kim schmidt

I haven’t had much time to sew lately but I was able to get these items finished a little bit ago and wanted to share. As I mentioned in this post, it seems lots of people are having babies in our community. I love the fabric on this bib/burp cloth and it fit with the ladies little girl to join CRW.

Official home ec project – working with a zipper and doubling up fabric. I will be honest, either we had some awesome instructions or zippers just always get a bad wrap. I had no trouble working with it. I do have to say that I will probably end up using this for a makeup bag instead of a pencil case!

Thanks for looking!

A quick update on my sewing shenanigans! I seriously have the sewing itch. I love looking at fabrics and thinking of what I can make with them. How I can be crafty and save money. Here is one project from my Home Ec class (yes you will notice from this post that I am skipping around a little bit – project 8 is making curtains. They don’t scare me but I feel we are pretty set on curtains for the time being. I really have to think of the right fabric to put in our bedroom before I do it! Hopefully when things slow down a bit I’ll get to the curtains!).

Living in the community that we do fosters family life a great bit. And with that comes baby showers!!! This is the first time I have actually made something for someone. I’m really proud how all three items turned out. The reversible bib is the official Home Ec project, and I went a little further and made a burp cloth + a diaper bag tag. I have to say that Anne loved them and that is the biggest compliment!

As I mentioned in this post – I am taking an online class about sewing. Friday was actually the last day for getting instructions but we’ll have an entire year to discuss with the teachers and forever to talk with other classmates! Go figure I started my first project on the last day of class but whatever!

One thing that was holding me back was I had no where to actually put my sewing machine. Our dining room table is bar height which isn’t conducive to sewing. It took some rearranging our bedroom and living room but I finally have a place in the corner of our living room. And I have to thank my mom for her sewing abilities (and the sewing machine!). Watching her enough times I at least knew how to string my thread, how to tear out a seam, how to use the rotary cutter, etc. Thanks Mom!!!

The motto in the Schmidt household is “no one ever said it had to be perfect!” Hopefully by the end I’ll have mastered the straight line business, but for now my projects work. 🙂

Love the idea of these gift pouches. Everyone may be getting these for Christmas (with something inside of course!)

My straps are huge so the next time I make one of these I’ll adjust them (also there is sneak peek of an estate sale find from this weekend that is awaiting a stain treatment after I sanded it Saturday – to be used at a session coming up!)

I really love the fabric I found for the ironing board cover. It was a pain to put this together and it’s FAR from perfect (the back side is NOT pretty!) but I really like how it came out!

I know that there isn’t a project 4 – it’s bunting and I don’t have all the material. That will come in my next post.

Lots more projects to come.