Josephine Sews

Yesterday I was in a buying mood and knew to steer clear of any sewing machine dealer.  Had I gone to a dealer I would have come home with a brand new sewing machine.  I chose to buy something more reasonable - fabric. I saw a tote the Sewing Patches Tote  on the sew4home site so I bought fabric to make it. Sewing Patches Tote How I Did It I won't give my normal details since detailed instructions can be found on the sew4home website.  The project is called the Sewing Patches Tote . The patches are free embroidery designs designed for 30wt Sulky thread.  Because of the thickness of the thread they suggest your embroidery speed be slowed downed.  Each design took over an hour to stitch out.  I only had a couple of solid color 30wt Sulky's threads but had plenty of 30wt Blendables so I used those. I messed up my patches because I did not cut close enough to the stitching line so the edges of the felt is not covered completely with thread.  No way was I spending ano

I have a friend who has a son in preschool that wanted a gift for his teachers.  After a bit of discussion we decided on sweatshirts.  Why?  Most people like them and are soooooo easy to transform. Version 2 Version 1 Because they are teachers I knew the perfect embroidery to add - it was a couple of designs from the Dear Teacher set at Bunnycup Embroidery.  I had her go to the site and choose the designs she wanted.  The plan was to make 2 of the same except different color, embroidery, and name.  The first one took too much time so I made the second version because I knew it would be much easier transform. How I Did It I started with 2 fleece crewneck sweatshirts.  The books that I used as inspiration were Sewing with Nancy's " Sweatshirt Jean Jackets " for version 1 and Lorine Mason's " Fashion Sweatshirts " for version 2. Version 1 I removed the bottom ribbing and an additional inch from the bottom and added knit stay tape. I