:00.003-06:002012-04-25T14:48:40.321-06:00New Goodies Galore!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">been a very exciting week at Stitchology as Mr. FedEx Man and Mr. UPS Guy have been by every day to drop off boxes bursting with beautiful new summer fabrics and patterns!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, they delivered the new Spring and Summer Colette patterns, which I was anxious to get my hands on as I absolutely adore each and every Colette pattern ever made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then they delivered bolts and bolts of charming fabrics perfect for hot summer days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the new goodies have left me daydreaming about my summer wardrobe. More specifically I have been daydreaming about what I want to make to vamp up my summer wardrobe, and after this week I have lots of promising possibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a cotton Jacquard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">w</span>ith a scrumptious sheen and texture, and will make up beautifully into the new Iris short pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I’m absolutely enamored with this cotton with just enough lycra to achieve a great fit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It would also be stunning as a pencil skirt, a-line skirt or summer jacket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could show you more, but I don't want to spoil all the surprises waiting for you at Stitchology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So come on by, say hello, and pick up a few goodies and launch your summer sewing!</span></div>
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</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-56992424705937137192012-04-19T12:22:00.000-06:002012-04-19T12:22:43.427-06:00Leonardo the Lion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8Eo0K5Hilc/T5BVCaGICGI/AAAAAAAAEdA/FCmb80js6I4/s1600/IMG_2656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" qda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8Eo0K5Hilc/T5BVCaGICGI/AAAAAAAAEdA/FCmb80js6I4/s640/IMG_2656.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meet Leonardo the Lion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He might actually be the cutest thing I have ever made in the history of my sewing life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seriously. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at that fringy felt mane. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It makes him look tough. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And all the lady lions can't resist how it flops in the wind as he runs at full speed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They like his little fringy tail tuff too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Don't ask me why, I'm not a lady lion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have a young en who wants to make her own stuffed lion send her to Stitchology and sign her up for the class on Thursday April 26th from 4-6 PM. Kids aged 6-10 are welcome and no sewing experience is necessary!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-51733873537319704752012-03-06T14:58:00.000-07:002012-03-06T14:58:46.848-07:00Wise Old Owl Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">week at Stitchology we had a kids class on how to make stuffed owls.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had some amazing students show up and they each made a beautiful owl!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out their handy work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paris's owl is awesome cause it has birds on it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Put a bird on it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are interested in making your very own stuffed owl, I have one more class coming up on March 15th from 2-4.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">Happy Sewing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">~Melisa & Cordelia</div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-50575048590105975982012-01-24T16:36:00.000-07:002012-01-24T16:36:25.836-07:00Operation LED Clothing Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smfpVQ68Z5M/Tx89azIWSJI/AAAAAAAAEKs/Gl3zvkfUeEs/s1600/IMG_2520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smfpVQ68Z5M/Tx89azIWSJI/AAAAAAAAEKs/Gl3zvkfUeEs/s640/IMG_2520.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So a while back I was hired by <a href="http://www.noribachi.com/">Noribach</a>i, an engineering firm that specializes in designing and producing LED lighting and solar panels, to use some of their old LED light-bulbs to design and fabricate a fashion line.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does that mean?</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It means I will be using products like this to create beautiful, wearable clothing and then hosting a charity fashion show to auction off my pieces.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What’s going to make the project even more exciting is that I have decided to figure out how to make these lights work so I will have functioning LED bulbs in my designs.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At least that’s what I think I’m going to do. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assuming I can find someone to explain electricity to me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone interested? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone?</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know they make a conductive thread? Well now I do. I recommend buying stock in these conductive thread companies cause after my amazing line, everyone is going to be buying the stuff….or maybe not.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check back soon for some exciting updates. I think you will be impressed by some of the unexpected things I have decided to do with the bulbs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy Designing</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Melisa & Cordelia</span></div><br />
</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-51788688214247666022012-01-13T17:58:00.000-07:002012-01-13T17:58:25.859-07:00Classroom Happenings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t95hSyJjnTM/TxDQwEq8n3I/AAAAAAAAEJM/TIVlj_OFAn8/s1600/IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" kba="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t95hSyJjnTM/TxDQwEq8n3I/AAAAAAAAEJM/TIVlj_OFAn8/s640/IMG_2482.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stitchology</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> classroom has been hopping these last few days!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday an amazing group of younglings gathered to make Elsa the Elephant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few parents came to hang out too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a few hours, all the girls had completed an elephant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And My what beautiful elephants they were!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Julia informed me that her elephant was a fancy elephant who needed a fancy name.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This elephant is covered in dogs and it absolutely adorable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do say, Stitchology has the cutest students ever.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have cute students who do amazing work!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tvo2e0gRDyc/TxDRNbpF1sI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/nllQtxzlf48/s1600/IMG_2493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tvo2e0gRDyc/TxDRNbpF1sI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/nllQtxzlf48/s640/IMG_2493.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well Done Girls!</span> </div> <br />
<div style="text-align: right;">Happy Sewing </div><div style="text-align: right;">~Melisa & Cordelia</div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-52897402044050318742012-01-04T14:04:00.000-07:002012-01-04T14:04:35.717-07:00Pink Lady Coat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlkLJEZ3BWg/TwS4twyn9EI/AAAAAAAAD2c/GeQqLr86kic/s1600/IMG_2465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlkLJEZ3BWg/TwS4twyn9EI/AAAAAAAAD2c/GeQqLr86kic/s640/IMG_2465.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A while back I got this amazing pink wool in the store. I absolutely fell in love with it because lately I have been having a love affair with pink. Plus I adore brightly colored coats and knew it would make a fabulous little number.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I treated myself to a new coat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The design is based on a picture of a retro coat I have with a few tweaks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1da9uBoCMO8/TwS8qwp6BCI/AAAAAAAAD4A/Sv4EKd0OV7I/s1600/IMG_2466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1da9uBoCMO8/TwS8qwp6BCI/AAAAAAAAD4A/Sv4EKd0OV7I/s640/IMG_2466.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted an a-symmetrical style with a shawl collar to add some elegant interest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two over-sized horn buttons complete the retro look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While digging through my stash for a lining, I found this small floral print silk from Japan. It was perfect so I used it right up!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This stuff is yummy and soft and amazing and beautiful and delightful to wrap yourself in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But perhaps the best part of this coat is how cute it looks with the matching Sugar Plum Child’s coat! To bad I don’t have a little one to wear my matching coats with.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-18983947079621340342011-12-16T13:48:00.000-07:002011-12-16T13:48:10.940-07:00Featured Fabric Friday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s time for another Featured Fabric Friday!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I’d like to share with you this darling vintage piece.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLTg0IvAfbo/Tuuo1zKmviI/AAAAAAAAD1g/MrQaQ0EYi4E/s1600/IMG_2434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLTg0IvAfbo/Tuuo1zKmviI/AAAAAAAAD1g/MrQaQ0EYi4E/s640/IMG_2434.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This festive fabric came from a mill located in Hoboken NJ. I don’t know exactly how old the fabric is, but the mill closed in the 1940’s so we know it’s been around at least 70 years!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Oh my! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If only I look that good in 50 years!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What can you do with it you may be wondering?</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ivLERoDYF_U/Tuuo5foxRXI/AAAAAAAAD1o/hWSJOPdQdJw/s1600/IMG_2435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ivLERoDYF_U/Tuuo5foxRXI/AAAAAAAAD1o/hWSJOPdQdJw/s640/IMG_2435.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why not pair it with another dear fabric and create a cheerful apron?</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lZdW5uFvktQ/Tuuo9E3Mz7I/AAAAAAAAD1w/yNmz10b7_nk/s1600/IMG_2436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lZdW5uFvktQ/Tuuo9E3Mz7I/AAAAAAAAD1w/yNmz10b7_nk/s640/IMG_2436.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's vintage fabric, so I had to throw in some vintage silk ribbon and buttons. It was the right thing to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t forget to add a sweet little ruffle hem cause it finishes things right up!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: right;">Happy Sewing</div><div style="text-align: right;">~Melisa & Cordelia</div><br />
</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-36957247027372076872011-12-09T15:10:00.000-07:002011-12-09T15:10:15.848-07:00Featured Fabric Friday!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to a new segment I like to call Featured Fabric Friday.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this segment, I will show you one of my favorite fabrics from <a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/">Stitchology</a>, and then share an idea or two of what YOU can do with the fabric. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sound like fun?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know it does!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So let’s get started!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this Featured Fabric Friday I want to show you this amazing scrumptious rose wool boucle!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fim6ERccSCI/TuKE6jzkDDI/AAAAAAAAD0w/UPvnYl8_Z1o/s1600/IMG_2414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="425" mda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fim6ERccSCI/TuKE6jzkDDI/AAAAAAAAD0w/UPvnYl8_Z1o/s640/IMG_2414.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Delicious I say, and what a unique color for wool!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But what can you do with rose wool you ask?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, why not consider making a Baby Cakes cote for your favorite little girl?</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KTcMeg_tYsM/TuKE9MlI4lI/AAAAAAAAD04/Lt1zEPDTOVg/s1600/IMG_2419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KTcMeg_tYsM/TuKE9MlI4lI/AAAAAAAAD04/Lt1zEPDTOVg/s640/IMG_2419.JPG" width="464" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Favorite Part of the coat is the curved yoke on the front and back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zTRhWNKQ6_E/TuKE-D7j9oI/AAAAAAAAD1A/XdvA_fp_HLo/s1600/IMG_2420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="484" mda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zTRhWNKQ6_E/TuKE-D7j9oI/AAAAAAAAD1A/XdvA_fp_HLo/s640/IMG_2420.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or maybe it's the pleat in the back.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2kFPJ463Lg/TuKFBF1xrHI/AAAAAAAAD1I/pS_4irRk8d4/s1600/IMG_2421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2kFPJ463Lg/TuKFBF1xrHI/AAAAAAAAD1I/pS_4irRk8d4/s640/IMG_2421.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then again, it might be the lining.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-adGUb0Nc2xU/TuKFE7GsOWI/AAAAAAAAD1U/8dnFCHHaBRc/s1600/IMG_2417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" mda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-adGUb0Nc2xU/TuKFE7GsOWI/AAAAAAAAD1U/8dnFCHHaBRc/s640/IMG_2417.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are too many things to love about this coat!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;">Happy Sewing</div><div style="text-align: right;">~Melisa & Cordelia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-77334658886373084332011-12-06T18:09:00.000-07:002011-12-06T18:09:57.307-07:00Put a Bird On It Christmas Style<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KTO5EowKaw4/Tt6xpVHMe1I/AAAAAAAADzA/TyJDRPfKTaE/s1600/IMG_2383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KTO5EowKaw4/Tt6xpVHMe1I/AAAAAAAADzA/TyJDRPfKTaE/s640/IMG_2383.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All my life I have dreamed of a bright pink Christmas tree. Only I could never justify spending the cash on something so tacky.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now I have a fabric store that is just the perfect home for a bright pink tree, so I fulfilled my dreams and got the pink tree.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After setting it up and covering it with folded paper fashions, I decided it was a little naked, thus I made it a skirt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I don’t really go for the traditional Christmas designs, and when you have a pink tree you need to do something a little unexpected, so I covered my tree skirt in felt flowers and, you guessed it, birds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Cause birds make things purty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you don’t believe me, watch this video.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I Do say, the bird skirt dresses the tree up nicely!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now this is something I can proudly display in my store window!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="right">Happy Decorating</div><div align="right">~Melisa & Cordelia</div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-29847933081172669662011-12-01T14:15:00.000-07:002011-12-01T14:15:24.108-07:00Sugar Plum Apron<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W4ykY5XCtOk/TtfqQ1iCfaI/AAAAAAAADyM/t-d5gBkq-1A/s1600/IMG_2400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W4ykY5XCtOk/TtfqQ1iCfaI/AAAAAAAADyM/t-d5gBkq-1A/s640/IMG_2400.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“You can never have too many aprons” is what I say.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cause they are cute, easy to make, fun to wear and charming.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I made myself a new apron for Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I call it The Sugar Plum Apron because it is sickly sweet with its peppermint candy looking motif and contrast ruffles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this design because it has a high shaped waist that is flattering on my figure.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted big pockets to hold lots of stuff so I added a little bit of elastic to the top edge to help hold things in and to give the pocket a ruffled appearance. I also added a contrast ruffle and binding because it was the right thing to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A contrast ruffle hem completes the look!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was too lazy to sew ties, so I used some 1 ½” wide grosgrain ribbon instead, and I do say, it does the job nicely.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now Cordelia and I are all prepared to cook Christmas dinner---if only we cooked---which we don’t. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Correction:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now Cordelia and I are all prepared to awkwardly, but stylishly, linger around the kitchen while someone else cooks Christmas dinner!</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Cooking!</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~Melisa & Cordelia</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-20640866309945689212011-11-29T17:13:00.000-07:002011-11-29T17:13:46.848-07:00Little Black Dress Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQCncKjBpiM/TtVwT0hv_PI/AAAAAAAADus/Gn_ebCAbw9Y/s1600/IMG_2396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQCncKjBpiM/TtVwT0hv_PI/AAAAAAAADus/Gn_ebCAbw9Y/s640/IMG_2396.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Confession:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been a little behind on making my class samples.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it’s hard to believe, but I, Melisa Hart, did not finish my sample for The Little Black Dress class until this weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Woops.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The important thing is that it was finished a good 3 days before the class!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to use the Colette Peony pattern for the class because it is a simple dress that is versatile and easily adapted to challenge more advanced students but simple enough for near beginners.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Personally, I have a handful of Little Black Dresses already, so I decided to use gray linen for my dress.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQCncKjBpiM/TtVwT0hv_PI/AAAAAAAADus/Gn_ebCAbw9Y/s1600/IMG_2396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQCncKjBpiM/TtVwT0hv_PI/AAAAAAAADus/Gn_ebCAbw9Y/s640/IMG_2396.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dress has a sweet little boat neckline which is flattering to many figures.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uS-GVMIYVvI/TtVwXFoCR3I/AAAAAAAADu0/CQ8bppCqwsg/s1600/IMG_2397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uS-GVMIYVvI/TtVwXFoCR3I/AAAAAAAADu0/CQ8bppCqwsg/s640/IMG_2397.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It also has these cute little sleeves with just a little bit of gathering. The pattern also comes with an option for a longer sleeve which I love!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C78kqM51Rhw/TtVwaifoolI/AAAAAAAADu8/mhUx4utKiW0/s1600/IMG_2398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C78kqM51Rhw/TtVwaifoolI/AAAAAAAADu8/mhUx4utKiW0/s640/IMG_2398.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the best part about the dress is that it includes inseam pockets that are great for stashing your keys or lipstick when you wear it to the office Holiday Party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, I’m officially a fan of this dress!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I can’t wait to make it up in one of my Moda Cross-weve fabrics. Perhaps a red one? Mmmm. That will be a delicious little number!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to make your very own Peony Dress stop by <a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/">Stitchology</a> to sign up for the class or to pick up your very own pattern.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Class times are Thursdays December 1st, 8th and 15th from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday’s December 2nd and 9th from 10AM to 3:30 PM.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We Can’t wait to see you there!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy Sewing!</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">~Melisa & Cordelia</span></div><br />
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</div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-84338553750908656392011-11-26T13:29:00.000-07:002011-11-26T13:29:05.410-07:00Christmas Flower Skirt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eTIVvJ_mNTo/TtFIP85BfbI/AAAAAAAADto/kSXhjFAuWKo/s1600/IMG_2366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eTIVvJ_mNTo/TtFIP85BfbI/AAAAAAAADto/kSXhjFAuWKo/s640/IMG_2366.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just got this great new skirt pattern in the store so I had to give it a try.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First I went shopping. It was tough to pick my fabrics, but I finally decided to go with a Christmas-ish theme.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, with just a little snip snip here and a stitch stitch there, I had 11 bias bound petals.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Throw in a few more snips and stitched and you end up with an adorable little girls skirt! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNpJywydt0E/TtFIbm64AnI/AAAAAAAADt4/4hooE7P0NKA/s1600/IMG_2386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNpJywydt0E/TtFIbm64AnI/AAAAAAAADt4/4hooE7P0NKA/s640/IMG_2386.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adorable I say! Just look at those petals.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How can you NOT love this skirt?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can’t.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the skirt so much I wanted to put it on display but people get weird when you leave half-clad dress forms laying around the shop so I needed a top to go with it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a quick trip to target and a little finagling with ribbon I had this cute Christmas tree blouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Voila!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A cute and easy little holiday outfit! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How precious is that? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooo precious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go make one! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s fun. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, if you need some help, I will be offering the petal skirt class in the New Year!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Mark your calendars, you’re not gona wana miss this one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy Sewing</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">~Melisa & Cordelia</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p6C7RXihYJw/TtFIhd-BYGI/AAAAAAAADuM/iN5WNS7K1fY/s1600/IMG_2389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p6C7RXihYJw/TtFIhd-BYGI/AAAAAAAADuM/iN5WNS7K1fY/s640/IMG_2389.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Melisa Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247467046144072818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036195011311454818.post-8342683478089634102011-11-19T10:47:00.000-07:002011-11-19T10:47:58.228-07:00How Crafty Girls get Organized<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7lzqo3wawys/Tsfns5R0NmI/AAAAAAAADso/NWpUnCovxGc/s1600/IMG_2106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7lzqo3wawys/Tsfns5R0NmI/AAAAAAAADso/NWpUnCovxGc/s640/IMG_2106.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I’ve been in great need of a bit of organization in my life. I’ve been offering so many classes at the new store that it proved tricky to keep track of what classes I was teaching when. So I made myself a calendar.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> A ginormous chalkboard calendar to hang over my check out counter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make the calendar I started with a piece of chalkboard cloth (you can find some at <a href="http://www.stitchologyabq.com/">Stitchology</a> if you are inclined to make a calendar of your own).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent some time with my super long ruler carefully marking straight lines. Then I came in with a little fabric glue and rick rack to make the spaces for the days.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S1tWzXkOJk0/Tsfnv9mv2wI/AAAAAAAADsw/8s2mCJmAI4w/s1600/IMG_2107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="425" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S1tWzXkOJk0/Tsfnv9mv2wI/AAAAAAAADsw/8s2mCJmAI4w/s640/IMG_2107.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the glue was all dried up I printed out the days of the week on paper and glued to the calendar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4gf28IWqQvE/Tsfn2VPAfGI/AAAAAAAADtE/9CF0ER08qC8/s1600/IMG_2374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4gf28IWqQvE/Tsfn2VPAfGI/AAAAAAAADtE/9CF0ER08qC8/s640/IMG_2374.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To finish up I printed out numbers and month titles and attached them to Velcro so I can move them around and switch them up each month.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Voila, I have a super cool, super versatile, super big calendar to help keep me organized! And the best part, each month all I have to do is wipe it clean with a damp cloth and start all over! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Plus it's fun to decorate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I herby crown myself Queen of the Crafts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean that literally.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I plan on wearing this fabric crown I made daily.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may call me Her Majesty if you wish, although it is not required.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Although it may help score you a discount on your Chalkboard Cloth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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