tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020Mon, 09 Feb 2026 02:22:48 +0000SEWING women/missesSEWING baby/toddlerPattern ChallengeAverySEWING accessoriesRe-PurposingRounke LifeWardrobe Contest 2010Guest PostRecipesVintagebloggingholidayknittingsewing toolsFamily fun, sewing and knittinghttp://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kristie)Blogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-4825107828251190538Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:38:00 +00002011-02-01T23:38:33.007-08:00Happy New Year!  Boy, am I late on that one?!  I can't believe I haven't posted since November and it's already the start of February.  I'm sorry I have really slacked on posting updates on sewing projects (to my sewing cyber-friends) and Avery/family updates (to my family).  This year in 2011 I decided to make some goals.  I looove lists so I made lots of lists of goals http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2011/02/january-sewing-and-24-projects-goal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-7017016303416672317Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:25:00 +00002010-11-23T21:25:17.305-08:00SEWING accessoriesSEWING women/missesRecently it was my bestie's birthday and I really wanted to make her something.  I remembered I had started a bag but never finished it.  So I pulled it out and decided it would be a great gift.    It's the same bag pattern that I used for my cousin's bag seen here.  I didn't add pockets to the inside of the bag but it has an invisible pocket on the outside of the http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/11/super-easy-tube-scarf-another-bag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-282685890063236648Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:04:00 +00002010-10-31T22:04:38.406-07:00SEWING baby/toddlerThis year I really wanted to make Avery's costume.  Rod came up with the idea of Avery being a Sock Monkey.  I loved the idea and together we went on a hunt for men's large wool socks.  I thought I could cut them up and use them to sew up her costume.  No luck.  We couldn't find a package of socks that were affordable.  There were single pairs running from $6 to $12 http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-2010-sock-monkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-7640288610620243457Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-09-14T08:00:03.392-07:00SEWING women/missesVintageOne fun activity I did over the summer was go to the Rose Bowl Flea Market.  It was great! If you go, plan to go early, have walking shoes and water.  I got there about 9am and didn't leave till almost 3pm.  I don't think I sat one time.  I was just walking and browsing.  They have everything and anything you can collect.  Sorry I didn't take pictures.  The http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/fun-finds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-6939022053024337213Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:32:00 +00002010-09-10T20:32:03.647-07:00SEWING women/missesWardrobe Contest 2010Well, I think it's about time that I report on how I did on my work for the Wardrobe Contest.  We had such a good time enjoying our summer vacation that it was hard to complete all 10 items.  I was able to finish 3 1/2 items.  I was sad that I didn't meet my goal of being able to enter this contest.  Here are my items: Top #1 Simplicity 2696   This was a frustrating http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/report-on-wardrobe-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-1800591860579595057Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:42:00 +00002010-09-03T12:28:22.315-07:00Rounke LifeIt has been a wonderful summer!  It was the first summer where Rod and I had the same summer vacation time off,  now that we are working for the same school district.  We got house projects done, visited family several times and had some fun outings. To start off our vacation,  on July 4th Avery decided to kiss the hardwood floor during a fall from her little rocking chair.&http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/summer-lovin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-9117520456682038813Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +00002010-07-12T06:00:00.906-07:00SEWING accessoriesMy cousin Bev saw this bag and she asked if I could make her something similar.  I was so honored that she trusted me to sew a bag for her.  She had a couple requests.  She wanted the bag a bit bigger so she could fit magazines and 8x10 folders for work in it. Also, she wanted a pocket on the outside, zipper top closure and pockets on the inside oh and some kind of green fabric.&http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/07/bag-for-my-cousin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-6600052427308235937Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:49:00 +00002010-07-11T18:44:47.353-07:00SEWING women/missesWardrobe Contest 2010It's been a long time since posting any projects because we've been busy since school got out.  I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I decided to join a contest on PatternReview.Com   It's a wardrobe contest.  I'm required to make 10 items. . . 10 items!  Four tops, four bottoms, one topper (i.e. vest, jacket etc.) and one free item.  The contest closes on August http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/07/wardrobe-contest-1-down-9-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-8306577574861618887Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:27:00 +00002010-06-03T21:27:31.876-07:00Pattern ChallengeSEWING women/missesI completed the Coffee Date Dress!  I have been looking and looking at this pattern and everyone's versions for a long time and finally made one for myself.  This adorable pattern is designed and offered for free by The Selfish Seamstress.  As I follow her blog, I'm really doubting her title... Here is my dress:  I added the wide belt for fun detail.  It also helps http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/06/pattern-challenge-coffee-date-dress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-9197184197177945713Wed, 26 May 2010 03:22:00 +00002010-05-25T20:22:24.058-07:00Recipes In case you missed it, I did a guest post over at Come and See the Seitz.  I shared a very special family recipe for Swedish Pancakes and I thought I would share it with you one more time.  It's that good.    Ingredients: 6 eggs 1 1/2 cups flour dash of salt 1 Tbl sugar 2 1/2 cups milk 1 stick of butter (melted) Directions: Beat eggs till lemon colored. Add http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/05/recipe-swedish-pancakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-3964692568549200565Tue, 18 May 2010 05:16:00 +00002010-05-17T22:16:52.768-07:00This last weekend was so beautiful up here in our mountains.  It was a comfortable 76 degrees or so with a slight breeze.  Yesterday we took advantage of the nice weather.  First we took Mason to the dog park, where he got to enjoy the millions of different scents.  I thought to myself, "Why doesn't he want to run around with the other dogs," then I remember he's a scent houndhttp://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/05/lovely-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-320863944603551892Tue, 11 May 2010 02:48:00 +00002010-05-10T19:48:19.683-07:00SEWING women/missesHappy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!  Hope your day was special. For my mom and mother-in-law I made them a Summer Scarf, following the tutorial from This scarf is really easy to make once you hem the edges.  It was a little difficult working with the fabric I chose.  It was a silky polyester and wouldn't crease when I ironed over the edges so I just had to eye http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/05/mothers-day-scarves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-416420756622213088Sat, 08 May 2010 15:18:00 +00002010-05-08T08:18:59.997-07:00Guest PostToday I am guest posting on Come and See the Seitz!   I was so excited when Sarah asked me to do this.  Her blog is filled with hip sewn clothes/projects and bEUTiful quilts. I'm really itching to get back to quilting because of her. Go check out my post for a YUMMY Mother's Day Brunch idea!http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-8962489994382163790Tue, 04 May 2010 15:12:00 +00002010-05-04T08:12:50.545-07:00  I made the top 60 in Made by Rae's I'm in the Day 2 round and couldn't be more excited! Please go HERE to vote for my top.  You'll see the voting in the right column.  Thank you!  This is so fun.  I'm just so pleased I made it into the Top 60 out of 368 entries. ~Kristiehttp://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/05/vote-for-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-597946296492861663Sat, 01 May 2010 05:19:00 +00002010-04-30T22:19:10.599-07:00Pattern ChallengeSEWING women/missesI've completed another pattern but in record time.  I cut out the pattern one night, then sewed almost all of it last night.  I started around 7:30 pm and stopped around 1:45 am.  I was trying really hard to get the top made so I could enter it into Rae's Spring Top Week challenge.  The deadline was today by 8pm.......EASTERN TIME.  I didn't realize the time zone till I http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/04/pattern-challenge-cynthia-rowley-dress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-3288242011621527026Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:46:00 +00002010-04-29T16:46:28.559-07:00Pattern ChallengeSEWING women/missesI completed the t-shirt!  I'm so excited it turned out well.  I was a little discouraged the first time I made the neckline.  I made a binding from the fabric and attached it with some chiffon all around.  Even though I used a stretch stitch the neckline looked way too big.  I ripped it out and tried a different method.  This time a used a zig zag stitch all the way http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/04/pattern-challenge-chiffon-pleated-t.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-1099728521719842732Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:40:00 +00002010-04-25T20:27:27.324-07:00Pattern ChallengeSEWING women/missesWe have been so busy lately but I have been trying to work toward my Pattern Challenge.  I had started my Jacket awhile back and finally got a chance to really get some sewing done.  I didn't want to start anything else till I finished this project.  Well, everything was going fine till it was time to sew the back and the sides together.  I realized that something was REALLY http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/04/pattern-challenge-jacket-frustrations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-5953140916912165618Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:06:00 +00002010-04-25T20:43:16.098-07:00holidayknittingsewing toolsHope everyone had a nice Easter.  Ours was wonderful.  It was so good to see family since we hadn't seen them all in over a month.  Avery has so many dresses (a girl can never have too many).  It was hard to decide which ones to bring for the weekend. Here are some photos from the Saturday egg hunt.  Avery was having a good time I swear. She wasn't feeling quite http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/04/happy-easter-and-very-early-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-4370005625462478495Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:14:00 +00002010-04-25T20:42:16.942-07:00SEWING baby/toddlerMy friend is having a baby girl and I decided to sew AND knit something for the baby shower gifts.  I decided to post about the baby dress as part of my pattern challenge.  I still need to finish cutting out the jacket that I have to complete by my April 1st deadline!  Yikes! That went on the back burner for a couple weeks. This is called the easy empire-waist top (6-9 mos.) from http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/pattern-challenge-addition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-7117967037498857241Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:28:00 +00002010-03-13T20:48:27.835-08:00AveryI'm finding that a real fun part of being a parent is watching your child meet milestones.  Avery has started crawling!!  I squealed and jumped up and down when I saw her do it.  It was great because Rod and I were both home at the time.  Rod called me over and there she was, slowly crawling toward her toys.  I still need to figure out how to add a video to the blog, but http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/meeting-milestones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-2217825820949481695Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:35:00 +00002010-03-08T19:35:18.462-08:00Vanessa at V and Co. is having a sponsor giveaway from:   The Quilt Shoppe has an etsy shop and an online shop with amazing quilting fabrics and kits.  If I win the giveaway I get: rural jardin jelly cake (that's a layer cake and a jelly roll) PLUS a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE.  I would love to make a quilt for Avery with this fabric.  http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/great-giveaway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-7325479553120429347Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:55:00 +00002010-04-25T20:43:56.120-07:00SEWING baby/toddlerI never did a post on the chiffon Can-Can skirt I made for my daughter.  I bought the pattern from Danna at MADE.  This was Avery's 1st birthday and I wanted to make her something beautiful.  I love turquoise and purple together so I chose to do a cascading of colors which included: white, pink, purple, blue and turquoise. The chiffon ruffles are layered on a light pink tiered http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/chiffon-photo-shoot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-2166775745512016977Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +00002010-03-06T12:13:11.201-08:00Hi! This is a test to see if the email subscription is working now. Here is a new awesome video by the band OK Go.  "This Too Shall Pass."  You may remember their other amazing video that was done in one take on treadmills.http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/test-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-7686008616760104177Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +00002010-04-25T20:44:33.455-07:00Pattern ChallengeSEWING women/missesI just bought the fabric for the jacket I'm going to make.  I'm really excited but nervous too.  When I picked it out I think this pattern was rated easy, but I'm thinking this is really going to stretch my "beginner" skills.  Here is a picture of the fabric and buttons I chose.   http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/pattern-challenge-proget-2-for-goal-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827530221363673020.post-4512268245935049608Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:39:00 +00002010-04-25T20:45:29.786-07:00Pattern ChallengeSEWING women/missesI'm on my way to meeting my 1st goal.  I just finished my pattern 2593 Simplicity by Cynthia Rowley.  I did the sleeveless version with folded neck band.  I used a sateen ( I think) fabric.  This was tricky to work with. Very slippery.  I think next time I work with this fabric I will use a rotary cutter so I can have more control as I cut around the pattern pieces. http://kristie-abovetheclouds.blogspot.com/2010/03/pattern-challenge-sleeveless-blouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristie)8