tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85110551725213890272024-03-28T15:22:14.392-06:00eSheep Designscharting a personal sewing journey from student to designerRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.comBlogger533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-81316557110929877562024-03-23T01:00:00.585-06:002024-03-23T01:00:00.134-06:00Jumbo Junk Journal [Pt 1]: Gathering the "Junk"
Project JJJ...
Happy spring (or fall), everyone! For those of us who live as far north as
I do, it always seems like an accomplishment to have endured
another winter.
Over the past couple Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-44710764080828501712024-03-02T01:00:01.016-07:002024-03-09T11:09:26.987-07:00How My 2024 Crafting Project Came To Be
Paid a price to fly from -45° to +25°...and not just in terms of
dollars!
Hello!
Is anyone here?? Or has everyone fled to greener pastures? (Remember, they
could be fake!😉)
Anyway, if you are here, thank you for stopping by. I hope you've
been keeping well. Me, I haven't been as lucky. I Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-30714514709920398122023-12-30T01:00:01.869-07:002024-02-23T15:44:21.146-07:00Pushing Pause After Ten Years
Closing the door for a bit...
Today marks the unofficial completion of a journey that started over a decade
ago. Little did I know at the time that it might actually have the
possibility of lasting a decade.
Despite moments of great uncertainty over the past few years about how much longer I
could persist, I kept Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-12041874037366122052023-12-23T01:00:00.884-07:002023-12-26T07:54:57.400-07:00Quasi-Tutorial: Selvage Planter Cozy
Make some selvage fabric...
Welcome to what could be my last tutorial; or at least, last for an unknown extended period of time!
Today's project is – as you can tell from the title – made from "selvage
fabric". The techniques are wide and varied for how you can create usable fabric
out of selvages, so if you already have aRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-88849798966616181742023-12-16T01:00:00.410-07:002023-12-16T01:00:00.150-07:00Celebrate December Solstice With These Sewing Projects
It's both the winter and the summer solstice!
I have readers who live in countries that are far flung from me, situated in the
"other" half of the world. Occasionally, our interactions remind me that while
we occupy the same planet, our seasons are completely opposite.
Therefore, in celebration of this upcoming 21st ofRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-65843529864459941292023-12-09T01:00:00.247-07:002024-02-23T16:11:12.568-07:00Living & Crafting Sustainably [Pt 4]: Giving Away What We Make
How can we sew, craft and live more sustainably?
A long time ago, I accepted the unfortunate truth that unless you're somehow
able to build a reputation for making exceptional "whatevers" and are
prolific enough to maintain a good supply of stock on hand, it's extremely
difficult to sell what you make.
Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-63282945197387621972023-12-02T01:00:00.591-07:002023-12-02T01:00:00.132-07:00Math in Sewing [Pt 6]: How I Finished My Bargello Project
My wedge quilting project...
I am finally at the end of my series on math in sewing. (And not soon enough,
it seems, for many of you... LOL! My stats for the
last post
in this series showed a drop of over 55% in the number of subscribers clicking
through from the week before. I found that insanely funny since – even at ten
Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-63560277537863100922023-11-25T01:00:00.735-07:002023-11-25T01:00:00.126-07:00A Bookend Friend
Christine Welsh of ChrisW Designs...
Are you familiar with my sixth blog post?
At various times, I've referenced my first entry, which was written at
a time of great excitement and anticipation, not knowing the terrain of the
road ahead or how long it might be. I was acting upon a spark of inspiration
that had Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-1521712702640605572023-11-18T01:00:01.106-07:002024-02-03T12:09:42.745-07:00Math in Sewing [Pt 5]: Design Your Own Bargello Table Topper
Aren't these hedgehogs just the cutest?
Last week, I showed you how to make your own wedge quilting ruler
out of paper and plastic.
Today, you can test it out with a small scale bargello quilting project for a
tiny table topper. At first glance, it might seem a lot like the one that I
posted about in
part three of Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-68689193142584648762023-11-11T01:00:00.529-07:002023-11-18T18:12:45.090-07:00Math in Sewing [PT 4]: Make Your Own Wedge "Ruler"
A wedge ruler you can DIY...
In my
previous post
from this series, I wrote at the end that I hadn't been aware of the true nature
of wedge rulers when I made that curvy table topper.
It was at once a surprise – and yet not a surprise – to discover that
quilting wedge rulers are math-based. The wedges are determined Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-32474514688766618512023-11-04T01:00:01.005-06:002023-11-18T18:33:36.675-07:00Math in Sewing [Pt 3]: Basic Bargello Quilting
My bargello quilting project...
Are you familiar with bargello quilting?
QuiltingDaily.com describes the bargello effect as "the appearance of movement within the patchwork, an optical illusion of
waves flowing and ebbing that is created from the strip sets sewn
together in an off-set, Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-22154446201267265262023-10-28T01:00:01.445-06:002023-10-28T07:34:14.282-06:00Finding My Dream Purse Design
image courtesy of seller falovelife2014 on eBay...
In August of 2015, I posted about
seeking inspiration for my dream purse design.
Eight years later, a dream purse is no longer a thing for me. More
significantly, I have no further inclinations to design any more bag
patterns.
While my sewing journey sort of had a goal Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-9476111664081124862023-10-21T01:00:00.242-06:002023-11-07T10:37:29.758-07:00Math in Sewing [Pt 2]: How to Make a Fabric Icosahedron
An icosahedron (ai·kow·suh·hee·druhn)...
"Without mathematics there is no art."
So said Luca Pacioli, the fifteenth century mathematician who worked
closely with Leonardo da Vinci, the renaissance artist widely assumed
to have employed the golden ratio in both his science and art
creations. Because this is a sewingRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-76835186553709376852023-10-14T01:00:00.724-06:002023-10-22T08:47:07.667-06:00Math in Sewing [Pt 1]: How Math Makes Sewing Easier
"Without mathematics there is no art"
Somewhere in all these blog posts, I've shared the fact that I abandoned art
school after one year – due to being given the impression that there are
rules on how to "make art" – and subsequently ended up with a career in
IT.
In between those events, IRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-46925137677005274892023-10-07T01:00:00.028-06:002023-10-07T01:00:00.133-06:00Nifty Things I Thought I Might Make [Pt 3]
Lost opportunities or "never meant to be"s?
Welcome to part three of nifty things I thought I might make but never did.
I've said here that before I got back into sewing in 2012, I hadn't realized
that people sewed things other than quilts and clothing.
I then began my renewed sewing Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-7364792829696367052023-09-30T01:00:00.024-06:002023-09-30T13:13:48.824-06:00"Must Haves" For Your Sewing Toolbox
What's in your sewing toolbox?
A couple weeks ago, I served up some blog "potpourri"; i.e., three draft posts
that had been languishing for years that I managed to stitch together into one.
Today's entry is an old draft that I've actually taken the time to complete...
because I think it can be potentially helpful.
It wasRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-13050105765949835042023-09-23T01:00:00.679-06:002023-09-23T01:00:00.142-06:00Nifty Things I Want to Make...
Projects that I actually want to make...
To represent the flipside of my series of posts entitled
Nifty Things I'm Never Going to Make, today's topic is a couple of projects that I actually want to make.
So why not just make them and post the results, you might ask?
The issue I have is that it would be difficult to Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-79427790408513207692023-09-16T01:00:00.082-06:002023-09-16T01:00:00.144-06:00A Potpourri Post
Pride & Prejudice book bag by Novel Creations...
This blog has a long list of posts in draft mode. At any given time, there's
over twenty of them... twenty-two as of this weekend.
This stems from a habit I developed early on of recording anything and
everything that I might want to cover in more detail.
Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-90225542246805934152023-09-09T01:00:00.006-06:002023-09-09T08:14:29.084-06:00Make an Autumn Leaf Window/Wall Hanging or Table Topper
My finished fall leaf window hanging...
Today I give you my personal take on the open-ended project that I presented
a couple of weeks ago. You'll see how I turned my collection of autumn leaves into a
window hanging.
When I last left off, I was trying to determine the best way to
arrange those nineRochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-58831018367152708872023-09-02T01:00:00.822-06:002023-09-02T01:00:00.130-06:00Living & Crafting Sustainably [Pt 3]: Donating — Good or Bad?
How to sew more sustainably...
Are we doing good by donating stuff that we no longer need or is it really a way
of averting our eyes from a bigger problem?
Ponder that thought, if you will, while I draw your attention to
National Sewing Month's (i.e., September) rather appropriate theme for 2023:
sew sustainable.
Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-87731535388885627302023-08-26T01:00:00.021-06:002023-08-26T01:00:00.138-06:00How to Make Fabric Autumn Leaves
Denim backed fabric leaves...
Today, I present to you an open-ended project idea. I'll be sharing with you how I made some
leaves out of autumn-toned fabric. In my case, they'll end up hanging in my
front window after summer is officially over. (On that note, I've seen some of our trees turning colour already.)
Once Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-36124480172709163572023-08-19T01:00:00.254-06:002023-08-19T01:00:00.138-06:00Scrappy Ways to Create Unique Fabric
How to create unique fabric out of scrappy pieces..
I'll admit it.
If I'm in the midst of cutting material for a project and teeny tiny pieces of
fabric end up cluttering my work area, they tend to go in the garbage.
I'm not talking about pieces that are large enough to use in some future
Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-32447679140045948252023-08-12T01:00:00.001-06:002023-08-12T08:57:03.113-06:006 Ways to Sew a Chicken — Yes, Really!
Wanna sew a chicken?
Who would have thought that the humble chicken is such a source of inspiration
to the sewing community?
I mean, I love chicken in its various forms. (A chicken dinner is almost
always a winner in my book... heh, heh.) But I've honestly never given much
thought to incorporating them into my Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-31070083845342232842023-08-05T01:00:00.082-06:002023-08-09T21:00:06.076-06:00Quick Craft Mondays: Scrappy Keychain Card Wallet
A quick and scrappy project...
The Monday afternoon TV marathon that used to provide the background motivation
for
my quick craft Mondays
is long gone, TV schedules being subject to change and all that.
For that reason, my Monday afternoons have not involved any specific sewing
activities for a couple of years.
Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511055172521389027.post-76887413861865123762023-07-29T01:00:00.809-06:002023-07-29T01:00:00.139-06:00On the Lookout for Leaves
Three leafy templates that I settled on...
Back in mid-April, I stopped by
Bernina's WeAllSew blog and scrolled through one hundred and fifteen
pages of "projects". (Yep, 115 pages; the number will be higher now.)
I was on the lookout for things featuring leaves. Specifically, I was
looking for leaf templates Rochelle @ eSheep Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873971744083672144noreply@blogger.com2