2014 NSpire Creation by Patty CaSandra

 2014-Nspire by Patty CaSandra

This is one of my creation by the Nspire Line. It is a 3pc set I created this line from the inspirations of my own heart. I love all thing classy with a little sportiness that you can always bring it up to a casual look. If you really want to be daring i am sure you take it up another notch to the dressy mode. The sequin gives it the special umph for being a little dressy. I love Hoods I don't know why but i do. So added an hood to this lil cutie

Sew Whatcha Know Group 2014

We have had a long year full of fanstic sewing. I wanna say thank you  to my group for posting your items on my group  without you there would be no Sew Whatcha Know.

These some Items from the 

Sew Whatcha Know group on facebook

Sew What's The Scoop

I love to read information from around the net.......I saw this interesting article

Top 10 Trouser Patterns + Tips for Sewing Your Own Jeans

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It’s time to retire the sundresses and snuggle up in cardigans and trousers. Scroll through 10 of our best-selling pants patterns, then join next week’s web seminar on how to make your own jeans! Make this the year you sew a perfect pair of pants.

We’re counting down 10 of our favorite trouser patterns, just in time for fall. Break out the denim, corduroy, and wool to start your cold weather wardrobe!.
1. Floral Skinny Jeans

An addictive pattern for patterned, colored, or plain denim.

2. Denim Trousers

A classic rise gives these trousers a seventies look that’s right on trend today. Wear with clogs and a thrifted blouse.

3. Low Rise Cropped Pants

No zip fly required for these cool trousers.

4. Safari Pants

Edgy and comfy with a roomy high waisted fit.

5. Spring Cigarette Pants

Choose black or grey cotton satin to take this look into fall.

6. Skinny Jeans with Zipper

A summer essential in white, and an edgy fall pant in black with exposed zippers.

7. Slender Pencil Trousers

A streamlined, legging style fit.

8. Gaucho Pants

Super wide leg trousers are ultra slimming with a tucked in blouse.

9. Pocket Trousers

A beginner friendly pant pattern with a retro silhouette.

10. Plus Size Flared Pants

A closet staple in twill or stretch denim.

Ready to sew the perfect pair of pants? Register now for Jeans Techniques: How to Make Elegant, Strong, and Professional Looking Jeans, Pants, and Trousers. You’ll learn new seam finishes, order of construction, how to sew a fly front zipper, and more.

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Designs by Patty CaSandra

I have done a lot of designs over the years. I have always been able to draw. More so when I was young.  I wish I had went to school to enhance my skills at drawing but as I grew older i found other things to occupy my mind. So drawing only appealed to me every now and then, I thinks i do a decent job to have the natural ability and only do it every now and again.

Early morning Draping

I love to design.  I must be a natural at it. I have been doing this since i was a little girl with my baby dolls. I though that was the way that you make clothes. At that time i never knew nothing about patterns. I would use my doll clothes to copy her clothes with some old clothes that my baby sister could not were anymore. My mother was very over protected of her 3 girls. So I would go sneak the needle and thread and scissors. I would cut those clothes and copy my doll clothes and some i would drape them on the doll and sew them while i was draping them. The funny part is that my mom would keep the too small clothes in a box in the attic. When she wanted to give them away she would go get them and would swear up and down that there were more clothes in that attic. It was so funny because the cute little clothes that was getting too small for my sister i could not wait till they go in the too small clothes box so my baby doll and barbie dolls can have some fresh new clothes.


I pop up at 5 am every morning since i was a little girl. The 5ish am is my best thinking time my brain is wired. Sometimes i have so much going on up there that i can not focus, So sometimes it take a couple cups of tea and turn me some smooth jazz on. Then i am ready to go. This is just one video that i decide to shoot .

Hoodie Shrug a cute decontruction

when my 33 year old was a 13 years old his dad purchased him some Nike's. They were all white i told his dad he did not need white shoes just yet. But did he listen to me noooo. The next week after the purchase he came home from school and told me he needed to tell his dad that he needed some more shoes. I said " uh why?  You just got a brand new pair last week!  OMGoodnes you guys would never guess what he said...... He said i just threw those in the garbage because someone stepped on them and got them dirty.. I thought i was gonna loose my mind.  I said if you don't go get those @#%^&% shoes out of the trash that cost almost $100.00 bucks we are gonna have some issues you and I. That day I taught him how to keep his shoes clean. We laugh about it today and he still keep him some clean white shoes

My 16 year old had a hoodie that he was going to throw in the trash.  I said, "hold up STOP i can use that. his thoughts were the hoodie has hole in it, I told him boy give me that hoodie and what your momma work .....lol 

Here are the results done in spring of 2014

Little Cute Tunic look-a-Like

Okay one of my vendors in California was selling this dress. One of my girl friends wanted that dress, Well I guess i was too late calling to order it. I felt so bad the i decide to just make the dress. Of course i had to make it, Just because i could. If I had had the right type of material on had I would have just made it and given it to her. But instead I decided to use the material that I had on hand and this is how it turned out.  Well I think it turned out just great

Wrap Dress Look-a-Like

This was just a little simple cute outfit that i just fell in live with (turquoise on the left.) The one on the right (the black print) is the one i copied,

The story goes. I cute little medical rep always come to the office and is always dress so cute I noticed that her outfits kinda all seem like they are from the same designer. One day she came in with the dress on the left on I thought it was just the cutest casual dress i have seen in a long time. I knew right then I wanted to make this dress. So I had to kinda check it out, you know....to see how many pieces makes was needed to make up the dress. So i kinda complemented her on the dress, Then she proceeded to tell me the designer's name "Elizabeth Mackay"  So of course i looked the the designer up, So for this simple dress the price is $ 285.00, When she said that i said oooh i can make that, So that was that.... now i was on a mission and my mission is done

Done in summer of 2013

Stepping Outside the Box

The Good thing about designing anything is the freedom. Everybody's mind has the freedom to explore what they want to explore.Some people interpret what they see very differently than others. That is why we have a different view of fashions. I see some apparel that I wouldn't dare attempt to put on that same outfit may be a beauty to someone else. This brings me to the outfits that I am going to post. My sister loves strips, polka dots, my mother loves everything, I am the Plain Jane. I decided to step outside the box on these designs. I hope you like them if you are not so sure that is perfectly understandable

Suede Skirt Decontruction

This is pictures of a deconstruction that i did on a skirt that i have had for over 10 years or more. As a mater of fact i have 2 of these skirts just different color. I decided to figure out what can i make that will be wearable for another 10 plus years. This is what i came up with. Not the best construction but OK enough to wear.

Sewing In September

Sew as you know by know we are having a sewing challenge
@  https://www.facebook.com/groups/sewwhatchaknow/. We started out with 8 potential members but end up actually the first week only myself and Lori Hilburn doing the challenge. The gift card give away is going to be really easy if she finishes out the challenge. For those that did not get a chance to do it there will be other chances.

Here is what Lori made for Week 1 she decided to use 2 different patterns

make a top in to a dress was the challenge. she did a fantastic job

change or add something on the top she tried and attempt to but still very cute

This was what I made for week 1

I decided to use 1 pattern for both my garments

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My Beautiful Sewing Table

Ok Ok OK Soo 
I saw this sewing table on my facebook  group (Sew Whatch Know) site which lead me to this blog How I Organized my sewing Room and I decided about a month ago that I wanted to make this table even if I had to buy 1 table at a time.
Well I came across a little change(money) and decided to start buying them. What a sweet hubby I have he decided that I should buy all 12 tables @7.99 apiece.(IKEA) I actually wanted to get the pink or turquoise table.(but beggers can't be choosy lol),  The color and high gloss tables are 12.99.

So I got my table home could not wait to get started. Took them out of the packaging, The Instruction were very easy but give you a hand and arm work out. By the time I was finished putting the tables together I wanted to go to bed but I was too excited.

Got them all put together, The instructions called for holes to be drilled on the 4 legs of the tables and on top of the corner edge of the tables, and dowel inserted in the whole to keep the tables together. My husband did the first one it came out ok BUT the top table did not  go all the way flat together.  The second set he stated to drill the drill went down to far in the leg, Guess what? the legs are hollow. So when putting the dowels in the fell threw the hole.

The Big Bright Idea
So I had thought about gluing them together but for some reason I did not think that it would take. Hubby said " well I think you are gonna have to glue it together" My instant thought was glue will insure that the tables will be even . Went to Wal-Mart to get the infamous Gorilla Glue. Now we are talking the big dog of glues, Let me tell you this is some bad stuff it only takes a little dab and that will do it,
I glue them 2 together let them dry 24 hours, the put them together. I use zip ties (industrial) to tie them together see the pictures



 

 I love my table thanks to Brooke on Custom Style

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September Sewing Challenge Video

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September Sewing Challenge

 I have tried to make the challenges not too hard so that u can do the other challenges if you choose to do so.

Choose any pattern you want. Post your pattern each week. You have the whole week to finish your project. Small tokens of appreciation will be sent to random participants. At the end of the month a gift card will be sent to a random participant.

Week 1 1st - 7th

Choose 2 pattern tops ( the same or different)

a). create a dress from 1 pattern 

b)  with the other pattern add something or enhance something

Example (short to long sleeves, collar to no collar, add ruffles ot flounces, different typs of sleeve collars or shapes i think you get it. The garment should look different fron the pattern

Week 2 8th - 14th

Choose Pant pattern

a) add pocket to the pants if it does not have pocket

b) pockets have to be embellished. When adding pocket design be creative.   You can add pocket to back, front, side where ever you want but the pockets have to have some type of design to it. 

Hint (check out your stitch patterns) Sew different material on add ribbon. what ever you decided

Week 3  15th -21st

Freestyle  make any garment you want  

a). make anything you like with a base pattern for the beginners

    for seasoned sewers no pattern or you can drape

　

Week 4  22cd - 28th

Choose a pattern for your cover all  

The fall is near a nice cover all will do the body good. No challenges here just plain ole sewing. A jacket can be challenging within it self sometimes

a) cover all can include  (jacket, bolero, sweater, shawl) no heavy coats that is for another time.

Final Day

On the 29th gift card. For the people who participated names will be drawn for the gift card

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September The Month For Fun, Sewing and Fashion

September brings so many wonderful things. This month is so full of wonderful colors. Orange, browns, and greens mostly. The month of September color is the Sapphire and the flowers are Asters

September is also the time when the parents get back into a routine because the kids go back to school. Some parent are sending their kids off to college which can be a happy but sad time. It is the harvest month for farmers or for just the people who have little gardens. It is the month for festivals. It is also the month for a lot of discounted items so make sure u search for the sales.

One of the main reasons I love September is that It kinda puts me back on track with my sewing.

September is National Sewing Month

The observance of National Sewing Month began in 1982 with a proclamation from President Ronald Reagan declaring September as National Sewing Month "In recognition of the importance of home sewing to our Nation."





September is Fashion Week Around the World

 National Sewing Month and  Fashions Week they do go hand in hand. Anyone can think of a design but not anyone can sew. Sewing is a life long skill without it we have no clothes.
London, Milan and Paris kicks off the Fashion Week in September so does many other cities here in the USA.  I love looking at all the fashion trends and the fashion recycles.


This month of September 2013 will be Sew Whatcha Know first sewing challenge. I thought that this would be a good month to start. We all are so smart and talented i think we are going to be as creative as our minds will let us be. I believe that sewing is an art I want Sew Whatcha Know Sewing Diva's to push their creativity to their limit. You all have some deigning skill if you can sew. Do the challenges you will see for your self.  I know you can it will be fun. Remember the only way to get to where you want to be in your sewing skills is to try new things.
I know all the Sewing Diva's have their own challenges & other sew alongs that they are doing so i don't expect everyone to do it.

Let me know who is up for this challenge

I promise it will not be too challenging especially because some of us Sewing Diva's work and have specific time that we sew and I don't want to put too much on anybody.

So the biggest part of the challenge is to use part of your fabric stash. (if you have a stash). I am trying to get mine down so that I can buy up more fabric which will create another stash but at least it will be a different stash :). So I thought that this will make a good part of the challenge. But of course if you don't have a stash purchasing will be fine. I will randomly be sending little gift items nothing fancy but any Sewing Diva can make use of it.

Stay Tuned in to Sew Whatcha Know 1st Challenge $25 dollar Gift card will be given away at the end of the challenge.

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Sew......Ers Block

I have been in a funk for a few weeks now. My brain has been on stand by for what reason I have no idea. No matter what I do I just could not think of any creative items I wanted to sew. Usually my mind runs over time with ideas. I even see ideas in my sleep. Sometimes when I awake out of my sleep with some idea. I have to get up quickly to write it down by this time I can't go back to sleep.  I lay there in the bed staring at the ceiling, the window and thinking about the idea so much that I really did not have to write it down.

I guess my brain just wanted a break from all of the creative ideas it had. I just went with the flow. 

I believe that sometimes we don't know how to shut ourselves off so that other things in our lives can function so our creative selves shut off automatically so that we can balance.

So these are the creation that I did now that the block has been lifted

Elizabeth McKay look a like

2 Maxie dresses



Let's see what else I can come up with

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My Bobbin Mess

OK I hate to see my bobbins with those little strings hanging everywhere and all tangled up here and there and every where. Two of my machines use different size bobbins so I have them separated and stored into different containers. But I still have some organizing to do.

Sometimes I cannot sew until sewing room is cleaned and organized. Depending on my mood It irritates me if I have to fix something or wind bobbin when I am on the roll and pressed for time.
So I try and keep my bobbins organized so that I can just pick them up without strings hanging everywhere. what I use are those pony tail holders

It is very simple and self explanatory. Just hand wind  the thread around the bobbin

and put the pony tail holder on

I hate winding bobbins. Why? I have no idea.  It's not like it is hard to do and I do it so quickly. So I ask myself again WHY?  I bought me a bobbin winder  to prewind my bobbins so I can just casually grab one when I need it. I wind about 4 each of black and white.  Then I get all the other colors that I have available.

                                                      Just a tip on Bobbin...Bobbins and Bobbins