tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73305127985877216012024-02-08T04:34:04.596-08:00Running with ScissorsMichelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-6070847079710296232013-01-06T18:05:00.000-08:002014-09-26T11:03:07.608-07:00Befuddlement of PatternsThe internet is a funny place. You can't keep things safe. We all knew that.
Unfortunately, I will not be sharing the patterns for my quiet book. There is simply too much risk that my intellectual property (the patterns) will not be respected and frankly, the books are quite difficult to make. I recognize that they are unique and people like unique things. I also shellebelleshellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095926302034574452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-42648958542604903492012-06-22T20:59:00.000-07:002012-06-22T21:10:26.305-07:00Getting Personal with Wedding Gifts
Recently, a very good friend of mine got married. And you know I just can't buy a gift off the shelf.
Maegan is a fun gal, and when she lived out here we used to have long conversations about life, goals, and whatnot. We were very much in the same situation - at the northern end of our twenties, busy with careers, etc so we really had a lot in common. I remember when we both volunteered at Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-34583109001608970532012-02-19T22:59:00.000-08:002014-09-26T11:06:55.596-07:00Quiet Book - OverviewThis post shows all the pages and their activities. Enjoy - this was a fun (and challenging) project!
Page 1 - Camping With Dad <-- Click the titles to visit the page's post for instructions
On this page, the activity is to "pitch" a tent by tying its lines to stakes in the ground. I used nylon material on the tent to get a realistic texture and only attached the tent at the top and Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-87277573388299083292012-02-19T22:20:00.000-08:002012-02-19T22:23:25.310-08:00Quiet Book - Final Assembly! Oh man, I was so excited to get to this part.Two weeks of work (many of them late nighters) and I had only hours to finish this up. And, I had never attempted this construction method before so I was nervous about how it would go as well as how well the book will hold up. Fortunately, I work with its recipient every day so she'll know she can send it in for repairs if needed.To begin, figure Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-70645190622550677972012-02-19T21:53:00.000-08:002012-02-19T21:55:41.924-08:00Quiet Book - Adventure 6: Fun in the Sun Get your swim suits, it's our last page of the quiet book!For the final page, a two page spread, we are having some zippy fun as we arrive at the beach. Here, the activity is to unload the beach bag and also have some fun on the waves.Begin by fabricating two backgrounds and back them up with fusible. Zigzag on the beach towel as well. Work up your surfboards by cutting the shapes out of your Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-47148987816133108722012-02-19T21:35:00.000-08:002012-02-19T21:37:42.985-08:00Quiet Book - Adventure 5: A stroll on the SavannaTo take take advantage of the task of "buckling" I present our pet giraffe. The activity here is that our little giraffe wants to stretch his legs, so naturally we need to put a collar on and leash him up to take him on a stroll. A few things to note here: I purposely did not use proper hardware. I use a slide buckle instead of a buckle with a tongue and no clip attachment for the leash. A, Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-86878448956613705772012-02-15T00:38:00.000-08:002012-02-15T00:44:06.782-08:00Quiet Book - Adventure 4: Camping We're going to dial it back a bit and tackle an easy one pager. You'll see why during final assembly, but we need two pages to be single pages in this book. Pitching a tent is going to be one of them. The second will be a fuzzy one :)To begin, prepare 2 large and 3 small trees by pressing .5" under on the sides. Arrange on your ready-cut sky (3.25" x 7.5") and pin into place. Topstitch into Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-34357220043239841212012-02-13T01:28:00.000-08:002012-02-13T10:11:54.357-08:00Quiet Book - Adventure 3: Around TownFor the next installment, we're going to putter around town. This is a good page for a beginner who is comfortable with straight lines and understands the big concepts of sewing. The activity on this page is to "drive" two cars to two destinations on the pages. We'll mix it up by working in some fun fabrics and activities. It does use a lot of heat transfer and that takes quite a bit of timeMichelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-21752059616576480762012-02-12T16:31:00.000-08:002014-09-26T11:09:35.408-07:00Quiet Book - Adventure 2: Flying Fish
This is a good one for beginners since it has simple lines and no fussy business. If you haven't read about sushi yet, I encourage you to do so. This won't make a lot of sense if you don't.
The second page to be assembled is a "catch the fish" type shebang. For it you need a few fabrics - some fun fish colors (can't go wrong with sequins) and three blues: one for the sky and two for the Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-90205164698846667232012-02-12T14:08:00.000-08:002014-09-26T11:10:08.405-07:00Quiet Book - Adventure 1: Sushi
I have threatened several times to complete a newfangled quiet book and have yet to actually follow through. Well, with the invitation to a coworker's baby shower in just a week I have to, well, show you the money. Why doesn't anyone ever have to show ME the money? Am I disqualified because I worked as a bank teller for two years? I saw lots of money there, but I digress.
An ambitious Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-50564615310017492342012-01-23T21:17:00.000-08:002012-01-23T21:33:04.410-08:00LatelyI've been freakishly busy. I present a brain dump to get this blog back up to date.JulyPaula's high school graduation cake. This was super fun to put together, but I think I'm liking the speed of buttercream over fondant.SeptemberMom had a knee replacement, and I was the designated puke catcher and ice fetcher. Percocet is a good thing to have around.OctoberTwo of the Something in the Water Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-81334798473041525312011-08-19T21:22:00.000-07:002011-08-19T22:09:09.036-07:00Shush!It's baby time again!
No, not me. Mom knows that if she brings up me having children, even in my absence, black helicopters will suddenly appear from above to take her away never to be heard from again. That subject is forbidden.
BUT - other people are having kiddos, and even giving kiddos that are not biologically theirs a home and a family. Yes, I've got some baby showers coming up. And,Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-30119646016828832482011-07-23T14:57:00.000-07:002011-07-23T15:15:00.468-07:00Personal VictoriesWhile I've been sewing for years, I've never really attempted sewing clothing. Clothes are simple in concept, but there's just so many darn steps. Plus, I'm not shaped like all those nice models in the pattern books. Fitting rooms are my friend.I went out on a total limb and made a nice top to go with a gorgeous tank I found on clearance. To be perfectly honest, I'm amazed it came out so wellMichelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-41847401667652110722011-04-18T19:29:00.000-07:002011-04-18T20:11:36.544-07:00Things that are best done with four handsMoving a TV, playing patty cake, and add remodeling a kitchen to that list.I'm warning you now that this is a long post, so go make yourself a sandwich and get comfy.When I started this blog, I realized that I should have started it when I bought my condo and started remodeling. I got myself into some amazing nonsense that makes for great stories now. Like, when the retexture on my living room Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-44155469579888415492010-12-11T10:42:00.001-08:002010-12-28T00:14:43.094-08:00This title is intentionally vague...because it is one of my mom's Christmas giftsSo Mom, you have every opportunity to not blow your Christmas surprise right now.Are you sure you want to do this, Mom?It's really not a good idea...It's dishonest.When you die you'll end up in heck where they have spiders and pool drains and everyone cracks their joints once a minute. For those of you who don't know, my mom doesn't like spiders, gets grossed out by the sound a cracking joint Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-85877447994078496212010-11-15T16:18:00.000-08:002010-12-28T00:16:49.827-08:00When life gives you lemons...throw them at people you don’t like.It’s good for your stress level and tenderizes the lemons for juicing.As was eventually expected, my trusty home computer gave up the ghost this past weekend. My best guess is that it was 7-8 years old and so woefully underpowered for what I made it do that it’s a surprise it didn’t pack its bags for greener pastures long ago. Thank goodness for backups and mirrored iTunes libraries at work. Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-17126284153247939762010-10-09T16:04:00.000-07:002010-10-09T16:36:04.718-07:00Container Gardening TipI mentioned in a previous post about how plants like dry bottoms. Can't say I blame them. I recommended perching your plants atop bricks to give their tooshies some breathing room. But, when you live on the second floor and it's a hike from your car, well, that idea just kind of sucks.So, yesterday I was pondering some new additions to my garden but I was out of bricks, so I'd have to buy Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-64079549965150193002010-09-25T22:52:00.000-07:002010-09-26T01:28:48.654-07:00Adventures in Once A Month CookeryWhile looking into easy make-ahead meals for my grandpa, the concept of "Once A Month Cooking" was suggested to me. Anyone who's ever had to cook for just one on a regular basis knows what a pain it is - produce goes bad before you can get to it, you get tired of something you mass produced, and it becomes a chore to always be running to the grocery store. I hear Europe calling me a sissy for Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-59859434839480738372010-09-06T16:33:00.000-07:002010-09-06T17:51:21.700-07:00There’s something in the water – Part 3So comes the last installment of the baby shower madness.As with gifts in the past, this shower invitation came with the assignment of "bath time!" As someone who hasn't been bathed in the kitchen sink for 26-some-odd years, I had to put on the thinking cap for this one. I do, however, have some semi-recent experience in the department with supervising the hosing down of my little brother, who Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-21932782844683034442010-08-23T15:25:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:50:57.461-07:00There’s something in the water – Part 2Last weekend baby shower number two hit. My initial plan for my baby shower gifts was to make the same basic gift for each mom-to-be, but with tweaks to make them unique. But, after talking to Jeanne (gift 2) after Kim’s (gift 1) shower, I found that while any baby gear is appreciated, I needed to be a bit more adventurous in my gift choices. I like to keep them guessing.So, after a bit of Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-42949906547296190892010-08-07T13:46:00.000-07:002010-08-07T14:46:47.931-07:00There's something in the water...part 1Several of my favorite people took it upon themselves to supply the needed children for the 2015-2016 kindergarten year. Congrats to all of them, and September and October are going to be full of squeals and the joy that surrounds a new life coming into the world (and me moonlighting as a nursery designer at Jeanne's house).With that comes showers :) And, being the idiot I am I took it upon Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-87328239057488579892010-07-19T17:22:00.000-07:002010-07-19T17:56:31.088-07:00Handy Dandy Crochet RollFor those of you who don’t know, I’ve taken up crochet this year. I don’t profess to be good at it in any way, but I have come up with some cool little things I plan to give as gifts ;) With crochet comes some…supplies…and those supplies have to be managed efficiency to keep yourself together (not to mention the stuff is easy to lose). I was using the little zipper case that came with the Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-68047289550665692142010-07-19T15:19:00.000-07:002010-07-19T15:31:58.142-07:00It's Lonely in Here...I know this is a wee little blog with only a few ideas, and I'm hoping to get more up in the near future (three baby showers are encouraging things...), but it would sure be fun to share my antics with a wider audience! So, if you come across some nonsense of mine that you think any of your friends would like, please feel free to share it! I have no problem with people copying my projects - I Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-28074366156014989532010-07-06T14:44:00.001-07:002010-07-19T17:56:52.206-07:00A Lesson in Record Keeping (and showing some teeth)I’m usually pretty good about keeping track of my important papers. I can tell you where my mortgage papers are; they’re in a heap in the closet. My bank statements are online because if they send me paper ones they end up in my pile of important things “to sort” (even though I know it’ll never get done). And so on and so forth. But I at least know which pile everything is in.So, naturally, IMichelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330512798587721601.post-45648928704253810652010-06-26T22:50:00.000-07:002010-09-02T14:04:14.617-07:00Garbage BurritosSome people have heard me talk about them. Two people have had them. I find them quite yummy.I got the idea for these from an amazing burrito I had at a nice Mexican café in San Clemente earlier this year. They called it an “Autumn Burrito” and it was a nice, earthy twist on the beans, cheese, and rice thing. I thought it’d be fun to recreate it.I call this a “garbage burrito” because you Michelle Iglesiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741757709094192242noreply@blogger.com1