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pins pages home finished projects tutorials tips and tricks monday august 11 2014 new blog goes live in july i talked about how i feel like this blog isn t a good fit anymore well it took a while of futzing but i finally got new my blog started up while i ll be sad to leave sewing on pins behind i feel a lot more free in my new space there s a few posts over there already and i have so many post ideas i m torn between crafting and blogging right now things i make plus rocks i had a hell of a time coming up with a name for my new space every single name i wanted was in use usually by someone who made one single post 4 years ago and never again i was stumped for a while until a friend asked me what i wanted my blog to be about my answer things i make plus rocks oh hey that d make a good blog name does what it says on the tin after all anyways please have a gander over at my new blog if you re interested in the things i make and the occassional post on rocks i think it s going to be a fun new place posted by heather at 1 33 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 15 2014 lazy day lazy day handsewing little details on wedding favour bags with a cuppa tea some chocolate and project runway season 6 marathon later on will be knitting in the sunny backyard oh the life of rotational camp work posted by heather at 2 58 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday july 11 2014 thoughts on blogging poor fits and a new start i love blogging i love getting inspired by other people s projects reading about their progress and setbacks and solutions to overcome those set backs i love seeing you all showing off the clothes you ve created and your proud smiles i love inspiring others with my own projects sharing the disasters and getting feedback on how to fix them i love sharing in this wonderful online community making contacts and friends and just being a part of this creative world blogging keeps me going on projects that i sometimes would abandon because i know that there are people out there curious to see how it turns out and that makes me curious and excited to see a project to the end even if they get put on hold until i can stand looking at them i m looking at you pants i m sure a lot of you have noticed but i m just not blogging as much anymore it s not that i m not creating there s barely a day that goes by where i m not knitting or sewing or planning a new project or doing something creative with my hands it makes me sad that i m not sharing some of these fun projects i ve been doing a lot of thinking about this trying to work out what it is that keeps me from opening up this new post window and excitedly sharing all of these projects and i think i ve worked out why sewing on pins was created when i was in grad school doing a very technical and somewhat dry project i loved it but needed a creative outlet and i happened to pick up sewing the focus of the blog was to chronical my adventure through learning how to sew clothing and it was a fantastic creative outlet and resource i fell in love with sewing the online sewing community and all of the fantastically creative people in it but i m no longer that grad student focussed entirely on sewing or thesising as i ve moved on to a job i love a new home and a great relationship i find that this blog just doesn t fit anymore while i still sew i also knit and crochet i m starting to embroider and garden i love canning i have plans to refinish furniture and we re starting to do renovations on the house these are all creative things i d love to share on my blog but sewing on pins doesn t feel like the right place for all that i know i know it s my blog and i can post what i want to sings post what i want to post what i want to haha sorry couldn t help myself but i can t help but feel off about it this is blatently a sewing blog and i can t help but feel guilty when i post on other topics so i think i m going to start fresh i don t have a new blog home set up yet still working out some details like what to call it and whether to stick with blogger when i do i ll post a link to the new blog i hope you ll be willing to follow me over there i know this is the right decision because as soon as i made it i suddenly had a flood of post ideas and the excitement to post that i ve been missing the last couple years funny how a new start can bring inspiration all on it s own oh and i hope you ve enjoyed pictures of my canoe garden it s one of those projects i ve been wanting to share and i think it ll be one of the first posts at my new blog home wooo look at me i m gardening posted by heather at 7 22 pm 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels musings tuesday june 24 2014 burlap wedding favour bags no not my wedding my favourite cousin is getting married this summer and i happily volunteered myself to make up her wedding favours she s planning on having a country wedding at my grandma s country farm house she showed me all of her plans when i was visiting in april which involve a lot of burlap and candles and lace and haybails and all sorts of gorgeous ideas and she s trying to do it all on a dime her wedding favours will be a candy table and people can fill up little fabric bags with which ever candies they d like it s a cute idea that i ve seen before and a ton of fun especially since everyone will be higher than a kite on sugar but their plan was to just get whatever fabric they could find and toss together these little bags i looked at the mismatched bits of satin and cotton and polyester they d gathered together and i admit made a bit of a face it just wasn t going to match with the rest of the theme since i really wanted to help out despite being so far away i of course volunteered to take over this project my cousin seemed more than happy to hand it off especially after the ideas i tossed out here s my first attempt at it they re about 6 5 x5 in size i m going to walk you through how i made them just because i was able to source some free burlap in the form of coffee bean jute bags from a local coffee roaster which are soooo cool because they have all of this great graphics printed on them i washed them a couple of times dried them a couple of times the second time to try to get rid of more of the fluff they generated after washing and then spent most of today ironing out the plethora of wrinkles that set in it took a healthy dose of heat steam and a lot of arm muscle to press those damn wrinkles out and holy crap is there a lot of fluff all over my sewing room now i love the graphics seriously i m saving one of these bags to make up into a burlap messanger bag for myself because these bags will be used to hold candy i lined them with some tight weaved but light weight cotton i m actually considering using plastic instead for the next batch which i didn t think about until just now actually i might just include some plastic sandwich bags to go inside of them might be easier on me and my sewing machine once i basted the fabric to the jute bag i cut it into 15 inch wide strips these strips were pressed in half length wise and the raw edges folded over and sewn down to create a draw string loop on the top of the bags then i zig zagged some lace just underneath the draw string loop finally found a use for my vast collection of vintage and modern lace here s the other side you can see the lining and the folded over tops for the draw string then i just folded the strip in half again cut them into 5 inch wide bags and zigzagged along both edges just below the draw string loops thread some lace and jute through the draw string loops and voila seven adorable favour bags finished only another 200 to go sweet peanuts plans and experiments for some non burlap bags posted by heather at 8 32 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bags gift tutorial thursday june 19 2014 wardrobe purge progress you guys are awesome reading all of my blatherings on wardrobe purging and sharing your own stories while emptying and ruthlessly purging my closet i kept a lot of your advice about keeping some garments for the fabric and in a few cases buttons i forsee a lot of new panties in my future these three piles are to be donated yes there s a pair of fancy panties on the front pile i bought them for a ridiculous amount and never ever wore them after trying them on at home yes i washed them before adding to this pile the laundry i have done today ye gods this pile is going in my reconstruction bin mostly to scavange the fabrics for other projects there are four me mades in this pile also a bra with a hole in the rib strap i m keeping it to maybe incorporate into the swimming suit i m hoping to make someday i m not completely done i think i was a little too soft about some things especially me made makes but i set up my new camera and tripod up in the living room and took poorly modeled shots of me in them garments and it helped me really look at them as a useable or not garment and not a beloved make the pictures above show some of the garments that i waffled on until i took the pictures the upper left is a floral bag dress i bought at a thrift store ages ago i do love it it looks much better with a belt but i just don t reach for it anymore time to go the upper right is this top which i really do adore but the neckline in the front is too high and the front is finicky because of all the fabric in the back and while i want to wear it i never do scavanging the buttons lace and fabric maybe the bottom left is this top this photo and the blog post i just dug up almost convinced me to keep it but it s just not a style i wear anymore it s too office y to me probably because i always wore it to the office part of the job from hell and that s just not my life anymore really fun pattern created by tanit isis though links in that blog post and i m so keeping the piece to be recycled or possibly to slip back into my closet omg i have a problem giving these away th bottom right is my cute little jaunty jacket the last contribution to my pr wardrobe contest 2010 entry while it s adorable and i love the corduroy i only wore it through the self stitched september right after the contest a handful of times in the months afterward and not a once since then looks so cute here they re the jaunty jacket the petal skirt and the sheety blouse i m keeping the blouse for fabric and those lovely covered buttons so so not me anymore and that skirt is still so annoying to wear why did i keep it for this long oh yeah sentiment in fact i m getting rid of my last three pieces from that wardrobe contest sadface why is this so hard i tried the whole outfit on again and it really showed how much my style has changed i hate the whole look on me also how much weight i ve put on ahem i hate posing for the camera there are a few surprising saves though those three jackets were shoved into the very back of our awkwardly constructed closet and i totally forgot about them annoying because i was really lacking sprint jackets this year so save i d fully planned to donate the red polka dot faux wrap dress until i tried it on again and omg love love seriously love it s going back into the closet for now but i really would like to replace it with something less polyester i always forget how awesomely i rock faux wrapped bodices i d also planned to get rid of the green thrifted blouse but it s just so me funky weird fabric design casual fit 3 4 length sleeves and a perfect length it s going into my clothes cupboard now so i won t forget about it in my closet all told i think i did a damn fine job so far my cupboard is looking much less packed and filled with clothes i ll actually wear and i m donating two garbage bags worth of garments plus adding a bunch of fabric to my recon bin but there s still a computer chair filled with closet stuff that i probably should ve been more brutal with and i kept a lot of tank tops i don t wear that often may need to revisit those bits again posted by heather at 2 36 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels musings purging wardrobe planning older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me heather whitehorse yukon canada hey i m heather a prairie girl living in the yukon i sew knit crochet hike garden take crappy photos refinish furniture embroider quilt paint poorly and pretty much anything else that strikes my fancy i m flakey like that sometimes view my complete profile follow me over yonder follow sewingonpins search this blog doings reading list sew essentially sew stash busting anneli tee named clothing patterns tanit isis sews out of season velvet the snug bug lisa carrington ratu kano dari selandia baru yang mendunia so zo free pattern friday petite pegs for babies tilly and the buttons how 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