 Everybody We are obviously in the car we are yeah, I'm pretty sure I look like I look exhausted, but you know The kids recently showed us some pictures. They went to a place called the wooden shoe in Woodburn it's a tulip farm and The pictures were so pretty and Bob and I have time today. He's off for the next week So we are gonna go drive down to Woodburn and we're gonna go see the tulips Sunday. It's a Sunday Yeah, so we're gonna bring you with us and we'll see what we can find. I'll be back tulips probably tulips I'm finding lots of tulips. I'm guessing a lot of tulips. I'm saying lots. Lots. All right I'll be back. We tried to get into the tulip farm, but the tickets are sold out for today It's what we get for trying to go on a Sunday So we might try again during the week, but Because we're down here, we're gonna go over to Canby and we're gonna go look around and Maybe check some stuff out and if I can talk mister into it hit a thrift store too. We'll see Yeah, we'll see what we can see Going to drive. I love a good drive Yeah We're on our day off by going to DMV and taking care of paperwork And when you own a bunch of old cars, nothing is new And you're trying to get one into the shop to have worked on on it. That's going to be the day then it doesn't start Adrienne doesn't want to start this morning. Her battery is dead So I'm in Mitzi. We're trying to jumpstart that car sube's right there Yeah, anyway, it wasn't how we intended to spend the day, but Let's just hope we don't have to tow Adrienne to the shop I'll be back. Yes, we're going on a walk It's been raining on and off all day. I don't think it's a good day to go to the tulip farm Plus it took us a lot longer to drop off the barracuda at the workshop than we thought it would Because she wouldn't start but anyway We're gonna go get some steps in Tomorrow we have a little bit of a busy day, but I think I should say I have a little bit of a busy day but I think once Bob's morning is over he may go over And spend some time with grandson junior Maybe and have lunch with the kids Or I was even thinking he could tuck the kids into bringing junior to our house. We could babysit while they go out to lunch I don't think that's gonna happen, but anyway all right He is only two and a half weeks old, so you know All right I'm gonna go get some steps. I'll be back guys. Have I vlogged yesterday? Oh, I'm not even sure so 12 39 I got the vlog edited and it's rendering right now and then I'll get it loaded up real quick to youtube um Bob is off at the kids house bringing them some lunch and visiting with grandson junior and Um our friend and cleaning lady let he is downstairs helping us out because the house is a little messy I am Just here hanging out at home. I've been doing some cleaning. I rearranged the art room closet Which I didn't film any of but I'm gonna talk about it in the next fixing the flow video I also cleaned out the weird closet out in the hallway outside the art room um cleaned off the table I now have hanging space for things that need to be upcycled and That that actually works for me Um, that doesn't mean I can go buy it, you know five million things to upcycle But I mean I like to have a place rather than just a big pile to dump them in Um, I think that is just a chill morning. Uh, mr. Bob had an appointment this morning a conference call that went well and um As far as what we're doing tonight I'm not exactly sure. I like to go back to value village But Bob isn't as into thrifting as I am I did forget to look at a couple sections only was there last time because I found so many good clothing pieces I'd kind of like some more jeans So, I don't know We'll see Tomorrow we're driving up to my dad's to help him with some auto repair work and by we I mean bob I mean I'm going with him, but I'm not helping with auto work So I don't know what I'll do with myself over there, but I'll figure out something All right, that's it for the minute. I'm gonna sit and have some water while the computer does its thing And I'll be back to wednesday morning 8 47 a.m. And we are headed north to go to my dad's house So bob can help him with some Uh, To know a tune up automotive repair situation What am I going to do while we're there? No idea Um, maybe go thrifting. I don't know. We'll see. I'll be back 10 minutes. Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't look like anything's moving yet interesting And yeah, my hair is just like We're gonna just let it do what it wants I'll be back The centrelia washington goodwill Go there if you're in the area. Oh my God, do they have great prices on things? I got so much stuff I don't need to thrift for materials to make anything with for like at least a month And some of the things I bought were $1.79 That's right $1.79 like the prices and selection were the exact opposite of the thrift store I was at the other day and can be I mean, holy cow. So next time I'm up here visiting my dad I'm gonna have to make time to come here because yeah All right, let's head back to the house before the two guys wonder what I've been up to Not that they should be surprised. I'll be back finishing up with the car Then we're gonna go get some lunch and head back towards home And bob's hot rod his barracuda is ready already. We only dropped it off monday So if we can get back into the area by b45 The multicutter anyway, I wanted to show you guys all hold on So I found four sewing patterns A variation of these pants might be nice at least for around the house pants on this This this is cute and this actually I might make out of this bed sheet. That's isn't that huge And then I found this They all appear to be complete and uncut This bed sheet is a queen bed sheet I found this blouse actually at the last minute when I was on the way to the register I found this giant men's pink shirt, which I have a plan for Some more two two more pair of blue jeans I found this t-shirt, which I don't need to do anything to you. I just need to wash it I found this this shirt Dressed thing now if it fits this might be my new mannequin cover. We'll see But I also found this one Could work And whatever one I don't use for the mannequin will become a t-shirt I found this which would be a cute blouse I found this which would be a cute t-shirt And this Which is got a skirt on it. It's way too big for me But if I do it right I could make it into a skirt that fits me and it's already gathered and it has pockets So we'll have to work on that Plus my dad gave me three pairs of his old blue jeans anyway That's it for the minute I'm gonna put everything into some kind of shopping bag. So it's easy to get in the house when we get home and I'll be back I should tell you all so I just got home, but this is how I've been dressed all day today I mean I gotta say I love it. It's so comfortable and it has pockets and Yep, I took one of my hip pockets and I put it on a strap so I had that on but Yeah, anyway So cute and so comfy So we are gonna head out this morning. It's just about nine o'clock We're gonna go to the beach for the day or at least part of the day. Mr. Bob has a masonic lodge meeting tonight So we have to head back this way by like three or four o'clock Um, but we're gonna go spend a majority of the day at the beach Do some walking do some shopping get some food all the things So I'll take some video where I can and pictures and I'll be back I already stopped for coffee visited my little favorite tie-dye shop But now that I'm sewing everything is so expensive so I did get some ideas for designs though. I'm gonna have to sketch out or go back and sneak pictures of or something but What I need your all help with a source for Your tie-dye fabric stuff that's nice and drapey not your standard cotton So if you have a source, let me know All right, we're gonna go get some steps in I'll be back me to be in seaside and find a thrift shop and then find a whole bunch of stuff Including some just plain white cotton sheets, which I was looking for to use for lining on some things so That was all good now. We're gonna go walk the promenade and try to find mr. Bob a souvenir and Uh get some lunch so Yeah, I'll be back just before 10 a.m. On Friday, I almost said Saturday Friday the 28th, I think Yeah, anyway, yes, we're in the car again. We've been in the car a lot this week I don't know if that's good or bad, but it is Anyway, we're gonna go run some errands A day earlier than usual because mr. Bob is off And get stuff for dinner tonight, but also get the rest of our food for the week And then we don't have to do it tomorrow and if mr. Bob wants he can Fiddle with one of his cars all the cars whatever Wash them drive them all the things So anyway Maybe I'll get some sewing done in the meantime. We're gonna go get some errands done and I'll be back home. We've had lunch Why do I feel like I just want to take a nap? Um, anyway, I got some hangers so I can finally hang everything up that I've been thrifting for the last couple of days And I'm going to also do a couple alterations on this shirt that we've already done Because after trying to style it. Yeah, these little sleeve puffy cap things they need to go It needs to be sleeveless. I should have listened to my instincts In the first place. So I need to sit and seam rip it. So it's got to go back up in the closet um Anyway, I did pick up these two garments. Yes, uh, a couple of days ago when I was at my dad's Wednesday I'm thinking of using one of them to make a cover for my dress form. So I'm not going to do it right now, but What do you guys think? Rainbow tie-dye pink tie-dye Let me know in the comments below. Also, I think our dress form needs a name So I'd love to have your suggestions for that. I'm also when I do the cover I'm going to do matching or contrasting fabric. I'm not sure but I'm gonna I'm going to make a proper pin cushion, which should be in the slot right here instead of this thing And actually glue it in because this keeps coming out and I don't think There doesn't appear to be any screw holes or anything down there. So Yeah, anyway, all right I'd love to hear your thoughts and in the meantime, I am going to uh Hang everything up Let's get started and I do have a project that I want to do for the closet where the garments For upcycling are going to be hanging. We need a basket or a bin for The sort of larger scraps that don't need to go in the fabric stash storage over here But that are things that I want to use up And or have intentions for making things out of but don't need to be hung up For instance, like the pile of blue jeans So anyway I have an idea But let's clean I got to do something about this first. All right, I'll be back We're going to make a couple of canvas bin bag things to store some upcycled Materials that are in progress But that I'm not going to hang up Because I've had such success the last couple of days thrifting I have a lot of projects. I don't need to thrift for a while Anyway, I wanted a couple bins to put things like I said the blue jeans in I have some canvas and we're going to use what I have now if you don't have a thick heavy weight fabric You could use anything, but if it's a thin fabric, you're going to want to line it and interface it Because this is canvas. I don't have to do that because it's pretty thick. I mean I could still but I don't It doesn't need to stand up by itself. It can be floppy. I don't care. Um It's going to be full of stuff. Anyway, I can guarantee you it's not going to be a problem Also, I've also got some rope from dollar tree. We're going to use for the handles And um, yeah, so I've got these two rectangles of canvas they're about 30 inches by 40 I fold them on the 40 And we are going to sew Both sides here Down on both sides. So I've got two of them. So I'm going to go do that and I'll be right back Use a kind of short stitch length and maybe Even sew it twice if what you're going to put in these is going to be heavy It's not a bad idea. All right, you also can do something fancy fancy like french seams or felt seams or Something I'm lazy so that's not going to happen. All right, I'll be back Once you have that done it's time to make the bottom So you're going to take the seam and the fold. It's the bottom of the bag that you just made And you're going to fold them back on each other Like this And then you're going to sew across so I have to figure out How much I want to sew How big do I want the this is going to give you a rectangle On the bottom of the bag Don't know where I put my pins. Where did I put? Oh, hold on By the sewing machine. That's why I can't find them. Okay, so I'm going to pin This one and we're going to go do the other side So the more I do it the wider the bottom of the bag will be And you just kind of have to play with it and see what kind of proportions you got I think I want it to be more of a square So Come down a lot more Do this one And just keep fiddling with it until you get it like right Till you get what you want and then once you get something you want if you're doing more than one bag like me Once you get something you like then you how then you can do the other one See what I mean? This is canvas and this is floppy Yeah, I think that's good So now I'm going to try to draw a straight line Such a mess Okay Making sure things are square and level Once I do one Then I can do the rest so I'll be back Okay, then what we're going to do is take the rope once our bag is together We're going to do Start about four inches from one of the seams Now this rope is taped on the end so it doesn't unravel for the moment leave that And start about I don't know eight inches or so from that end We're going to wrap the rope In the canvas this is about I don't know inch and a half or two inches of canvas All around the top pin Tuck some more in We're folding it to the outside And pin You could be way more precise than this that than I'm doing Of course I chose The day when it's like 80 degrees up here To do this but that's okay So then we're going to when we get to the other side seam We're going to tuck this in Leave about Four inches or so from the seam put a pin here Then we're going to leave the rope dangling Fold this down Put another pin here Do the same thing on the other side Bring this rope up Leave a loop like that that's going to later be your handle Just make sure it's kind of even Let's see I need to move that Pin just a little bit Yeah Keep going until you get to the side that you started on you need to adjust these pins. They're not quite right Now you could do this now or you could do it later, but I have the two taped ends I'm going to tie them in a very tight knot Pull it good. Okay And then you can take the tape off and let it unravel Okay So now you have two handles Right, we're just going to go so how sew this down right about where the pins are So I'm going to do that to both of them and I'll be back. I gotta stop sticking myself with the pins Okay, now we have two canvas bins So I'm going to fill one up with leftovers of already upcycled projects And or asserted fabrics and things that I want to do something further with or small things that Can't be hung up And don't need to be over in the bins over there Like I have all these handkerchiefs. I really want to make a kimono out of them I want to sew them all together and I have little pieces of hand-and-britter Doyleys and things I have I keep finding sheets to um Upcycle and I have all these I keep finding new sheets and they come in these fabric bags So that has to go in here And then some linen So and then I have this and it can go in the bottom of the closet And then we have this one which is just going to be jeans I bought two pair of jeans and then my dad gave me a bunch of his old jeans And then I have what's left over from some black jeans I bought to make a bag out of a while back That there is they were a really big pair of jeans And I kind of want to make a jacket or or a skirt or something out of what's left So this one's just full of jeans Two more things to hang up The potential dress form covers We're just about clean All right, I'm gonna put the leftovers away with one little piece of rope left And oh, I forgot these what are these? Uh, and there's a bunch of oh rice of course So Um, these are rice and flour bags cotton ones Obviously one of them still has rice in it because rice is falling out everywhere. Oh, maybe this one Anyway, there's something else I'd like to do something with They're actually cute little bags a couple of them have zippers. So let's put that in that one bin You know get the table I'm ready for the next project because it's hard to create where my table is too messy and The next thing we need to do is Some t-shirts so But I'm not going to do those right now. I have some more patterns that I just thrifted I need to put this one together and I have I just got some more stay tape. I'm working on so many knits I needed more stay tape If you don't know what that is, it's like an interfacing like a fusible stretchable knit interfacing. I use it for the neckline sleeves and hem of all the knits that I do Sometimes on the seams because it helps keep it from getting ravely And I use it despite the fact that I have a serger. I use this in addition. So That's it for the minute. I think I'm hot. I'm gonna go sit down. I'll be back Okay guys, it is saturday. It is just about one o'clock Um, I did a bunch of sewing today. So first of all this blouse so you've seen this blouse in my Um upcycling video number one and in the video I talked about how I wondered if I should leave it sleeveless Obviously I did so after it was done after the video was over I tried styling it and I really just felt like the sleeves kind of stuck out They look like little wings like it wasn't the thing I also thought that because I had not taken it taken the top of the blouse in too much just the waist that Okay, a little bit of frankness here I'm not an a-cup. I'm a large breasted gal and This blouse made me look even bigger breasted, which you know in the right circumstances, maybe isn't a bad thing but I mean I decided to take it in so let me show you how it turned out because it's very cute now so I I took about an inch Well two inches in under the arm And then I tapered it down. So basically I did a dart to the waist on each side So that helped this a lot and then I took the sleeves off and I brought the shoulders in a little bit more This is perfect. I love this. Let me show you what else I got up to This was actually a nightgown. I actually bought yesterday When we were yesterday. Yeah, yesterday when we were in seaside And I thought the fabric of the nightgown was so cute And I brought it home and I knew right away. I wanted to just make a cute little easy To wear easy to wash tank top Um to wear this now. I don't have the right bra or pants on because I have my bra's pink It's going to show through probably but It turned out so cute It doesn't go with my pants at all but And it had this sort of hem on the I just left it So when I am upcycling I tend to reuse the parts of the garment that are there Um, not to make my work smarter not harder, right? Um, and so yeah, I really love this was very quick and easy I have a Tank pattern that could be a top or a dress that works really well for me fits really well And it's going to just be a standard for me when I'm doing these projects. But yeah One more hold on. Okay. This is a mash-up of a couple of different patterns Um, mainly one and I'll put the name of it here because at this moment I don't remember the name of it and it was a free download and originally it was a v-neck And it had a puff sleeve, but it puffs leave with a large cuff Um, but I knew I could work with that so I gave it a scoop neck which I tend to think is more flattering on me And I shortened the sleeves and put elastic That is cute now. This is originally from a dress and so It has it had this rounded hem again work smarter not harder. I just left it. So this is a little bit long Yeah, there we go But that's okay and the colors in this will go with do you remember the brown pants? I made a bag out of and then later also made capris out of This will go with those pants. So It's cute All right, and I made one more of these out of another knit dress. Hang on. So I made this one I like this one too. This is cute. I could work with leggings. I could work with a skirt I could wear it under overalls like it's really cute. So anyway Yes, a bunch of sewing as usual lately. All right. I think it's time to eat lunch. I'll be back Okay, I did it I made myself another jeans skirt I think two is probably plenty but holy cow this one's cute too, and it's blue unlike the other one that just gray Look It just needs to be washed so that all the edge is free I love it and it cost me About three dollars and fifty cents Yeah, all right. I'll be back guys It is saturday evening. It's time to close the vlog. So It has been a good productive day while I was up here sewing Bob was downstairs working on all the cars And giving mine a good bath, which she really needed. So I really appreciate that but between Friday evening and today I got Three well two t-shirts done a tank top And a jean skirt and I altered the floral blouse And now it's perfect and I have a pair of Actually green shorts overalls That I got on amazon that it'll look really cute with so Yeah, I did pretty good. I also downloaded A couple of days ago and I just got done printing a bunch of patterns. I downloaded today I need to go get prayer ink. Anyway This one is for mood fabrics And I don't it calls for five to six yards of fabric I don't have that much I only have like three And it's like 40 inches wide. So it's not very wide, but I'm kind of wondering if we shorten this a bit Can I get this dress this dress Out of that 40 plus year old piece of silk I've got I think I'm gonna have to piece the pattern together and lay it out and see if I can get any version of that Out of that fabric because that would be cute But we'll see and you know the kind of pattern it is It's just silk threads everywhere. Um You know, I'm a little bit of a busty girl. So Is it gonna fit is it gonna be big enough? The size of the piece that I have to make is it gonna, you know Anyway, we'll see I don't know But I do have it out here on the table, but it's been a lot of fun. I have to say I'm really enjoying myself I do have some Videos still from my list that I haven't filmed yet that I need to do my sister's coming for a couple of days She's going to be here tomorrow She'll be here for a couple of days So I probably won't do any filming other than the vlog until she leaves but as soon as she leaves I'll just spend a day and I'll get a bunch of filming done One watercolor one or more watercoloring abstract watercolor videos and then finishing fixing the flow I have made a few changes off camera here in the art room To accommodate my current Bout of creativity, but we'll be discussing that in the video. So Anyway Pretty excited. Well, I'm also going to be reorganizing my sewing patterns and I've got some envelopes coming to hold them and Yeah, all that stuff. I'm remembering in the old days I'm not going to let my collection get to where it used to be literally you guys haven't bought many it was like 2000 patterns We won't we won't go there in fact I threw two away today that I had either Downloaded and printed or self-drafted that I don't like and don't fit me anymore And it's easier for me to redraft something than it is to deal with. They're gone. They're garbage anyway It's been a great week. It's been a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun with the thrifting that I did my thrifting closet stash is full It may not stop me from thrifting again, but the closet is full I'll get a few more things done before I go again, but Yeah, I'm really enjoying where things are going and having a good time while I'm doing it. How about you? I hope that You know what this is what I want to say. So if your creative inspiration is stuck right now You seem to be jammed up I know one thing that always helps me is you know doing a reorganization and a clear out of the art room I really think going through and filming these fixing the flow videos and Going through the fabric stash and some sewing stuff and cleaning off that desk and the tool desk You know, it really helped me and I was like, I should make myself some clothes Next thing you know, I'm sewing like a maniac. So I don't think that's an accident. I really really don't So, you know, give it a try and I know for me, it seems to always work that you know, when I'm stuck I do some cleaning and reorganizing and That I'm inspired so anyway, I also You know have a lot of questions for you guys not to mention the clip you saw earlier about the dress form But I have lots of fabric scraps. I really really want to Like shred them up small and use them for stuffing But other than sitting there with pair of scissors Like they do make fabric shredding machines number one. I'm not buying one number two. Do you know how much they cost? Yeah, that's stupid. So if y'all have any ideas, let me know Anyway, I hope you've had a great week. I hope you have a great week next week And that you Do what you need to to be inspired to Maintain your level of creativity however you want it to be. I am not a minimalist artist. I have a lot of stuff So, you know, and I've just added That so I mean, you know, so whatever works for you, that's a good thing Anyway, if you have questions comments or concerns, leave them down below Relevant links ways to support the free content here on youtube. Those are all down in the video description FYI, I probably will in the next few months be discontinuing etsy It's just not doing what I need it to right now and I'd rather focus on patreon. Yes, I do have one And um, in fact the may Um posts in patreon They already went out early So they're up already and live And I do do a little post in my facebook group and it's already live too Just because it was easier than scheduling and stuff Anyway, if you'd love to support their free con content join patreon and I'd love to see you over there Um, I could use a new video camera So we have to work on that but anyway If there's anything in particular you'd like to see leave it down below And you know go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it if I sound all over the place because I am All right. See you guys next week. Bye guys