WELL I MADE SOMETHING! LOL!

  My first pretty for the new & improved sewing room, yesterday was national Pancake day at I Hop & with so much to do & so many places to be there just wasn’t time to get in on that fun so , pancake mix, syrup, powdered sugar, strawberries, choc. chips, hot chocolate I created my own pancake day lol

my daughter’s hairdresser stopped by to do her highlights & I got in on a new cut lol, the grand daughters made pancakes & we made  a dress form pincushion, the bottom of mine…well lets just say “it was my first one” LOL daughters  quickly says ohh I’ll fix that with  a tu tu lol

here’s my daughter’s

  I wanted some bling bling on mine LOL

mine will be the start of a collection & as you can see with all the pins my daughter intends using hers lol!

I’M GETTING THERE!

I do do love this look & it takes nothing to open & paint a can lol & I do have a lazy Susan round, I think this would be sweet beside the sewing machine,

I have a door shutter as well as an antique door, I can see one or the other with my rocker done up ohhh so sweet for those mending or ripping out lol times or a magazine & tea/coffee break

I have lots of antique buttons on the original cards “somewhere” lol 

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n the meantime there’s pillowcase’s along with organizing the house & getting my list oh yea I’m a list person LOL! for my upcoming show, the dots are new items I’m introducing this year lol! I always try to get everything done.priced & toted up a week before show time (never happens) lol but this year! lol! with the first show being around the 2nd week of Sept, this gives me about 23 weeks soooo my sewing room’s gotta come together in the next week or so ,

I actually can’t wait to see it all come together, we wont talk about those yellow walls just yet lol! I choose to think on more happy thoughts of what & where to put where & all the Annie's I haven’t made in a while like JOJO .that hair & those fingers & toes are a hoot but sooo worth the outcome! I’m going to make more bigger, fatter loveable Annie's this year

IDEALS ARE WELCOME

there are so many ideals racing through my head for the sewing room, do I tone down the screaming yellow walls or poof be gone all together, I know what you’re thinking, JUST DO IT ALLREADY! well I am, I really am!I’ve got enough pins on pinterest I should be able to jump in on something! I came across a neat site that had  great tips on getting that sewing room going lol things we already know but need a refresher in our thinking possess like surround yourself with beautiful things, I get that! but I love the prim look & I love the shabby chic look & I love the vintage whites & browns look soo how do I choose draw names outta of hat? lOl!I know I wantta surround myself with my fabrics, quilts,books, aprons,pillows collections etc.

*keep it organized, I wantta say goodbye to the Rubbermaid drawer thingeys & hello to beautiful jars, crocks, hat boxes etc.

*be comfortable I want to incorporate  a sewing area separate from the work are, a mending area like the chair in front of a shutter or antique door ( I have both)in the corner for hemming, reading sipping tea etc.

*minimize distractions, sorry TV, you’re out! lol!

this is just a few things to ponder, in the meantime I’m working on getting the ladies from church together to start sewing pillowcase dress's for Africa http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/ 

I’ve made pillowcases for my grand daughters, I’ve helped my youngest make the twins a birthday outfit for their upcoming 4th birthday

I know you guys are picture oriented so I’ll get pictures ASAP , the other day  well Thur in fact I had a cap fall right outta my head lol hopefully my dentist can glue it back in ohhhh how I hope so !that’s what I’m dealing with this week

DO YOU LOVE APRONS

As much as I do?I think it goes way back from my grand mother, or perhaps the fond memories of my husbands grand mother always making anyone who enters the kitchen wear an apron

remember my patchwork apron?

well it has found a new home hanging on the door of the laundry room at my sisters house yea yea I’m so sweet! LOL & mercy me! when I made 15 for my grand daughters food network birthday party 

my little collection could use some growing lol!

the dotted one is made from a dishtowel I purchased from a sweet granny who had a booth across from me a few years ago,the ruffled one is from Pier One , a b’day gift from sister, the black/white, I made from a panel, the pinkie calico one I made from a simplicy pattern, the green one  from a sweet granny I came across at a  local craft show, as you can see the blue patchwork one didn’t stay long enough to hang out with the others LOL!

I will be making aprons for my shows, so just maybe I’ll sneak in a few just for me lol! would you like to see my apron eye candy folder I have on Pinterest?

http://pinterest.com/nannastreasures/aprons-are-everywhere/

yes indeedie! I love aprons!

HAPPY VALENTINES

 

Happy Valentines to you my friend, how ever you spend your day may it be filled with love, peace & happiness  I’ll be sewing today, yep it doesn’t take much to make me happy lol! helping my daughter finish up  an outfit for the twin’s upcoming birthday, the big 4!  where does time go lol!

the sewing room is almost pass the thinking possess lol I love the rustic look yet the shabby chi calls me as well as the cottage look, is there a way to combine all three humm well there comes a time to just do it so I’m told lol!the more I look, the more calls me such as dress forms, now wouldn’t this print be so sweet in the sewing room 

along with a dress form or two

so many ideas I wantta incorporate into the sewing room but as they say there’s only so much room , I think once the room is empty & tone down that dark yellow get some curtains up , get all my eye candy pictures together  it’ll come together quicker I’m giving myself to the end of Feb. I can do this!

How to Make a Kite | eHow.com

COME ON SUMMER!

How to Make a Kite | eHow.com  

what do you do craft wise besides sewing? I want to spend more time outside this year, tweak the yard & make it ohh so pretty, perhaps even have a garden if I remember how  it’s been so long lol

maybe I can talk the older grand daughters into helping with the tweaking, they do want to learn to sew soooo that could be a great trade off LOL! shhhhh don’t wake me outta my sweet dream lol! the little ones will do anything just because it's fun! fun! fun! lol!

yea yea I know there’s kites out there in the stores somewhere but where would the bonding be in  that huh?  seven grand kids making kites & going to the park & having a picnic too boot! shhhhhh! don’t wake me!

http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/06/kite-designs-how-to-make-a-kite/

come on you know you wantta make one lol!

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Have you tried making your own pillowcases  lately? once you start they can be addictive LOL

 

A FEW MORE BLOCKS

 

remember when I stared  my picnic quilt  a few weeks ago 

yesterday in-between cleaning & washing cloths I worked on  a few more blocks, you put 6 together to make one 12”block, if I put these together  it’ll be one block down

with 30 something more to go lol this will be a lap quilt about the size of  a throw blanket so there’s still a whole lotto cutting to be done, I’m in no hurry for this project as it is  a “just for me” project” so I work on it in-between working on other stuff, guess you could say on my breaks  lol

it will be  a great start on  a new project when I finish my blue quilt which has to be finished by the end of March seeings I entered it in a finish along challenge ,which I’m glad I did cause it prompted me to get it out of the closet

I could whip it through the machine in no time but  I started it  a year ago with my Aunt & to make a long story short  she will ask if I hand stitched it like she taught me, she’s getting up in her 90’s now & starting to have moments of forgetfulness, this drives me to finish it as I can't wait to take it & show it to her & believe you me she will inspect it good! LOL!

WILL IT EVER COME?

Do you ever start out to do something, then things just happen to have to take priority, life in general, babies being born, holidays, birthdays yea excuses excuses lol   last year when I painted  the sewing room yellow, it didn’t turn out the happy yellow that I was expecting so plans were to paint it over & give the room a whole new look

hummm what have I been doing you say? LIFE! LOL! we just  celebrated sisters 60th, my b’days coming up hee hee, I have a granddaughters b’day to  help set up this weekend, a ladies meeting  & valentine banquet to prepare for, & the list goes on & on for Feb. lol

but I am making progress, lol I’m gradually packing up the sewing room, keeping out only the necessaries for sewing special projects, I’m temporarily sewing in the kitchen ha ha & I have  a few quilt projects going, we’ve been culling out & tweaking a room at a time, the office is looking more like an office

but in the meantime I still long for my sewing room to be back to it’ pretty creative space, so I collect inspiration, jot down notes, sketch out how I want the room, the big plans are to make it happen by the end of Feb.

can you take 50 plus rooms & turn them into one LOL

how awesome would this room be for sewing parties

do you have a sewing space to die for, does  it inspire you to create something beautiful even if nobody cares? I think I shall print & frame this quote

really like this one too

till next time, happy sewing!