The Imaginative Seamstress

Supposedly we were going to get snow, but its rained all day instead. And I'm just blogging for no reason in particular, other than maybe I felt like it :-) Thought I'd show what I'm up to. I'm usually up to something, but I don't always take the time to post. Not that there's a whole lot going on right now... I do need to start on some custom orders, maybe I'll get some of them cut out this evening. I want to be pattern designing, but I've working on a few personal projects and baby shower gifts. The baby shower gifts are burp cloths and blankets, my usual. I don't have photos of them yet though.. I do have a picture or two of the pajamas though. I cut these out before Christmas and wanted to have them finished by then. But guess what? That didn't quite happen... I started matching PJ's for my girls, and then cut a duplicate pair of 4's for a friend. Said friend has no idea about them, but her sister does :-)   I'm making some...

This is a little project I used as extra practice in furthering my knowledge of Adobe Illustrator. As I've said before, I'm taking a pattern making course over at   Pattern Workshop . Its going well and I am very encouraged lately! I've gotten to the point where I just need to spend lots of time digitizing my hand drawn patterns. Lots and lots of time! But it will be fun, because after re-watching the video tutorials, many of my questions have been answered and I feel like I've got a much better grasp on what I need to do. At least for this next part :-) Here's a snap shot of lessons from my last day or two...  Anyway,     this tutorial and pattern was inspired by a friend. She asked if I could help her with a project. She wouldn't tell me what the project was, but I agreed to it just the same so we could hang out and our kids could visit too. The project turned out to be panties! That didn't weird me out though, I'd made panties before lol! The...

Running some giveaways on my Facebook Page this week. I had 2 women's tops that had imperfections in them and because of that I would not sell them. They are free for drawing!! And the shipping is free too!

Look out everybody! Savannah is playing with Adobe Illustrator!! :-) This is me learning and playing with text, shapes, patterns and colors today. You can't tell that I like hot pink and turquoise can you??? Its been fun. I've made a page full of notes and there's sooo much more to learn!  Since  Pattern Workshop was moved to a new site, I've been inspired to re-watch the videos and practice. I've not done a whole lot of learning on the digital side of pattern making this winter. I have done a lot of drawing patterns and testing them myself. Anyway, I just wanted to show off my exported jpeg with you :-)  *and about the amazing text thing.. you'd have to watch the videos ;-)  This post may contain affiliate links

I bought about 8 yards of this navy polka dots because I knew it would just be loved!! This is for a lady who previously bought a tank and shorts for water aerobics. She got the first one in the mail and loved it. Then her daughter bought her this one for Christmas :-)   

This is my first suit shipped to Germany :-) Its so exciting to ship things out of the country!! This makes 9 countries I've shipped to, other than my own! I have now shipped to the following countries. Australia  Canada  Costa Rica  Germany Isreal  Singapore Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom   This suit sent to Germany is a tall, and is custom lengths as you can see. She wanted full length leggings and a longer skirt.