Simple things

Sometimes, when life comes at you at a million miles an hour, it's best to let yourself get distracted with simple things.



Scribbling out a new knitting project.



Playing one of your silly favorite DS games (after finding your DS after an entire year)

I sadly couldn't make new things for Black Friday/SmallBusinessSaturday/ Cyber Monday, but I'll re post the items in the shop, and have a FREE SHIPPING code!(for US only, sorry)
Thankfully, I have a week off, so I can relax a bit, and work on gifts for my family and friends. That should be fun, I think. Oh, and I'll be writing up some blog posts (hopefully).

How've you all been?

PS- Sooo, who has: Pokemon Pearl, Pokemon White, and Animal Crossing:Wild World, and wants to trade friend codes?

Where'd this month go?

Hello everyone, it's been exactly one month since I last posted. How that happened, I'm not sure, but I'm posting now.
I have things planned to post during November, when I'm sure I'll go slightly insane with doing NaNoWriMo for the very first time, and juggling school.

I should have a post up showing off the bowls I made for Alycia's crochet along tomorrow, so you can at least have some photos from me this month.

Alright, I'm going to sit and plot more with my upcoming story, and listen to spooky music.

Are any of you participating in NaNoWriMo? What are your Halloween plans?

Getting some sewing done

I meant to have this up a couple days ago, only to realize I hadn't even written the post. Woopsie!

Well, after buying Gertie's book, I said to myself, I need to make more clothes. I noticed I feel more confident in something I've made, and a confident Carla is the best Carla to be around!  And I've had a few suggestions to show off my sewing on the blog, soo, here we go!



This is the blouse I'm making. It's more a summery blouse, but San Diego doesn't grasp that it's fall, and shouldn't be 80 degrees still. I'm using a blue cotton I bought at Joann's ages ago.



After I traced the patterns on muslin, I marked all the appropriate things from the pattern piece.



I sort-of misread how to properly do tailor's tacks. I would have asked my mom, but she was napping, so I winged it.



Oops, see the second blue piece of fabric? It's also supposed to have white threads on it as well. But I figured it out in the end. Mom will have to explain again, but I should have made the loopies much longer.



Guys, I don't know why, but I honestly don't mind ironing when it comes to sewing things. I only pull my iron out if I absolutely have to iron out a shirt or pants, but it only stays put till I'm sewing. Do any of you other sewists do the same?

I have the buttonholes in the blouse now, but it was almost impossible to photograph! On the next set of photos, you'll see them!

Are any of you guys sewing anything?