Monday, June 29, 2009
Tonight's dress
Did another dress tonight, with a few changes to some of the more obvious design flaws from last night's attempt! This one has a zip at the back, as well as a few other little differences. I also did a matching headband to go with it, sized, of course, to fit my little one's gargantuan head!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Woo Hoo! Some new firsts!
Used the sewing machine today! Can't read patterns for crap, so have to make my own, so tonight was all about trying out some new patterns I'd drawn up while the machine was being fixed. I made a little halter neck dress for A-Train, and a matching panel nappy. Never tried either of them before, and the nappy is also an AI2, which is another newbie for me. So here they are!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
YAY!!!
Got my sewing machine back today! Lady says it'll only work for about 10-15 minutes at a time, which will shit me to tears, but it's better than not having one at all! I'm going to start saving for a new one, now that I know this one can't be fixed. Bit depressing; this one is a great machine!
Anyway, shal start adding pictures of things I make soon! Yay!
Anyway, shal start adding pictures of things I make soon! Yay!
About fucking time!
FINALLY got the call today to say I can get my sewing machine. Guess what? Bloody thing can't be fixed. Not properly anyway. He's helped it a bit, which is costing me $60 because there was no point replacing the pedal and other bits when it wouldn't fix everything. The issue it seems is electrical, and boards for that model aren't available anymore, so I pretty much just have to put up with it randomly refusing to go, needing to be worked manually to 'roll' it into movement so it starts again, and if I use it for more than brief periods at a time it will get hot and stop working.
Looks like it's time for a new machine. Because I just have SO much money to throw away on that.
Looks like it's time for a new machine. Because I just have SO much money to throw away on that.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
STILL not finished with my bloody machine! I, of course, didn't get the call I was promised yesterday to tell me to come pick it up, so I rang again this morning. Now he's apparently got a problem with it, which he THINKS he can fix. If I don't get the call tomorrow to say pick it up I'll be going in on Monday and demanding my machine back as it is, and I'll find someone reliable. Or buy a new machine. I'm pissed off that they've already taken a week longer than I was told, I still haven't been given a time I can get it, AND by the sounds of it he's going to charge me a fucking fortune. I reckon he's broken something, and I'll end up paying for the parts to fix that too. Fucking prick.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Stupid unreliable mechanic!
I put my sewing machine in for a service on Saturday a week and a half ago. Silly thing decided to shit on me, right at the start of an evening that had MASSIVE amounts of sewing planned, all pread out on the table in front of me.
Anyway, took it in Saturday, the woman had a look and told me it would cost AT LEAST $120 because the pedal needs replacing, plus they may find more busted inside. She said she mechanic would pick it up on Monday, and she'd hopefully have it back Friday.
Friday came and went. Then Monday I called and asked how it was going. She said she hadn't heard from him about my machine, but she'd call and see what was happening and then call me back. No call back. So I called her again yesterday morning and she said it was due back that afternoon, and she'd call me when it came in. No call back. So I called again this morning and asked what was going on.
Apparently he hasn't even GOTTEN to my machine yet, but will try to do it tonight and drop it in to her tomorrow. So she says she'll call me tomorrow when it gets in.
GAH!!! Tomorrow is Thursday, almost a full WEEK after the machine was supposed to be FINISHED!
So I currently have 7 nappies, a wetbag, a wipes bag, a changemat, a blanket, a full sized beanbag and 2 dresses, cut out, pinned and ready to sew, and still no fucking machine to sew them on!
*sigh*
/rant
Anyway, took it in Saturday, the woman had a look and told me it would cost AT LEAST $120 because the pedal needs replacing, plus they may find more busted inside. She said she mechanic would pick it up on Monday, and she'd hopefully have it back Friday.
Friday came and went. Then Monday I called and asked how it was going. She said she hadn't heard from him about my machine, but she'd call and see what was happening and then call me back. No call back. So I called her again yesterday morning and she said it was due back that afternoon, and she'd call me when it came in. No call back. So I called again this morning and asked what was going on.
Apparently he hasn't even GOTTEN to my machine yet, but will try to do it tonight and drop it in to her tomorrow. So she says she'll call me tomorrow when it gets in.
GAH!!! Tomorrow is Thursday, almost a full WEEK after the machine was supposed to be FINISHED!
So I currently have 7 nappies, a wetbag, a wipes bag, a changemat, a blanket, a full sized beanbag and 2 dresses, cut out, pinned and ready to sew, and still no fucking machine to sew them on!
*sigh*
/rant
Monday, June 22, 2009
I'm being toilet trained! =/
My little girl has been using the toilet and potty a fair bit lately. She wont poo on it, but that's understandable given that she's only 19 months, and she can deliberately we on the toilet consistantly. She'll mostly only use the potty at home, but out in public she'll happily use the toilet, whether it's a kids sized one or a full sized one. So of course every time she uses the toilet I cheer and clap for her, so she associates toilet success with praise. Good ol' positive re-enforcement!
The last three days she's been doing the same to me! Every time I go to the toilet (she generally comes with me to avoid a spack attack at me leaving her) when I stand up she points to the toilet, says "YAY!!!" and claps for me! I'm being toilet trained by my own baby girl!
In other news, I went shopping with the intention of searching for some white snaps yesterday so I wouldn't have to order them online. No such luck, but I somehow came out with about $100 worth of fabrics! I have a problem. *le sigh*
Anyway, I've cut and pinned some pretty fabric ready to sew into a little halter neck dress for my daughter. I was a bit worried about a halter style being too grown up, and too 'sexy' for a child, but I've made the skirt of it go to her knees, the neck is fairly high and squared, and it's in a light coloured, extremely childish print cotton, so I think it will be okay. I'll put it on her when it's done and take a picture. If it's too grown up I'll get rid of it, or convert it to a simple shoulder strap dress.
I'm also going to try a few panel nappies with some of the cottons, and match them with dresses or t-shrts.
Stay tuned for photos!
The last three days she's been doing the same to me! Every time I go to the toilet (she generally comes with me to avoid a spack attack at me leaving her) when I stand up she points to the toilet, says "YAY!!!" and claps for me! I'm being toilet trained by my own baby girl!
In other news, I went shopping with the intention of searching for some white snaps yesterday so I wouldn't have to order them online. No such luck, but I somehow came out with about $100 worth of fabrics! I have a problem. *le sigh*
Anyway, I've cut and pinned some pretty fabric ready to sew into a little halter neck dress for my daughter. I was a bit worried about a halter style being too grown up, and too 'sexy' for a child, but I've made the skirt of it go to her knees, the neck is fairly high and squared, and it's in a light coloured, extremely childish print cotton, so I think it will be okay. I'll put it on her when it's done and take a picture. If it's too grown up I'll get rid of it, or convert it to a simple shoulder strap dress.
I'm also going to try a few panel nappies with some of the cottons, and match them with dresses or t-shrts.
Stay tuned for photos!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Bloody Hell.
I am absolutely addicted to MCN. For those that don't know what that means, it's Modern Cloth Nappies. Seriously addictive. But I have more than enough now that I never need buy my daughter any more, and I also make my own now to feed my addiction. Generally that works well, because I love designing my own nappies and sewing them and seeing how they turn out, then changing something on the design and starting again. It's made it really easy to stick to my plan of not buying many more nappies, and if I have to buy some only getting unisex ones that can be put away for future kids, and only if they're under $30 including postage.
Somehow today I ended up spending $155 on 2 nappies. Admitedly they're CGR nappies, which are REALLY hard to get, but still. There was a stocking tonight, and HEAPS of people sit there refreshing the website in the hopes of being the first to click through and checkout with a nappy because they sell out in seconds. I was hoping to get a pretty unisex medium octopus one that was only $35 plus postage, which for this brand is easily worth it, but it sold out by the time I refreshed my page. With the massive adrenalin rush, I ended up snapping up a giraffe set, with a nappy, tshirt and babylegs. $80 later I'm sitting here thinking "What the FUCK have I done?!"
Then there's the charity auction. There was a cute CGR that had been donated to a very worthy cause for auction. It's girly, and came with a matching singlet. I would normally have resisted, but because it was for charity, and I already have a dress put away in the matching fabric, I decided I didn't mind paying the $75 that one cost.
So now I'm $175 out of pocket, and neither nappy actually fits my current child! I just have to hope like Hell I have another girl one day to wear the pink one with the dress!
Ah well. They're a good investment nappy anyway, so if I decide not to have more kids, or I have more but no girls, I'll sell it brand new with the matching singlet AND dress. That's how I make myself feel better about the money, anyway!
Somehow today I ended up spending $155 on 2 nappies. Admitedly they're CGR nappies, which are REALLY hard to get, but still. There was a stocking tonight, and HEAPS of people sit there refreshing the website in the hopes of being the first to click through and checkout with a nappy because they sell out in seconds. I was hoping to get a pretty unisex medium octopus one that was only $35 plus postage, which for this brand is easily worth it, but it sold out by the time I refreshed my page. With the massive adrenalin rush, I ended up snapping up a giraffe set, with a nappy, tshirt and babylegs. $80 later I'm sitting here thinking "What the FUCK have I done?!"
Then there's the charity auction. There was a cute CGR that had been donated to a very worthy cause for auction. It's girly, and came with a matching singlet. I would normally have resisted, but because it was for charity, and I already have a dress put away in the matching fabric, I decided I didn't mind paying the $75 that one cost.
So now I'm $175 out of pocket, and neither nappy actually fits my current child! I just have to hope like Hell I have another girl one day to wear the pink one with the dress!
Ah well. They're a good investment nappy anyway, so if I decide not to have more kids, or I have more but no girls, I'll sell it brand new with the matching singlet AND dress. That's how I make myself feel better about the money, anyway!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Hrmm. What to write?
I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing here, or if anyone will ever read this. But I'm deleting my facebook account, and distancing myself from the forums I've become rather addicted to in the past, so I thought I should try out this blog thing so I can write up all my random bits of news about my life, and my daughter, and any other crap that comes up, without getting sucked in to spending hours every day doing nothing like I do with facebook and forums!
So basically I'll probably just be updating this thing with pictures of stuff I've been sewing, proud Mumma moments about my perfect little angel, and nasty bitching vents about people or events that have given me the shits.
And anything else I feel like writing at the time.
So basically I'll probably just be updating this thing with pictures of stuff I've been sewing, proud Mumma moments about my perfect little angel, and nasty bitching vents about people or events that have given me the shits.
And anything else I feel like writing at the time.
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