Ravelry, Planning and other Random Things

Well as much as I think that my new sedentary life will yeild me more time to stay up on my set blog schedule my only constant is daily Devotional and Prayer time.  When you give your Will over to God's Will the day can go any kind of way as long as you are being kind and helpful along the way.

Let's jump right in and I will share my latest SWAP package that I recieved from Paisley Spirit on Ravelry from the Cowl Swap group I'm in.  Needless to say I love everything and look forward to knitting/crocheting and getting lots of compliments from wearing my wonderful cowl she created for me.

Here it is my Erin Condren Life Planner in a Day Runner Binder. Ask me how you can get $10 off your very first order.  I have to admit that I was a bit nervous about taking my planner and ripping it out of the coil and cutting off the side just to 

put it into a Binder.  Turns out I love it.  I did just 1 month and after a week went ahead 

and did all the way up to March 2015.  

The next thing I did was pull out my Cricut Expression and figure out how to make my own dividers with ornate tabs just because I could kinda thing.  It took me a while because I use the Cricut Craftroom software and for some reason I could not get both shapes to weld into one shape for cutting.  I had to walk away and then since I find everything on Socail Media I figure the fastest way after searching the site for help was to try Facebook and YES I hit the jackpot.  I found the answer I needed and proceeded to make these babies.

                                                   That line is the problem I tried to fix.

Here's my cute Top Tabbed Dividers cut, laminated and punched

                                                                         FRONT

                                                                           BACK

MY DAY RUNNER BINDER

                                                                     
                                               MY LABELED TOP TABBED DIVIDERS

Well that's it for now hope you enjoyed my little post and I pray all is well if not know that God is able to do whatever you stand in the need of.  I will be posting several videos here in the next few weeks until then Be Blessed, Be Encouraged and always Be Creative.  

                                                     

German Short Row Tutorial

German Short Row Method    This method right here has changed my knitting just so you know.  It creates such a nice look and it's so easy to remember.  I hope that this method of creating Short Rows will de-mystify the whole process.  Give it a try and let me know what you think.  Happy Knitting!!!  









Here's what my German Short Rows look like.

Finishing Touches and Other Stuff

Welp folks I've completely finished some UFO's (insert applause here)!!!!! Yes it is quite a feat with all that's been going on in my life lately. 

Let's see what all the applause is about shall we. I have grandson on the way any day now and I was finally able to complete his sweater by adding buttons.  My daughter wanted these buttons she says they add a bit of whimsy. Then I finished the Car Seat Cover with his Initials. What I forgot to photograph is the flipside of the cover.
And finally I was able to get all my parts together and fixed my Serger. I'm so happy because now I can start on some serious work.

Wow it's been a Long Time

Well it's been since July since I posted anything and I'm just going to put the last few months in a list.

August 2013

• This is the Health Fair and Back to School Jam at my Ministry 

 This is me praying as one of the Ministers and below I'm also working double duty but I loved it.

then I did the BJKids 91 Event which was awesome and getting to meet him and speak with him was indeed a treat.  Positive young man giving back to his community.  Loved It!!!!!

below is me and Brandin the visionary and Philanthropist of this event. 

Next I had the pleasure of Interviewing the artist at this event for my Radio Show

In between all of that I've been feeling worse but trying not to show it.  

I think I annouced that my oldest daughter is having a baby so I've been busy helping her make different decorations and other items for the baby shower next week. 

nothing is done yet but there are just a few more details.......You'll see the finished projects after the shower.

I was so blessed that two of close childhood friends traveled to spend a few hours with me. 

And this is my very expecting daughter in the stripes next to her Mommy.

September 2013 has involved more knitting and I'm happy about that and frustrated at the same time.  Why? Well, I believed that I shared with you all that I have Cervical Radiculopathy and Degenerative Disc Disease that is effecting my arms and hands.  So doing the smallest things are starting to become impossible, but I'm keeping my Faith in God that he's faithful to complete whatever he begins.  With all of that out of the way here are a few items I managed to complete

Raglan Sweater and Hat, I winged it and did the same for the hat now I just need to find the right buttons that my daughter will like for it.  So pray for me because she's so very picky.  LOL

  

then I went for another hat as she asked for varied hats for my lil grandson, Kaiden.  

I'm also thinking of doing this just because it's different.  What do you think???????

Me and the girls also went out to celebrate my oldest nieces 13th and my youngest daughter's 22nd birthday and yes they were born on the same day 9-10 

Stay tuned for my next post.  I hope to have some sewing pics of some completed items I'm working on.  Be Blessed and as always stay creative.  

Wow It's Been a While........but I'm still here

So I haven't posted in almost a month.  God has really been moving in my life and I was ordained as a Minister and Missionary a month ago and have given two sermons to date.  It's not easy being called to minister and serve the needs of people who are searching for something to change their situation but I know that God is able.  I ask that you remember me and the call that is on my life in your prayers that I will serve God so that he is satisfied with my service.

I posted last month about the knit fabric I ordered from Fabric Mart and I kept looking for a pattern but couldn't find anything to suit my vision that would be figure flattering and acceptable for church.  What I did was take an old knit sleeveless dress and layed it on my fabric and cut it out with a 1 1/2 seam allowance. I did a bias trim on the neckline and used a zig zag stitch to get a smooth seam.  I didn't do that for the arm holes but think that I will go back and do that later but I'm so very pleased with the results.  I'm looking for more fabric and will make several more......this is looking like a TNT (Tried and True) pattern.  I have to remember to show a step by step instruction on how easy this is to make.  It took less than 40 minutes from cutting it out to pressing my seams.  You could easily add to your wardrobe in a Saturday afternoon.

this is the old dress that inspired me to go for what was a good fit and let the material's graphics bring the interest

the finished dress 

my finishing on the neckline and the armholes 

For those wondering about progress of my Winterberry Rhapsody Wrap I haven't had a chance to make progress due to helping my cousin who had to have her 4th hand surgery in a 9 month period. God is still good and she's recouperating nicely.

 Well, I will be ending this post for the time being but there is a lot of great things happening for me and my family and I can't wait to share some projects that are currently in the works.  Until next time Stay blessed and stay creative.