Had To Get Organize

I just had to get organize. I haven't been sewing in awhile and I noticed when my sewing area tends to get messy and un-organize I tend to stay away from my sewing area but, that don't stop my kids from mess up on they side of my sewing area. I had to get orgainze here are some before and after pics.


Before picture.
This table holds my sewing machine and nick nacks like thread, scissors and the small table holds my radio I tend to listen to music while in my creavtive mood. I do the low budge type thing when I comes to my sewing area I aint into paying for things I don't need or cost to much when I am only going to use the things in my sewing area.


After picture.
Total differents what fabric and organize can do huh? I use this pretty fabric that I fell in love with at Walmart for 1 dollar a yard so I got 6 yards what a wonderful prize. I put fabric on the table to give it a little design also used to put on my chair, and on the small table where my radio is at and made a sewing machine cover.



Before. My girls was helping me get organize they not to young to help out. This table behind them is the table I use to cut and pin my fabric before taking to my sewing machine. Also have a 2 drawer container next to the table that holds my fabrics.


After picture. Like I said fabric can go a long way. :)
Oh I also have a big denim bag I made to put more of like scrap fabric in it's under the table. :)


Before picture. This was supposed to be used as a entertainment center I brought from Walmart but, due to my tv being bigger then the top of the entertainment center that I decided to use it to put more of my sewing things on it. As you can see in this picture not to organize as always.:)


After picture. A great different look here. Now I can't say I can't find things lol.



Full overall before picture.


Full overall after picture. :)

So I got a little bit more organized now I have to figure out what I want to sew next. Have to get my things done from off my WIP sewing. So we all can redo and get organize just with a low budge and some pretty fabric we can surely change a look in a big way. :) SO what do you all think?

YAY Ice Cream

Nope there isn't any ice cream just my daughter's bolero that is made from Bernat Neopolitan Shades. Loved this yarn color. Ok wanted to do a step by step guide on how I did this bolero without a pattern. I get lots of requests for my patterns but, I don't follow patterns. How I do my projects I mainly follow a guideline of how I would have sewn it if I did. So here go a few pics listing step by step. Thought this would help for those that always wanted to try to crochet clothes but, can't find a pattern you surely can do it for yourself. I know I did.


Ok I start with one of my daughter's shirts. Since I was making a bolero I had to fold this shirt in half mainly giving the shirt a inch in a half from the sleeves. I used the shoulder line of her shirt to start my chain. I measured the shoulder to shoulder line on the shirt and that gave me 50 chains with a G hook. So that was my starting chain 50 chain. I used the back of the shirt for my guideline on how long I want her bolero.




Here go a picture showing the back piece and the 2 front pieces. I gave the front pieces a little of a collar when you come to the top of the 2 pieces.
THE SHIRT ISN'T MY GUIDE ANYMORE NOW.



The black yarn on all four pieces measures where the arm hole will be. How I get this measurements I measure my daugther's arm and I got 7 1/2 so round that up to 8 inches. Since that 8 inches make the whole measurement of her arm to get the front and back pieces measure in half I say 8 divide by 2 and get 4 so that gives me 4 inches for the back piece and 4 for the front pieces. Where you see the yarn is 4 inches from the top pieces.


Now depending on how you like the bolero to fit is how you will determind how many crochet rows you will do on each sides. This picture shows that I did 4 crochet rows on the sides where the black yarn is. This gives you a arm hole. I did 4 on both sides of the back and on the front pieces.



Close up picture show you where those 4 rows are. If you measured right all your black yarn should match up with each other when you put the front pieces on top of the back pieces.


Now you have to flip your pieces on the other side having the outside facing in so you can crochet your pieces close. Crochet the side pieces leaving room for the arm holes and also crochet the top part where the shoulders will be. Crocheting it to me is better then weaving it close because when you keep putting it on and taking it off the yarn tends to pull and loose up so by crocheting it close helps to not pull away.



It would look like this after you crochet them close.


This picture shows that I added a tie string. To add the tie string I chain 31 then on my 32 stitch I added it to one of the front bottom pieces of the bolero then crochet around the bottom until I got to the other side I then chain 31 again then work that chain back all the way around to the other side. That is 2 rows of crochet stitches worked around the bottom of the bolero.


Here go a picture where I start the first sleeve. Some people crochet the sleeves then add it on later. I don't like how that look to me because mines never seem to come out right so. Since I made those 4 rows I mainly made a arm hole that measures in 4 inches just right for my daughter's arm. So I use the arm hole and worked in the round. Hope I am writing this right.
Row 1 of the sleeve - work in the round
Row 2-3 skip one crochet stitch under the arm pit and another at the top where the shoulder is

That to me gives it that more of arm like look and not box like look.

Row 4-5 work in the round
Row 6 skip one crochet stitch under the arm pit and another at the top where the shoulder is
Row 7-12 work in the round

Now if I wanted to go more I just keep working in the round I will put the bolero on my daughter to see where I am with the sleeve when I get down to the elbows I will start decreasing ever other row until I like how it looks on her arms.

Make sure you do both arms the same.


Here go the finished project. I also crochet around the collar and down the front pieces to give it that finish look. Here is the front.


Back


Front. I want her to wear this shirt with a cream color shirt under it.


Back.


Here go Nesa all shocked and suprised lol :)


Thanks for looking. I thought by me giving step by step for those that always wanted to crochet there own clothes but, never had patterns that you surely can do it just grab your yarn and get crocheting. Because I know I didn't use a pattern and it is hard at first but, you will get the hang of it. Thanks for looking. :) love comments. So what do you all think of my daughters neopolitan ice cream bolero?

Another Day In My Crochet World - It's Monday

Ok I finally finished my cardigan it's plus size. I think it turned out great. I haven't made me anything clothing wear in awhile so for me to do this made me feel a little bit proud of myself. :) no pattern like always. Just another one of my go with the flow thangs. :)

Here go a little wip pics:)



This is one of the WIP pic the back and one of the front pieces.


Now I have both of the front pieces the back and also crochet 4 rows on to both the front pieces and on both sides of the back piece this makes the arm holes that you see here. The black yarn I put as a measurement to where I will start my arm holes.


Here go one of the arm holes done here.


Here go both. I also crochet around the neck all the way around the back and front to give it more lenght to the cardigan.


Here I added the tie string to it.


Close up
Here I am my plus size cardigan. I cropped of my head due to a bad hairdo/hair day.
I want to wear this with that black tank top and some black faded denim jeans so picture the black jeans:)



Front


Back


Side

So do you like my cardigan. What do you all think????

Ok here go some house shoes I whipped up for my girls. I was practicing to see how it turns out while doing the first shoe. My girls was ohhhh and awwwwing so I decided to go ahead and finished them up and here they go.

To the left is my oldest daughter Nesa's house shoes to the right is Nellie's house shoes that's my youngest and last child:)




Here go Nellie with her pointed toe house shoes. Reminds me of elfs shoes lol.


Here go Nesa's.

Again no pattern one day I will have to sit and write a pattern as I crochet it's just that I am so used to making up as I go. :) So what do you all think??????

Update on my daughter's charity blanket/WIP

I didn't want to keep those that sent my daughter squares for her blanket hanging wanted to give them a update. I would have been done a long time ago but, due to me crocheting everything insight I am only 75% done so far. Want to get it all done hopefully this weekend if not by Tuesday. For those that don't know about my daughter's charity blanket. Due to my daughter Nesa my oldest daughter that is 5 having a liver diease she's always in the hossy and hopefully one day soon she will be able to have a liver transplant. I wanted her to have a nice pretty big blanket for her during that time of need while she's in the hossy. She loves all the squares she has received from those wonderful women from Crochetville and from a couple of women from some yahoo crochet groups I am in. Thanks a bunch. :)

Here goes 75% of the blanket done :)


Very big aint it :)


This pic is what I have left to add to the blanket then I will surely be done for sure :)
Still trying to figure out if I am going to be adding some edging to the blanket.


What is a blanket without a small pillow. So this is a pic of the squares that will make up a pillow :)

Thanks Melva for the squares for my daughter's blanket she loves them a lot. :)



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Here go a quick update on a cardi I am working on or you can say one of those short sleeve jackets. Here is a WIP pic. I went to this yarn shop here in Milwaukee. I always loved this yarn shop but, I only go there about 3 times a month to get yarn. They had some new brand yarn there that I've never tried called Comfort by Berroco and I fell in love with it, it's so soft so I had to get it to make a shrug for myself. :)


WIP pic

I Crochet Way To Much/ Don't You Think?

That is what everyone is saying I cant put down my hooks lol. But, here go my latest projects for my girls.

My little girl Nellie in her peaches and cream faded denim shirt. I love this yarn seen it on Uncommon Thread once before and had to get it. :)


Front



Back

Now here go my oldest daughter Nesa in her blueberry pie red heart shirt:)


Front


I love how it looks in the back if you take a closer look you can see that the light blue makes it looks like diamond shapes in the back of her shirt cute huh?

Now here go my daughter Nesa again in her cardi or you can say short sleeve jacket. I thought this would be nice to wear in the fall with some jeans:)

Front has a zipper it is also fun fur yarn on the shoulder and at the end of the sleeves to give it more jazz at least that is what my daughter wanted lol:)


Back


All my lastest projects:)
So what you all think ?