Yes! I Made This! ... Machine Embroidery

September 2010
American Sewing Expo, Novi, MI

I love machine embroidery - especially the ingenuity and enthusiasm embroiderers use to adorn their clothes.  Machine embroidery takes a plain garment over the top to extraordinary.

Since you dropped by the SCHMETZ booth, no doubt you also saw Soni demoing Creative DRAWings.  Yes, I'm plugging Creative DRAWings because it is a terrific product allowing users to actually concentrate on designs rather than all those complicated sequences that eventually lead up to a design.  And for you quilters, Creative DRAWings now works with Quilt and DXF file formats.  Imagine the fun!  For the latest info, check out http://www.creative-drawings.com/ .

Yes! I Made This! ... Totes, Bags & Clutches

September 2010
American Sewing Expo, Novi, MI

Do you carry a purse?  Do you cart "stuff" around?  I've become pickier about how my personal items - driver's license, cash, credit card and lip stick - are organized.  A simple wallet just won't do for all occasions.  And sometimes you just want an attractive tote for all those papers and other "stuff".  Check out these 35 totes, bags and backpacks. 

Yes! I Made This! ... YoYo's, Dog Collars and...

September 2010
American Sewing Expo, Novi MI

This group of photos is the most diverse.  Check out fabric painting, bobbin work and a terrific "trick or treat" apron accented with prairie points.  Do these projects inspire you to try a new technique or something outside your comfort zone?

Yes! I Made This! ... Young Ideas

Young Ideas!
We are always thrilled to see young people enthused about our sewing hobby.  What terrific ideas and fabrications they have!  From totes to skirts to finely designed ensembles, these girls enjoy their creative hobby.  There are only 8 pics in this group, but they are mighty!  How are you sharing your love of sewing with young boys and girls?

Yes! I Made This! ... Jacket Joy

Jacket Joy!
36 jackets, nearly 50 photos.  Look for your photo with the SCHMETZ "Super" Needle.  These photos are the first of 8 sewing catagories from the September 2010 American Sewing Expo in Novi, MI.  Enjoy!

Yes! I Made This!

Last week's American Sewing Expo in Novi, MI is now stitched in our memories.  SCHMETZ, Islander Sewing, Junk Jeans People and Ghee's each sold Yes I Made This! buttons to benefit Dress for Success, a charity that helps low income women prepare for the job market by supplying appropriate work clothes.  Buttons were $2 each.  Each buyer was then photographed with the SCHMETZ "Super" Needle.  Yes, our own red carpet event with YOU the sewing star!  Before posting our button sales . . . .  and before I figure out how to post over 200 photographs, here are a few favorite garments to tease you.  Enjoy!



Stunning Reversible YoYo Jacket
based on a Detroit Free Press pattern by Jocelyn Brown found in the June 2010 ASE Newsletter.



Button! Button!  Who's got the button?
An ingenious use of old buttons stitched between scarf front & back!



A show stopper patchwork jacket - bright and cheery... just like its creator! 



Clever fall maple leaves of leather & assorted fabrics
 sandwiched between the tote and a shimmering exterior.



Stripes and polka dots. 
Wait there's more! This is a stunning reversible vest with a cute back pack.



Chipper Tote!
Stop!  Don't throw your potato chip bags away! Tote um! 



Tadaa! Rosette Wool Felt Pillow Kit made in class!


Photo close-ups of each project will be shown in later postings.  Thanks everyone for s...e...w... enthusiastically participating in Yes! I Made This! 

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CREATIVE INSPIRATION

What's your creative inspiration?  This summer I became a photo bug.  Still need to master a few techniques, but here are a few pictures I want to remember for future quilt and sewing projects.  Take a look . . .  

These little guys could dance around a Christmas quilt!

 

Steelroots: Tobin at the Morton Arboretum

 

Adore this deep red and gold mosaic vaulted ceiling
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

Mosaic floor at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

I have over 1,000 1" Thangles.
Wonder if I can manipulate them into circles?

Stay tuned.  I have many more pictures.

It's hard to show only a few...

What's your inspiration?



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