For a long time I have wanted to try sewing on my cards, and recently I tried it and supremely failed. When I say fail, I mean I was trying to sew one tiny layer of paper and actually broke the sewing machine needle in half...on the first stitch I tried to make. Oh it was bad. I took that as a sign from above that me and sewing just weren't mean to be. But then, this morning I saw this ruffled frock and I said to myself, "self, how cute would it be to make a ruffle on my card today". Then I did a little search on the web and found this tutorial on Leah's blog:http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/2009/0...uffle-tutorial, and once I saw her scrapbook layouts and gorgeous ruffles...I had to try it. Plus, she had it filed under "Artsy Fartsy Scrapbook Stuff" and it made me giggle. Her blog is a hoot-- be she ain't no joke people. You should definitely take a look at her work-- WOW!
My ruffle is nothing compared to her beauties, but I was proud of my self for #1, actually figuring how to replace the needle and bobbin on my machine, and #2 for actually sewing on my first card. I also sewed the edges of the DP and the scalloped circle, but don't look too close or you'll see how badly I did it!
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Sat, Jul 18, 2009 @ 11:12 AM
Gorgeous soft feel to this card! Your pleats look fabulous! Keep at the sewing! I haven't tried it yet!
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Sat, Jul 18, 2009 @ 12:26 PM
A fabulous card, I love these papers!
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Sat, Jul 18, 2009 @ 2:55 PM
Very pretty card!! tfs!!
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