Desde este pequeño rincon,hoy les estoy deseando a todos miss lectores un muy feliz año nuevo,
lleno de bendiciones,prosperidad y de mucho amor.
El año entrante llegaremos a ustedes con una nueva imagen y con un contenido mucho mas dinamico.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
MISSPENDEJADAS DE DESCANSO
Desde Misspendejadas para todos miss lectores les envio un abrazo y un mensaje de felicidad y esperanza , con la certesa de un lindo amanecer lleno de exito y prosperidad.
Este es el ultimo articulo de este año 2009,pues nos vamos de descanso decembrino,y como no dedicarlo a los cientos de seguidores que tiene este blog,mil y mil gracias por su apoyo.
FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PROSPERO AÑO 2010¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Super Fast Last Minute Gift Idea...No Sew Scarf !!
This Christmas gift is so fast to make, but you need to live near a fabric store to buy the furry fabric. I've made these scarves for 2-3 years now, but didn't make them this year or I would have shared this idea earlier. Even if you can't make them this year, buy the fabric when it goes on sale and make them for next year.
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Here's my daughter modeling the black scarf...
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and here's the brown one.
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The fabric comes in so many colors...
You can find it in the fleece section. It is unbelievably soft, silky, furry and so warm around your neck.
You can make them any width. The black is 5 inches wide and the brown is 7 inches wide. The size is all up to you.
I didn't have any full yardage left to lay out and show you the steps, but its very easy to do...ALL YOU DO IS RIP IT AND IT"S DONE!!
The picture below shows the selvage edges of the black and the brown scarves. The left and right sides where it was ripped automatically rolls itself to finish it.
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I'm showing you this piece of red furry fabric to show you what went wrong last year with this fabric. Hopefully you can look out for this when you are shopping for the fabric. This is the piece I had left.
Very pretty in person...great for Christmas!
but here's where it went wrong...the person who cuts the fabric, cut it crooked or the straight of grain was woven crooked. Can you see how the lines start to go off to the left from the selvage edge on the bottom?
When I started to cut the 6 inch wide scarf on the right, see the woven lines to the left...they are running almost diagonal. When you snip and then start to rip, it will follow that diagonal line. Now your scarf will be 6 inches on one end and about 2 inches on the other!!! I'm laughing at the thought of that now, but when I was making 40 of these the night before my ladies party...it wasn't so funny. I had a few choice words for Elmo when I was cutting this red fabric, LOL
Here's another picture of the crooked fabric and what not to buy.
This is how I packaged each scarf for gifts the past 2 years. Add a little bell or ornament to the bow and it's all set.
We will be celebrating my husband's side of the family tomorrow, Kelsie's birthday is on the 24th and my sister is having dinner on Christmas, so we will be busy much like all of you.
I want to take this time to wish all of my special blogging friends from all over the world a wonderful holiday and a very Merry Christmas. May your day be blessed with love, family, friends and good health.
Merry Christmas!
Love, Karen
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Here's my daughter modeling the black scarf...
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spaceThe fabric comes in so many colors...
You can find it in the fleece section. It is unbelievably soft, silky, furry and so warm around your neck.
You can make them any width. The black is 5 inches wide and the brown is 7 inches wide. The size is all up to you.
I didn't have any full yardage left to lay out and show you the steps, but its very easy to do...ALL YOU DO IS RIP IT AND IT"S DONE!!
- I bought the silky furry fleece at Joann's in the fleece department. (It looks like Elmo fur,but in different colors!)
- You can get it on sale sometimes for $7-$8 per yard
- Buy the yardage you need, but buy extra to clean up the edge of the fabric before you rip it...yes, rip it!!
- Completely unfold fabric and lay it out so one selvage edge is close to you and the other is at the other end. The wrong side is up.
- To clean or straighten the left edge of the fabric, make a snip through the selvage (or finished edge) about 2" over and then RIP IT! Just pull both pieces of the snipped fabric and it will tear clean up to the other selvage edge. You might have to cut that last bit with scissors.
- Now you have a clean straight edge, determine the width of you scarf (5"-6" wide), snip the selvage edge and rip, rip rip. Do it fast!
- The fur will be flying, so you might want to do this outside or in the basement. You'll be swearing at me for this messy part, but it's worth it!
- Because this is a version of fleece, the ripped edges don't fray and the selvage edges are already finished.
- Just snip, rip, shake the excess fur and you are done!!
The picture below shows the selvage edges of the black and the brown scarves. The left and right sides where it was ripped automatically rolls itself to finish it.
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I'm showing you this piece of red furry fabric to show you what went wrong last year with this fabric. Hopefully you can look out for this when you are shopping for the fabric. This is the piece I had left.
Very pretty in person...great for Christmas!
but here's where it went wrong...the person who cuts the fabric, cut it crooked or the straight of grain was woven crooked. Can you see how the lines start to go off to the left from the selvage edge on the bottom?
When I started to cut the 6 inch wide scarf on the right, see the woven lines to the left...they are running almost diagonal. When you snip and then start to rip, it will follow that diagonal line. Now your scarf will be 6 inches on one end and about 2 inches on the other!!! I'm laughing at the thought of that now, but when I was making 40 of these the night before my ladies party...it wasn't so funny. I had a few choice words for Elmo when I was cutting this red fabric, LOL
Here's another picture of the crooked fabric and what not to buy.
This is how I packaged each scarf for gifts the past 2 years. Add a little bell or ornament to the bow and it's all set.
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If you get the fabric on sale and you cut the scarves at about 5-6 inches wide, you can get about 6 scarves out of 1 yard of fabric (don't forget to buy extra for ripping though). I just saw the red furry fabric on sale on the Joann website for $7.50, so that's only $1.25 per scarf!!
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Now that's one great gift.
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Hope you have time to run out and try this...maybe this will help if you need a quick last minute gift. They would be great gifts for:
- teachers
- babysitters
- dog walkers
- kid's school friends
- guild members
- tutors
- music teachers
- grandmas, aunts, sisters...
- you name it, the list is endless
We will be celebrating my husband's side of the family tomorrow, Kelsie's birthday is on the 24th and my sister is having dinner on Christmas, so we will be busy much like all of you.
I want to take this time to wish all of my special blogging friends from all over the world a wonderful holiday and a very Merry Christmas. May your day be blessed with love, family, friends and good health.
Merry Christmas!
Love, Karen
Tool Time Tuesday...Is Your Sewing Machine Drafty?
I thought that title would get you. This is what my extension table looks like. Sticky tape in different places. I use it to guide me when I 'm doing half square triangles and when I'm chain piecing a pile of fabric. To be honest with you, it's starting to look like crap! The tape is dirty and peeling and I thought the yellow tape was painter's tape, but it's not and it's a mess as you will see in a minute.
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Even though I have a 1/4" presser foot, I still like a guide further down on the table so I can chain piece faster.
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So I saw this on my husband's work bench. We needed to buy some to seal up the back door from drafts. We have 2 sizes, one wide and thick and one narrow and thin. For this Tool Time, I used the narrow thin kind. It's 3/8" wide and 5/16" tall.
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This package came with 2 rolls with a total of 20 feet for $3.00. I don't know about your sewing machine, but mine only needed about 6 inches, so when you buy a package, share it with a sewing friend!!! You can find this in any hardware store.
The tape is sticky on one side and is black. The white paper is on there so it won't stick to itself on the roll.
The first step is to take off old tape...urrrgh....I wanted to cry!!
but Goof Off to the rescue. I love this stuff. Test it first if you haven't used it before. It removes every sticky thing you can think of.
See...nice and clean. (those marks on the bottom of the picture are scratches on the plastic)
Cut the piece of foam insulation to your desired length,
peel off the white paper...the foam is really sticky.
Place straight edged ruler to where your 1/4" seam allowance is ( or any seam allowance measurement),
I squared the top of the ruler with the throat plate of the machine so it would be perpendicular and straight all the way down.
Line up the foam strip with the straight edge of the ruler and stick it in place.
Now you are all set for a nice 1/4" seam guide all the way down your table top. This picture looks a little wonky, but it's where I squeezed the foam.
This is the perfect thickness for guiding the fabric next to.
Sew a test piece first and measure for an accurate 1/4" seam allowance before you begin to sew a project. Hope this helps and just a FYI...there is a little sticky residue from this, but not as bad as the tape that you saw above. We had 2 different brands of this tape and this thin one left a little when I lifted it up, but the other didn't leave anything. In fact, it was very easy to reposition it over and over for different seam sizes. Just give it a try, but test it first.
Thought I would leave you with a few pictures of the blizzard that hit us this past weekend in southern New England. This measurement of 18" was in the middle of the storm, so I think we ended up with a little more.
This is my favorite picture. The dark car is the front of my husband's Jeep and the little spot of gray and the antenna is my Honda van completely buried.
This was the next day when the sun came out, but boy was it freezing!!
Pretty big snow drifts.
and it even blew up onto the porch. Added the right amount of snow to make it pretty. Those greens in the bucket is another tip with what to do with the branches from an old artificial Christmas tree.
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I'll be back later today or tomorrow, when I get the pictures taken of a super fast, no sew Christmas gift I wanted to share with anyone needing a quick gift.
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Even though I have a 1/4" presser foot, I still like a guide further down on the table so I can chain piece faster.
spaceSo I saw this on my husband's work bench. We needed to buy some to seal up the back door from drafts. We have 2 sizes, one wide and thick and one narrow and thin. For this Tool Time, I used the narrow thin kind. It's 3/8" wide and 5/16" tall.
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spaceThis package came with 2 rolls with a total of 20 feet for $3.00. I don't know about your sewing machine, but mine only needed about 6 inches, so when you buy a package, share it with a sewing friend!!! You can find this in any hardware store.
The tape is sticky on one side and is black. The white paper is on there so it won't stick to itself on the roll.
The first step is to take off old tape...urrrgh....I wanted to cry!!
but Goof Off to the rescue. I love this stuff. Test it first if you haven't used it before. It removes every sticky thing you can think of.
See...nice and clean. (those marks on the bottom of the picture are scratches on the plastic)
Cut the piece of foam insulation to your desired length,
peel off the white paper...the foam is really sticky.
Place straight edged ruler to where your 1/4" seam allowance is ( or any seam allowance measurement),
I squared the top of the ruler with the throat plate of the machine so it would be perpendicular and straight all the way down.
Line up the foam strip with the straight edge of the ruler and stick it in place.
Now you are all set for a nice 1/4" seam guide all the way down your table top. This picture looks a little wonky, but it's where I squeezed the foam.
This is the perfect thickness for guiding the fabric next to.
Sew a test piece first and measure for an accurate 1/4" seam allowance before you begin to sew a project. Hope this helps and just a FYI...there is a little sticky residue from this, but not as bad as the tape that you saw above. We had 2 different brands of this tape and this thin one left a little when I lifted it up, but the other didn't leave anything. In fact, it was very easy to reposition it over and over for different seam sizes. Just give it a try, but test it first.
Thought I would leave you with a few pictures of the blizzard that hit us this past weekend in southern New England. This measurement of 18" was in the middle of the storm, so I think we ended up with a little more.
This is my favorite picture. The dark car is the front of my husband's Jeep and the little spot of gray and the antenna is my Honda van completely buried.
This was the next day when the sun came out, but boy was it freezing!!
Pretty big snow drifts.
and it even blew up onto the porch. Added the right amount of snow to make it pretty. Those greens in the bucket is another tip with what to do with the branches from an old artificial Christmas tree.
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I'll be back later today or tomorrow, when I get the pictures taken of a super fast, no sew Christmas gift I wanted to share with anyone needing a quick gift.
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Happy Tuesday,
~Karen~
Monday, December 21, 2009
FALLECIO BRITTANY MURPHY DE UN INFARTO
La hermosa y talentosa actriz no pudo ser reanimada, pese a que desde la casa de su esposo en Los Ángeles, alguien llamó al 911, la línea de emergencia que tan pronto registró el hecho envió una ambulancia que trasladó a la promesa del “séptimo arte” hasta el hospital en el que la declararon muerta.
Que la gloria de Dios cubra su descanso eterno.
VIAJO HACIA EL CIELO JAIME "EL FLACO" AGUDELO
Colombia empieza el dia con una triste noticia . A los 83 años de edad, en la madrugada de este lunes el humorista Jaime "el flaco" Agudelo dejo de existir.
Su muerte se produjo en la Clínica Rafael Uribe, a consecuencia de una caída en un hotel de Palmira el sábado en la noche.
Su muerte se produjo en la Clínica Rafael Uribe, a consecuencia de una caída en un hotel de Palmira el sábado en la noche.
“El flaco" Agudelo es velado en Funerarias del Valle pero será trasladado a Palmira para luego ser llevado a Jardines de la Paz en la capital de la República.
En sus últimos días el humorista padeció varios altibajos de salud, dos infartos precedieron su muerte, que finalmente llegó por una insuficiencia respiratoria.
El humor siempre fue parte de su personalidad, hacía de Pantera Rosa, hablaba aún como "Jaimito" personaje que inmortalizó en la televisión después de tres décadas de apariciones.
"El Flaco" migró de Palmira, en donde trabajaba como mecánico y sus primeros pesos se los ganó interpretando boleros de Daniel Santos, muy diferente a lo que su padre había añorado, tener un hijo cura.
Le enseñó al país a reír en momentos de dolor, pero su vida no fue una constante alegría , en un tiempo consumió alcohol en exceso y tuvo que sufrir la perdida de su hija.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
RUTA NAVIDEÑA BOYACA 2009 SOLO LUCES
Este año el departamente de Boyaca se ilumina con un sinnumero de luces de colores, para darle la bienvenida a la navidad y con ella a todos los visitantes,que año tras año llegan a disfrutar del paisaje y la tranquilidad se este bello departamento.
Aqui una pequeña muestra de lo que podran ver de las iluminaciones de las municipios de Boyaca,disfrutenlo.
Aqui una pequeña muestra de lo que podran ver de las iluminaciones de las municipios de Boyaca,disfrutenlo.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tool Time Tuesday...Magnetic Board
Happy Tuesday everyone!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I had my ladies Christmas dessert party and it was great...so much fun and so much food. Now I have to get some shopping done, I'm so far behind.
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First, I have to share this week's Tool Time. It's from the hardware store again. I really need to get a part time job there!!
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I found this frame in a consignment shop for $10.00. It's a big one 24 x 33. I took out the ugly picture and added this piece of metal and Woo Hoo, I have a great new magnet board for over my desk. See below for the quick steps
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Here is the piece of metal. Don't ask for "Sheet Metal" because that is super expensive...some were $40 a sheet. Go to the metal chimney or roof venting section. The pieces came in 2 sizes. This one was the largest 24" x 36" and they were only $5.00 and $7.00 each.
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Find your frame,
The width of mine fit perfectly,
but the length needed to be cut, so just mark it with a pencil (sorry so blurry)
Draw a line with a pencil and a straight edge.
pencil works the best.
This is soooooo important. PLEASE wear leather gloves when trimming the metal with tin snips. It is so sharp and can cut you very easily. I'm not sure if you brought in the measurements if they would cut it for you at the store...worth a try!!
It does cut smoothly, just hold up the piece you are cutting away on the left. Hold it up as you go.
Put the back on the frame and fold over the wires if you have them. I didn't so I used framing points.
These little triangle thingies.
Just poke them into the frame.
Tap them in,
and it holds everything in tightly.
Here's the frame all done!!!
I glued button to magnets..see the little black button, too cute.
I also glued old sewing machine bobbins to the magnets...even the thread is still on
Here's a little extra tip...how about using a tape measure for a bow, great for a little wreath in your sewing room.
This was a fast project, but so handy to hold up notes, patterns, to do list, pictures, bills, mail, coupons, invitations etc. This would be great any where in your home too. Give it a try!!!
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First, I have to share this week's Tool Time. It's from the hardware store again. I really need to get a part time job there!!
space
I found this frame in a consignment shop for $10.00. It's a big one 24 x 33. I took out the ugly picture and added this piece of metal and Woo Hoo, I have a great new magnet board for over my desk. See below for the quick steps
spaceHere is the piece of metal. Don't ask for "Sheet Metal" because that is super expensive...some were $40 a sheet. Go to the metal chimney or roof venting section. The pieces came in 2 sizes. This one was the largest 24" x 36" and they were only $5.00 and $7.00 each.
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spaceFind your frame,
The width of mine fit perfectly,
but the length needed to be cut, so just mark it with a pencil (sorry so blurry)
Draw a line with a pencil and a straight edge.
pencil works the best.
This is soooooo important. PLEASE wear leather gloves when trimming the metal with tin snips. It is so sharp and can cut you very easily. I'm not sure if you brought in the measurements if they would cut it for you at the store...worth a try!!
It does cut smoothly, just hold up the piece you are cutting away on the left. Hold it up as you go.
Put the back on the frame and fold over the wires if you have them. I didn't so I used framing points.
These little triangle thingies.
Just poke them into the frame.
Tap them in,
and it holds everything in tightly.
Here's the frame all done!!!
I glued button to magnets..see the little black button, too cute.
I also glued old sewing machine bobbins to the magnets...even the thread is still on
Here's a little extra tip...how about using a tape measure for a bow, great for a little wreath in your sewing room.
This was a fast project, but so handy to hold up notes, patterns, to do list, pictures, bills, mail, coupons, invitations etc. This would be great any where in your home too. Give it a try!!!
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Have a wonderful Tuesday...see you in the hardware store!!
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~Karen~
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