30 January 2009

stephanie learns to sew

PROJECT NO.1: unfinished business

in the fall of 2007, echo allred and i were new moms watching massive amounts of project runway and having some craft nites to try and live the dream. we caught wind of these really cool, comfortable, and stay-put headbands and just had to make them ourselves! so we each got some materials and met up one night and made patterns and traced and pinned.... and that is where it ended for me.

she sewed hers like the next day or something and now has a successful business selling her lovely creations on etsy (jaceyecho), to all of us who love these things, and at local craft fairs (contact her on etsy or through her blog for all your headband needs!).

mine.... well... mine was unfinished with all my other might-have-been projects in my sewing drawer.

UNTIL YESTERDAY THAT IS! i got the headband stuff out and finished her up with the assistance of my trusty betty jeanne the machine. it was a good first project, not too big but still got good practice in.

since our computer that we edit photos on is getting a tune up, please excuse the phone photos, but here she is:


hooray!

16 comments:

melissa said...

oooh i like it a lot and you look awesome.

melissa said...

i mean it.

Alicia said...

Very cute! Love the black and white polka dots and stripes. Awesome.

Roeckers said...

Very cute!! I would love that pattern if you are willing to part with it! Liza is way into headbands these days!

diana palmer said...

i'm very proud of you. but my eye and heart are drawn to your sweet belly below. hi there mister!

Audra said...

Way cute! You have a lot of talent!

laurel said...

I like the idea of really getting into something with a friend, whatever it is. Girlfriends are the best. Good job on the headband and on finding just the perfect shirt to go with it.

liko said...

hot mama! and especially so with that very cool headband you finished. good job!

ashley said...

dots and stripes. i am in love.

KristenE. said...

I love it love it!!!! You are so beautiful mrs robertson! I am so jealous. One day you will wake up find that very outfit missing...it is so sassy and cute =o)

lizzie said...

Nice. And I love the shot of the baby bump.

sheila said...

oooh I like it.

a lot!

boo face mcjones said...

cutie cute!

so glad to see we are still musical bff's. and i adored the poem below, but you posted again before i was able to tell you.

The Prigmore Family said...

Way to go steph. I am proud of you and betty jeanne. What a great future the two of you have together.

echo said...

the headband turned out great! i am glad you are getting familiar with betty the machine. i can't wait to see her in action one of these days.

echo said...

oh, and thanks for all the shout outs!