Recent Posts Tagged With 'cool ties'

• Going Quietly Crazy, Continued

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 23:49 in work, sewing, schedule, inventory, cool ties, mitts

  I have 4 pairs of mitts almost finished, and 5 about a third done. I seamed up a bunch of cool ties today (more left to do), but I'm not really stressing about those. I've got a lot in stock, so if they don't get done too bad, so sad.I still need t...

• Wandering in Postal Limbo

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 16:04 in band, heavy, wandering, cool ties, cram, postal limbo

  A week ago I sent off 141 cool ties for a local marching band, having managed to turn, press, fill, and sew them all in a week. (Yes, one week!!!!) Along the way, I had to buy more fabric and remake 3 ties after they got damaged while trimming thread...

• I pressed 70 ties today,

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 17:41 in steam, ankle, swollen, cool ties, ironing

  28 yesterday, and 43 on Thursday, and I think I'm about to die. I'm tired and my ankle is swollen from sitting too long at the ironing board. :o(But I have found an easier way to do the first pressing. I've been using a mini crafter's iron to open ...

• I'm in cool tie purgatory

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 23:25 in red, newsletter, yellow, lime, purgatory, cool ties, pressing, seaming

  It's not quite hell yet. That comes next week as I try to finish quickly.In the last week and a half I've cut out and seamed 141 more cool ties. I've done the first pressing on about half of them and gotten most of those turned in the last two days...

• Bye-bye carshow, hello marching band

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 21:34 in weight, screaming, cool ties, carshow, band camp

  Yesterday I sent off the cool ties for the carshow. Each tie weighs hardly anything, but it's amazing how heavy 100 of them are.Monday I started sewing the ties for the high school band. So far I've gotten 98 seamed and ready for the first pressing...

• 97, 98, 99, . . . . 100!!!!

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 14:34 in new, order, 100, labels, cool ties

  I finished sewing the last ties yesterday before work. Yay!!!!I still have to trim threads on this batch, and then I have to print and attach the labels. But I should be able to get them in the mail early next week.Next up: 137 or so ties for a loc...

• 75 ties done, only 25 left!!

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 16:42 in threads, box, cool ties, special order

  Today I finished the third batch of ties for my big order. All that's left is to trim the threads and fold them before they go into the box.That just leaves 25 left to do. I just might get them done by Friday. :o)Here's what they look like....

• Halfway there

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 11:32 in press, cool ties, halfway

  Yay!!! I have 50 ties completely finished.After I did the 50th tie, I went ahead and seamed the other 50 in one looooooooong session, and after lunch I pressed and turned the next 25 ties. So I'm actually about 2/3 of the way through....

• Cool ties are getting hot!

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 14:00 in sales, inventory, cool ties, band camp

  Since I started working on this big order of cool ties, I've had three cool ties sales on Etsy, each for 4 ties! I also may have the opportunity to do 100+ ties for a local high school marching band -- band camp starts in late July and it's always r...

• 25 down, 75 left to go

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 23:43 in order, threads, trimming, 25, cool ties

  Last night I finished the first batch of 25 ties -- 5 of each print. Now I'm sitting here surfing the web and trimming all the threads before I fold them up. Tomorrow I plan to seam the next batch. Hopefully I'll have the next 25 done by next Frid...

• Making progress . . .

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 14:14 in progress, filling, cool ties

  i finished 10 ties this morning, and got another 10 ready for filling. By this evening I'll have 1/4 of the ties finished!...

• 5 down, only 95 to go

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 20:36 in fill, cool ties, first batch

  Today I got the first five ties finished. That's either 1/20 of the whole, or 1/5 of the first batch. I think I prefer the latter description . . . . .I have 10 more ready for filling tomorrow. I'd do them tonight, but my back is sore from bending...

• 100 cool ties in a month !!!!!

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 23:35 in Cars, sew, 100, press, referral, cool ties, rotary cutter

  This past week I got an order for 100 cool ties!!!!!When Larry and Carol of Custom Shirts by Carol decided they couldn't fill a request, they referred the customer to me after seeing my shop on Etsy. We emailed back and forth, and Friday the deal wa...

• Here we go again

  Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 12:00 in carnivals, familiar, cool ties, aprons, kaufman, st. ann

  Tomorrow we set up shop at another carnival. This time it's at my brother's former parish in Kaufman, St. Ann. I think this is the 5th year we've done it. So we know the people, we know where things are (like the all-important little crafter's roo...

• Microwaves and Easy Riders

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 20:29 in motorcycle, microwave, cool ties, mitts, bandana

  I just finished my newest creation -- microwave oven mitts! They've only been in production for at least 2 years. LOL They're an adaptation of a set we saw in a catalog, but bigger. The catalog set won't hold more than 3 fingers (only good for mug...

• Cool tie crazy!

  Posted on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 13:23 in purple, cool ties, pipeline, ironing, ladybugs, crazy critters

  This past week I decided to cut out and seam about 2 dozen cool ties from some new fabrics. Not satisfied with that, I hauled out the drawer of already seamed ties and started ironing. And ironing and ironing . . . . .So far I have ironed and turne...