Josephine Sews

What happens when you over commit yourself?  You lose a lot of sleep, you make an enormous amount of errors, you swear you will never over commit yourself again, and you get it done.  Learn from me - DON'T OVER COMMIT YOURSELF. So this is the other gift my niece gave to her guest at her ladies night out gathering. Both the toilet paper and footies were a big hit with her guests. Ladies Night Out 2017 Footies Toilet Paper Fun Posting How I Did It I used my  Silhouette  ,  Paropy Injet Light  paper, my printer, and  CorelDRAW  for this project.  I found the design in CorelDRAW.  I added the wording "Ladies Night Out 2017" to the stem and base of the wine glass.  I chose this design because I knew she would be serving drinks in her wine glasses. The design was all black (boring) so I added some color to brighten it up and make it pop.  Once I was satisfied with the design I brought it into the Silhouette so...

My niece is hosting a ladies night out and wanted some inexpensive gifts to give away.  One gift that was suggested was to embroider on toilet paper.  I was tasked with coming up with something to put on toilet paper. Before I get into the details of how I did it let me share some hard learned lessons. Use good quality toilet paper - it will save time and frustration.  My thinking was it will never be used so get the cheapest toilet paper available.  Cheap toilet paper tears easily and can have holes throughout the roll. If you are doing a lot of rolls (I did 24) you will probably need to change the needle somewhere in the middle.  My thread kept breaking after a few stitches and I did all my normal checking but failed to change the needle.  After total frustration I changed the needle because it was the only thing I had not done and that solved the problem. Clean your bobbin area often - you would be surprised at how much paper dust gets in there. ...

I have a great great niece now and I am still trying to get used to that fact.  New babies in my family and friends family automatically gets you a custom baby blanket. In the past I would whip out my blanket within a month of the baby being born.  The time it is taking me to complete one is getting longer and longer.  I got so many sewing projects that I want to do that sometimes these get pushed to the back of the project list.  Now I will be happy if I can get one completed before the baby turns one year old! Completed Baby Quilt How I Did It I am proud to say all the fabric came from my quilting stash.  I used a pattern from the book  Sew Special Fat Quarter Gifts  and I believe the square size I used was 6.5 inches.  The embroidery designs are from  Bunnycup Embroidery .  I believe they are from 2 or 3 different sets that I have purchased. I really love the Bunnycup site because they have a lot of kid/baby designs and t...