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  • #229 – Project Project Runway – Challenge 3

    Challenge 3: It’s a Party Challenge: Create an outfit & accessory using items from a party store. You can spend $100. The judges do not respond well to items that correspond to fabric (i.e....
    Aug 18, 2010 9 Comments

  • #228 – Project Project Runway Workroom – Challenge 3 part 2

    Just a snippet of what I’m working on for Wednesday’s runway. Let’s just say Tim would be very worried about whether I can finish on time. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time...
    Aug 16, 2010 3 Comments

  • Challenge # 3: Party Store

    There have been “unusual materials” challenges in past seasons. The “news paper” challenge among them. For our challenge this week, we had 30 minutes in a party store. The c...
    Aug 15, 2010 No Comments

  • The first quilt is done!

    The quilt is done. Astounding. I did not want to take on a new sport, and put it down in the ‘stash’ pile. Mission Accomplished. I would change a few things. I will do a few things differentl...
    Aug 14, 2010 No Comments

  • #225 – Project Project Runway Workroom – Challenge 3

    For challenge 3 we have to create an outfit using only items from a party store. I had some ideas I was excited about so I headed off to Party City today.The designers had $100 to spend so I thought $...
    Aug 13, 2010 1 Comment

  • #224 – Finishing Things

    Finished my red mittens & the Hamm’s embroidery. Plus I sewed three strips on to my sister’s quilt. Very productive! Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on so...
    Aug 12, 2010 No Comments

  • #223 – Project Project Runway – Challenge 2

    Challenge 2: Larger Than Life Challenge: Create an outfit for the Marie Clare woman that could be used on a billboard. The Marie Clare woman is young, intelligent, professional, sexy & fashion fo...
    Aug 11, 2010 3 Comments

  • #219 – #221 – A couple of days of knitting

    Yes, its over 90 F & I’ve spent the last three days knitting mittens. But sitting in the AC watching movies & knitting is the only thing I feel like doing. Handmade 365 2010- My goal i...
    Aug 10, 2010 No Comments

  • Challenge 2: Larger than life

    This is week 2. The designers were tasked with creating a look for “the Marie Claire Woman” that would appear on a huge billboard in Times Square. They said “The Marie Clare woman...
    Aug 10, 2010 No Comments

  • quilting progress

    There has been quilting progress. The top was finished. I made a ‘quilt sandwich’, as per the directions. I pinned. I quilted. The inspiration for the flower pattern came from these. ...
    Aug 06, 2010 No Comments