Sewing with Minky

Tips to Keep You Sane

Minky, we all love it, we all want it, but actually sewing with it can get difficult. Lets be honest we've all had the "fun" of unpicking the minky because of tucks or stretching. I've complied a list of tips and tricks to help you have a pleasant experience while sewing minky.

1. If you're going to be sewing minky with any other type of fabric you'll want to wash it first, since minky doesn't shrink and most other fabrics do.

2. A walking foot will save your life! It helps to evenly feed all layers of the fabric, if you don't have one and don't want to get one then I suggest laying the minky on bottom. But really, just get a walking foot, you'll thank yourself in the end.

3. Use a long stitch, 4 is usually best.

4. Remember that minky has a nap so position it the way you would like it to lay.

5. DO NOT iron minky, it will melt it!

6. Pin EVERY 1"! Even 2" can cause stretching and tucking.

7. Minky is heavy (especially when wet) so I would suggest using a half inch seam so the edges are not being weighed down and being pulled out.

I hope that you find some help from the tips and keep on loving minky!

Traveling the USA

In May we were lucky enough to head across the country to go my bro-in-law's wedding. Since we are poor college students we decided we would save some money and drive out to Virginia and fly back. The farthest I have ever driven is from Roosevelt to Vegas so I was excited for the little adventure. The wedding was the 25th of May in the D.C. temple so we started our journey the Wednesday before when I got out of school. The plan was for Sam to drive all that night, for me to sleep and then we would switch in the morning. The trip was to be about 30 hours altogether and we hadn't planned on stopping except for eating and bathroom breaks. Well lets just say it didn't really work out that way. Neither of us could really sleep the whole trip so we were a little sleep deprived. We also decided to take a little pit stop in Nauvoo! And I was so glad we did it was a really fast stop but of what we did get to see was absolutely beautiful! We ended up getting into Virginia Friday morning and then the wedding festivities began. I have to say Virginia is absolutely gorgeous! I'm just sad that we didn't get to capture more of it with our camera. After we got cleaned up some of us went shopping at the outlets and then we headed to the bachelorette party were we got pedicures. That night the groom came over and we had a bbq and some fun before the big day. Saturday we headed to the D.C. temple for the wedding and later that day we went to the reception. Sunday we went into D.C. to the National Mall there we spent all day touring the monuments. It was a very long day but so interesting! Monday we finally got to go home which pretty much took all day. It was a great trip(besides the ticket I got driving out!) and I'm so glad I got to go!

The Mississippi River (this picture doesn't do it justice)



Nauvoo Temple



The beautiful D.C. temple.

D.C. has amazing architecture!

Museum of Natural History



New Styles

I am loving that spring is finally and we are getting to wear bright fun colors! This last Friday we went up to Logan and stopped by the Logan mall which we like to call the shmall since it has maybe 10 stores in it. Anyways I found some great deals and wanted to share. They were on the sales rack which was buy one get one free and right away the skirt drew me in! Only 20 bucks because the hem needed to be fixed (I was in heaven that my mom taught me to sew!) I also found the coral shirt which I thought would go great with the skirt! You could mix and match these with millions of other things. The picture is not showing the skirt great but it is mint and grey stripes.

White Undershirt: Down East
Coral Top: Head Over Heels
Skirt: Head Over Heels