hello long neglected blog

Hello! I'm aliiiiiiiive! And I made a new style of apron today for my Etsy Shop! You can find the listing here but here's what it looks like :-)

You like? We'll see how it goes. It's a lot more simple than most of my other styles but some ladies are less frou-frou and I don't want to leave them out!

New Style!

So today I decided to make a brand new apron style! I'm a little bit obsessed with it and I have a feeling that it might become my newest best-selling style! Now I just have to work on making a variety of these for my shop!

L.O.V.E

And again!

I'll stop posting these, I promise! Well, I can't promise but I just love how they all turn out and I want to share! I can't wait to have some extra time to make some of these and put them in the the SHOP but for now, I am making special orders almost non-stop. Which is a good thing, but I would like to build up inventory in my shop!

This was made in conjuction with another in the same fabrics (but in the original style) for one of my old High School Teachers! She doesn't teach anymore and she's young and fun and lives in DC! She sent me a message on FaceBook requesting these! I was so excited to make them!

And now for something completely different - part 2!

I think that the porportions on this one are better than the pink one.

And now for something completely different...

Today I made a NEW kind of apron. I finally got the hang of 'gathering' fabric so that I can make little ruffle-type skirts! This isn't the best picture and I'm not sure why the bottom layer looks so sad and heavy but, I'll fix that :-)

Happy New Year!

Hello there internet and welcome to the year 2011!

So, let's re-cap Christmastime. I gave my apron-gifts to their intended recipients and they were well recieved! I don't think anyone could believe that I made them (which was kind of flattering and a little insulting... I mean, I'm pretty handy. Don't people know that? haha). 

So anyway, here are some pictures of family members enjoying opening their hand-made-with-love gifts!



My grandma and Aunt! Grandma loves birds and my Aunt has a cow-themed kitchen!



It may seem odd to have given my brother an apron but, he actually requested one. His has wizards because I couldn't find anything space-related.

My mother-in-law was scared to use the pot-holders on Christmas day because she didn't want to get them dirty. Haha. I assured her that they were washable and she gave it.

Uriah's Aunt (pictured) and Grandmother got the same one. I wasn't there to witness this (thanks a lot sickness), but I heard they love them.

Aunt Gigi models hers!

So, there you have it folks, this is what we had been waiting for!

More to come on all of my fabulous Christmas gifts that I recieved (most of them involving sewing and baking/cooking... such a good little housewife I am going to become)

Festive!

When Uriah and I shot our Christmas Card, we used a few yards of christmas fabric as a background. Well, I couldn't just fold it up and never look at it again so, I decided to make an apron (I know, I know, you're shocked). I decided to try to make a "butcher-style" apron to switch it up a bit sooo I made myself a pattern and got started.

For some reason, this apron gave me a super hard time but I got it together after a while. It's pretty but the proportions seem a little off. It's very long and the pocket is in a bit of an awkward place but, it'll do the trick of keeping me realatively clean while I'm baking all of those cookies for my mom's party. :-)

This picture really sucks. I should totally stop using my iPhone when I have multiple professional cameras at my disposal

This only used up 1/3 of the fabric that we have leftover so, I see a few more tries in my future.

Redundancy!

Do you like seeing the same thing over and over? Yes? Good!

Finished another apron today!

I should probably take pictures of these with something other than my iPhone but, I guess I'm just lazy.

A legitimate photo shoot is pending.

Handmade Kitchen Couture

I've been busy lately (as reflected in my lack of posts). What have I been doing? I've been SEWING! I don't know how it happened but, the other day I just got the urge to bust out my sewing machine (I hadn't touched it in at least 5 years). I went to the fabric store, picked up some apron patterns and some fabric and decided to get to it! To quote the lady at the fabric store "Aprons are very popular right now!"

The first apron I made is definitely a "Monet". It looks good from a distance but not-as-good up close. I suppose it's still suitable for personal use but I definitely won't be gifting it to anyone.

The next apron I made was from a different pattern. Much more girly and all around adorable.

See? So cute. I love the dog fabric.

After my success with this style, I decided that I would stick to it and not revert back to the original pattern. I planned on making some more to give as Christmas gifts! Hooray! So, Uriah and I went to the fabric store (turns out they are all in the ghetto) and got some kitchen-themed fabric and I got crackin!

I had to cut a smaller pattern because all of Uriah's family is small and asian. So this next one is a size "small" (the first one that I made was a "large")

Love it! Uriah found this fabric. He's occasionally useful:-)

Perhaps if I become faster at making these, I'll start up an Etsy shop and make a bit of money. We'll see.

In the mean time, I have a few more to make that will be dedicated as Christmas gifts so I'll have plenty of practice! I can't WAIT to give these to their intended recipients. I have a feeling they will be well received.