June 2011 – JuebeJue

Scrape Fabric Wallet

When it comes to carrying stuff around, I am a minimalist. I like to carry a small tiny wallet for just the essentials — cash, ID, and three other cards. For all the other stuff – gift cards, store cards, i just put them in a snap button pouch that I made a while back.Continue reading “Scrape Fabric Wallet”

Elna Grasshopper Usage Review

So I had my Elna Grasshopper for almost a year now. To say the truth, I havent sewn much with it. When I first got the machine I did a few project with it and then I stopped when the weather got cold. You might think that is weird, but my little Elna might haveContinue reading “Elna Grasshopper Usage Review”

Ikea Bedsheet dress

I love making dresses out of bedsheets for a few reasons: They are so damn comfy They sometimes have more interesting patterns than the cotton you can buy in store They are free (Most important for me) No pre-shrinking needed! Granted, this is only the second dress involving bedsheets, but we dont have much unusedContinue reading “Ikea Bedsheet dress”

Fancy Maternity Dress (with tutorial!)

No pictures of my hand-crank machine’s shuttle bobbins yet, but I promise soon! Meanwhile I’ve got another dress lined up to show you, along with a quick wallet tutorial, and a review of my Elna Grasshopper after usage! Today I’d like to show you a dress I made from Burdastyle’s Kiki pattern. Alison from BurdastyleContinue reading “Fancy Maternity Dress (with tutorial!)”

Happy Birthday to MEEEEEE!

I turned a year older recently, so I bought myself a cool sewing machine 😛 Its a hand crank sewing machine made in the early 1900s. It doesnt work very well yet, but I bought it because it has a shuttle bobbin, and I dont currently own a sewing machine with that mechanism. There seemContinue reading “Happy Birthday to MEEEEEE!”

Happy Hawaiian Sundress

Hello! I havent posted for yet another month, but I have completed two dresses already! I just havent had the time to take photos for them. We had a sewing party last week and that was a lot of fun! I didnt take any photos, but it was a generally productive session for most ofContinue reading “Happy Hawaiian Sundress”