Tuesday Tutorial: Sneak Peek....

Okay, here's a teaser.. this weeks Tuesday Tutorial will be up THURSDAY!! It's a new Moda Bake Shop Project and the date works best for them...

but here's a little sneak peek for you....

Next week we'll be back on Tuesday with a brand new tutorial from a very very cool guest blogger!

The week after that,  the "infamous" finger injuring tutorial!

Winner & a couple of things....

Okay first, the winner of the Love Stitched Giveaway is:

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Raysha said...

I love the GUITAR boys rock and roll onesie. I see girlie stuff everywhere but I only have boys. I just love seeing adorable boy stuff!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!I NEED you to email me within 48 hours (you didn't leave your email address for me!!) otherwise I will have to pick another winner....
Thanks again to Brittany for hosting such a great giveaway!!! Visit her etsy shop and send her some  love :)

Second-Typing is INSANELY frustrating, and typing is an ESSENTIAL element of blogging :) ... I'm basically using one hand, and it's driving me crazy *wink*... I'm doing my best to get your questions answered ASAP, but for a couple more days, I might be a little slower answering my emails.. Just a few more days ...

Third:
For those of you who have bought or may buy the March Bag Pattern, when you print the patterns pieces from acrobat, make sure you have your printer set to print at 100% NOT "fit on page"... You want the pattern piece to print as close to the edge of your paper as it can. You will have margin around the edge where your printer can not print ... this is OKAY and the way it is supposed to be. The pattern is designed to fit on 4 standard 8 1/2 x 11 papers.. 

And PLEASE feel free to email me if you run into any problems or have any questions about it!!  When you buy the pattern you get ME with it, to help you out !! (well not in person but as much as I can over email!!)... I am VERY happy to answer questions, (I kinda like it actually!!) So don't be shy, ask away...

Giveaway from Love Stitched

This giveaway is closed... watch for another great giveaway soon!!

Hello!
I'm so excited to be announcing our giveaway this week!


Brittany with Love Stitched contacted me a little while ago about hosting a giveaway here and I immediately fell in love with everything in her shop!

She's got gorgeous headbands...

Beautfiul Hand made Necklaces

oh, I'm lovin' the yellow! So perfect for warm weather!! You could just wear this with a plain t-shirt and you'd look so stylish!

and these earrings... I saw these all over Paris when I was there...

She didn't forget about the wee ones! She's got beautiful dresses and onesies in her shop too!

Today, Brittany has graciously offered to give away these TWO items to a Polkadot Chair reader

edited: Sorry guys, I uploaded the same headband twice duh!!! (it's fixed now)...Brittany is giving a reader the Accent Headband AND the White Rose Earrings (lucky you)!!!!

Oh, man I want to win!! (but I can't  ha ha ha)...

To Enter it's easy:

There are 3 chances!

1- Leave a comment, tell me your favorite item from the Love Stitched Shop!

2- Become a fan on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Monica-CA/Love-Stitched/323476498726

3- Subscribe to or Follow her Blog.

Leave a separate comment for each thing you do!

Wait, there's more!!

Brittany is giving Polkadot Chair readers a 20% discount off items in her shop!! Just enter "polkadotchair" in the comments field... (she will refund your 20% via paypal!).... Perfect timing for something cute to wear for Easter or a Mother's Day Gift!!

Giveaway goes till midnight eastern time Sunday!!

**note: if you enter the giveaway you MUST leave me a way to contact you!!! If your email address is not shown in your blogger profile, please leave it in your comments!! Otherwise if you win I have no way to contact you!!****

Dress Parade

After 2 boys my little sister just found out she is having a girl! She is due this summer and we are all estatic for her!!

She found out when my Dad was here babysitting while we were in France, so the night before he left I packed up "the Dresses" to send to her.  Most of my kids clothes I have given away, but I kept in my daughters closet certain ones that were "extra special". I never wanted to pack them away for fear that I would forget about them.

So that night I got them out of the closet and sent them off to Utah.  Before I did though, I snapped some photos of the ones that I had made over the years.

So indulge me a bit today, as I have a nostalgic "my kids are getting so big moment"... as I share some of the dresses I have made with you.

Just a note... I snapped these photos VERY late at night and did not have time to iron any of the dresses! Some of them look "wonky" because they are not on the hangers straight... sorry! 

This one was actually a gift for my niece... 

Easter Dress from a few years ago

Another Easter Dress

Yet another Easter dress, I can't believe how little she was! 

She wore this one for my sisters wedding, so it seem appropriate that my sister gets it now. I hope the formula stains come out of it ok...

Just a fun summer dress. It's reversible, one of my favorite patterns, Lucy by Children's Corner

Easter again...

One of my favorites of all time...

I'm sooo excited to have a new baby niece this summer!!! Oh my she is going to be so fun to sew for!!

Tuesday Tutorial: a Year in review

Okay,
So I can not sew, (hard to do with one hand, I tried)... but I could not let Tuesday go by without some sort of tutorial here.

It has been about 1 year since I really started "trying" to build my blog. It's been a great and very fun year! I can't believe how much enjoyment that blogging has brought to me, plus all of the fantastic people I have met along the way... It's been so fun getting to make alot of "blog friends"!

Since many of you are new to my blog, I thought for today, I'd post links to some of my favorite tutorials from the past... stuff you might not have seen...

So here goes... my favorite tutorials from the past year!!

From March 09, 2 Layer twirly skirt

Burger Anyone? (from March 09) Would be really fun for April Fools Day!

From last April, Madras Plaid skirt from a Charm Pack

From May, Charm Pack Belted Skirt & t-shirt for Moda Bake Shop

From July, Angela's Diaper bag for Moda Bake Shop

and

Make your own upholstered headboard

From August, Covered Elastic Headband

and

Patchwork Memo Board for Moda Bake Shop

From September, Sydney's Skirt

From October, Be-ribboned t-shirt & skirt for UCreate! (I think it would be adorable to make this in Spring Colors with an easter egg on the t-shirt!)

I hope you enjoy!! We'll be back to BRAND new tutorials next tuesday!! For a complete list of my tutorials you can click on the "My Tutorials" link on the top of my blog.

Free Shipping

First, thanks for all the well wishes! I can't believe how many of you have done the same thing! A dangerous little hobby we have here!!

I just got home from the Hand Dr.  and all is okay... but I'll be cutting fabric with a handle on my ruler from now on!! He said I was lucky, it could have been much worse! 

So just as a little PSA... GET a handle for your ruler OR a cutting glove!! Better safe than sorry....(thanks for the suggestions everyone!! I'm off to get a ruler this week..)

AND

Traci is offering FREE SHIPPING on all of her Easter Charms in our shop! Easter is fast approaching and she wants to get them in your hands before the big day!

Winner

The winner of the Lisa Leonard Jewelry is:
Comment #195

Taylor Aplanalp

I'll be in touch!!!

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An unfortunate "incident" that occurred on a Friday afternoon

You will notice that there will be no Tuesday Tutorial this week...
You will also notice that this post will be one of fewer words than normal...

This is because one of my fingers in currently incapacitated....

You see, last Friday afternoon I was diligently trying to finish this weeks Tuesday Tutorial (I usually try to finish up my blog related stuff by Friday afternoon so I can just relax and spend time with my family over the weekend)...

the scene of the crime

As I was cutting the binding for this weeks project, the rotary cutter slipped, and I cut the side of the top of my left index finger...

there was panic,
there was blood,
there was crying,
and maybe some swearing (but  if you ask me about it, I won't admit to it)...

I will spare you the gory details, because yes, they are gory (lets just say it was a deep cut, I have  a partial fingernail, several stitches, and I nearly passed out when I saw my finger with a flap... okay that's enough details *wink*)...

So I can look forward to 2 weeks of stitches and a follow up with a hand specialist...other than looking a bit awkward, and trying to type with one hand,  I'm doing fine...

The doctor said no washing dishes for 2 weeks (darnit! *wink*)


Sooo..... this weeks tutorial has been postponed a week (oh, and it was a good one)... until I can get up the courage to touch my rotary blade again...(and get the blood out of the fabric... oh sorry, I told you I'd leave out the gory part).


in the meantime,

I think I'll scrapbook this week...



oh--- also, my dearest husband is not too fond of the idea me cutting fabric again, (it might have something to do with putting up with my hysterics while they sewed my finger back together and getting stuck with 2 weeks of dishes duty......)  does anyone know of any "saftey" device to prevent this from happening in the future?? When they started talking to me about hand surgery with a specialist, I realized this hobby is just a bit dangerous!

....don't forget you have until midnight Sunday to enter the Lisa Leonard giveaway!

Giveaway, Lisa Leonard Jewelry

Want to win a Lisa Leonard Gift Certificate???

Click here!! 

okay, ignore my "in desperate need of some sun" skin  -k-?

Show and Tell, Green Edition...

Here are a few of the items uploaded to the Polkadot Chair flickr pool. Keep uploading your creations! I've been emailing  a lot of patterns, and I'd love to see some of the bags made up!!

How perfect is this for TODAY!?!? It's made by the talented Megan!

Sydney Skirt from Me and Madeline!

Full Size Stripey Tree Skirt from TerriAnn at the Things I Try

pattern coming back soon!

There are a few other great items in there! But I can't link them up because I can't copy them from flickr... GO CHECK EM OUT!

On Another note.... Traci is doing a MAJOR shop update today!!

She was over here yesterday with her stuff and I was just DROOLING!!

I'll be updating soon!!! More fabric kits for the bags and some already sewn purses coming soon!