Wool felt

Hey, can you guys help me out? I want to buy some wool felt but I'm not really sure where to begin.

Of course, I read all this from True Up but I don't even think I've made it to that level yet. I know I want to buy some sheets -- a sampler pack with several colors, to start. But I honestly don't even know if I want 100% or a blend. I got the new Wee Wonderfuls book and I want to make some dolls and I want to make some doll clothes -- stuff like that. Nothing major. Nothing big.

I just don't even know what I need to begin shopping. I would really love your advice.

Oh, and I that image is from True Up. It should go directly there.

Woah.

Look what I got in the mail today.

I couldn't be happier. When I saw this in the swap pool I really wanted it. I was hoping it would be mine. It's so simple and so perfect and so clean and so tidy and I could go on and on about how much I love it.

It was made by Meg of Fashioned by Meg. She is very talented.

I have been working on my swap but I won't show any more pictures. It needs to be a surprise!

Travel tips

This is where all the travel posts will go so they will be easier to find.

Coming Soon to a sidebar near you.

Readers, thanks for putting up with the construction!

Links to travel size sites:

http://www.minimus.biz/

http://www.alltravelsizes.com/

http://www.cheaptravelsizes.com/

http://www.3floz.com/


http://www.traveltoiletrykits.com/index.htm

Tutorials

This is where I will put all the tutorials so they will be easier to find.

Coming soon.

Why there is no proper blog post today

We have watched this about 600 times. BMX + Yo Gabba Gabba + Vans = awesome.

Oliver + S Jump Rope Dress

It's been over a month but I finally finished the Jump Rope Dress from Oliver + S. I had followed along with the sew-along as long as I could but then got really busy and really exhausted. I haven't done much sewing at all lately.

Yesterday was almost like a holiday so I spent the day voting (of course) and working on a few things around the house. I started by stitching the little buttons on the sleeves (vintage), then moved on to the snaps. I wasn't in the mood for buttonholes so I went with these lovely snaps I found at a thrift store. I love the little splash they add.

The pockets are to the other style that comes in the pattern envelope but I like them better. That's the amazing thing about sewing your own clothes -- you can do whatever you want. I'll take some pictures of Zadie in the dress soon.

Happy Birthday to me

While we were out of town, my long-awaited birthday gift arrived from Spoonflower. I told Mr. Lemon that I wanted fabric for my birthday so I picked it out and ordered it. It's much easier that way. These are from Heather Ross' new collection for Spoonflower called Macaroni Love Story. I decided to go with the organic cotton sateen. I have some of her cotton voile, some of the linen, and some regular quilting weight cotton, and of course this, so why not keep mixing it up? The sateen is very soft but feels hearty.

I love this design. When I go to pick out fabrics for a project, however, they are rarely like this. So I went with a test swatch of the two colorways that I was having trouble deciding between. I like having just a little bit -- enough for a pocket or some trim. As you can see for the aqua, I adjusted the scale from 300 to 375 dpi. It's not very noticeable but I just wanted to experiment. It made the people a little bit smaller.

These three are my little impulse buys. The Snow White is by Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane, the yellow school buses are, of course, by Anda, and the awesome gnomes are by Paper Sparrow. I only remembered after I ordered the Snow White that I changed up the colors for the cross-stitch I am working on; it's not going to match. I'll have to figure something else out.

Thank you awesome computer for saving this entire post when Blogger didn't. Oh, and soon Andrea from Paper Sparrow will be doing an interview. Yay!