Cupcakes!

Today, we went to

To get

There were lots of

If you're in the bay area, i suggest stopping by. The view is amazing! Though it left me huffing and puffing back up the hill where our car was parked. Oh, and look! I'm trying to make myself a button.

And I have a new header!

Things I Want and Things I Want to Make...

1. a wool/fleece coat. (by econica on etsy)

2. a jersey drapey wrap cardigan (coastal wrap cardigan from fresh produce)

3. a dolman top

4. cargo pants

5. quince colored gap city flats

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy belated 4th! I had a nice time yesterday. Hope you did too!

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Okay sometime this month (or was it last month? or the month before?... i won't tell you. you'll have to guess) i turned 13. I won't say when cuz i shouldn't put that stuff out on the internet, mm-hm, am I right? Are you surprised I'm 13? Did you think I was already 13? Yep, this whole time a 12 year old has been throwing sewing ideas at you (disclaimer: i don't know what I'm doing; i use no patterns so please don't depend on all my advice because usually i just wing it). Hope you don't mind. However, somewhere on the blogosphere there's a six year old blogger, I forgot his name... Oh well.

Anyways, I had a lovely birthday... this month or last month... or maybe i'm lying and it was in february... but yeah.

For my birthday [this month] [last month] [in february] I got lots of money and gifts cards. $$$ oh yumm... if you were there at my b-day you'd see my eyes turn into cash registers... I also got a lovely blue bicycle that I love!

Yep i'm posting this cuz i want something interesting to write about. :) thanks.

Oh, and to the asians out there, do you find it annoying when people instantly assume you speak another language? It's definitely annoying when you can't (*cough, cough* that wouldn't be me *cough* i'm like, what, trilingual...).

V-Neck Shirt Tutorial

I secretly think that you need a good v-neck. I don't know why; I just kind of thought that and now I want my mom to buy me a gray v-neck. I couldn't think of what I wanted to do with some leftover blue jersey, so I squeezed out 2 pattern pieces for a raw edge v neck. No hems. No neckband. Maybe I'll add a neckband later, but who knows. Jersey doesn't fray anyway.

Tutorial

Materials: 1 yd of jersey (originally i had 1 yd and then i cut a lot out of it, so it was hard to cut out the 2 pcs but i managed. you could try with less than a yard if you'd prefer...), v neck t-shirt that fits well, thread, sewing machine, scissors

1. Put your t-shirt on the fabric and cut around it, adding seam allowance and making sure you have a lot of fabric underneath the armpit, or else you won't be able to get into the shirt.

2. Cut 2 pcs that look like a bubble t-shape with large gussets under the armpit.

3. Fold your 1st piece in half and cut out a v-neck. Don't do what I did and fold both pieces in half. I ended up cutting a small snip in the back; but I'll show you later how I fixed it.

4. With the 2nd piece cut a small curve in the back, using your t-shirt as a guide. So the first piece has a lower neckline and the 2nd only has a slight curve.

5. Sew the shoulder seams together.

6. Sew the side seams together.

7. You're done!

The lazy way to bundle up scraps and garbage:

If you're like me and cut a snip in the back... (and you can use this anywhere you've messed up for a patch)

First, I went over the cut with a tiny whipstitch, joining the 2 sides together. After that, I drew a design in pen, making the cut part of the design. My design was a spool of thread and a needle, and some words written in thread that say 'mayonayse.' Get it? Mayo-nay-se? Because my name's Naomi? Nay? G-get it? see... never mind.

Anyways, embroider over your design and you've hidden the snip! Except my letters were super messy and my mom thought 'mayonayse' said 'mother.' And here I was thinking I was so clever...

As you can see here, I used a satin stitch to cover up the whipstitch rip as part of the design. You can look up some basic embroidery stitches online.

Hope you enjoy! :)

And this is what my sister made:

Here's her inspiration:

I might add a tutorial if you're interested. o(^__^o) Have a great day!

Happy Belated Father's Day! (and my fisherman's bracelet)

Sorry I didn't say Happy Father's Day on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday; I was a bit busy and only available to complain about swimming. Anyways, what we did was:

1. we went out shopping and driving around at Palo Alto on university avenue

2. we had a delicious home-cooked meal of pulled pork bbq sandwiches

3. gave our daddy our presents.

All in all it was a fun day for me.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! o(^__^o)

Oh and I made a new icord bracelet. I like to think of it as a fisherman's bracelet because of the natural color and the large knot in the center.

I used some thin string/twine and double pointed needles.

What i did was:

CO 3 sts, leaving a long tail, about 5" to tie the bracelet off with.

K the first row.

Now flip the needle around so the sts are at the bottom.

Then slide the sts up to the top so the working yarn (string, whatever) is at the bottom stitch.

(see? the yarn is coming from the bottom stitch)

Now k the row again, bringing the yarn up from the bottom. Now slide the sts to the other end, flip the needle over, and k the row again.

Repeat till the length around your wrist plus a little more. To bind off, just pull the string through the sts and pull tight. Cut the thread about 5."

In the center of the icord, tie a figure eight knot: Make a loop, twist it once, and pull the end through.

To close the bracelet, tie overhand knots on the ends so they don't unravel and use a fisherman's knot for an adjustable bracelet! Tada! You're all done.

Yuck...

I'm doing swimming lessons for 4 weeks. It was my first day today and my throat is all dry from swallowing water and I'm all tired from doing 4 laps of everything. It's not like i'm a bad swimmer either; i've been swimming since I was 2 or 3. It's just that I'm on my last level and my mom and dad want me to finish since my sister did. Sigh... I don't like it. Especially at the end where you're tested and you have to do 8 laps of freestyle, 8 laps of backstroke, 4 laps of breaststroke, and 2 or 4 laps of butterfly. Oh, and 5 minutes of treading water. Or something like that. If I'm lucky i'll only have to do 2 laps of butterfly.