6.19.2010

My Hero...

Hey, all!

Happy, happy Saturday! I love the weekends oh-so-much :) I have a new layout to share with you today. I am really looking forward to the Fourth of July...it's one of my favorite holidays...so since I was thinking about it so much today, I decided to make a red, white and blue layout! Here it is:
I finally caved in and bought a sewing machine...which I am absolutely terrible at using. Grrr... I know that I will get the hang of it eventually. It's just going to take some practice. I tried to make the pages sewn together look all neat and nice, but I think I was sewing too fast, so it didn't work out too well...I decided to use it anyways...I will keep praciticing, though. I just have to get some patience first ;)

I also tried a new fun technique with twine. I have seen a lot of digital layouts recently that looked like there was twine weaving all about the layout, so I decided to try it with the real thing. I'm pretty satisifed with how it turned out. I held the twine in place with some tiny brads. It was something fun and new to try.
Thanks for stopping by...enjoy the rest of your weekend.

7 comments:

Sarah Lou said...

The way its skipping holes makes me think your tension might be out. But I dont mind the messy stitching at all!!! I love how you have laid the arrows!!!

Antonia Krajicek said...

I hear you on the sewing machine! I bought mine in January and still am not very good with it. Maybe someday I'll cave in and ask for lessons...

I think your layout turned out great though!! The random, messy stitching gives it a playful look :)

sarah said...

i think the sewing on that looks great even tho you did it fast. :)

great design on this one, kat!

have a wonderful week.

hugs,
sarah.

Deana said...

I think the stitching looks great! You're just supposed to say... "I meant for it to look like that" & go with it! Perfection is overrated! ;-)

ADORABLE page, too, btw!

lisa said...

Just wanted to tell you how much I love your LO. The stitching, the colours you picked, the string.
Love it : )

Unknown said...

aww what a sweet layout, i think the twine and sewing looks cool!
it does take a lot of patience to use a sewing machine, ive discovered!

Jessy Christopher said...

I love the colors...seriously I do!! This is so beautifully done!!