How To Make A Thread Organizer - YouTube

How cute is this, do you have a cute idea of how to display your sewing thread? for now mine is in an antique glass cookie jar~lol~

I WILLWEAR IT IN PUBLIC CHALLENGE

 

1. The theme of this challenge is to sew any garment that YOU will be proud enough to wear in public.
2. This is a sewing challenge so machine or hand sewing is a required element in your entry.
3. You must make a new garment for this challenge.
4. Upcycling and refashioning of existing garments is acceptable as long as you follow the second guideline.
5. Don't confuse garments with accessories like hats, scarves, belts, etc.
6. You must try something new when creating your garment. That's where the "challenge" part comes into play, right? Maybe you've never used a pattern, or sewn with knits, or installed a zipper. Here's your chance!

You have until  May 31st to sign up for this fun challenge over at

http://ricochetandaway.blogspot.com/

doesn’t this sound like fun? you can find all kinds of inspiration on Pinterest even tutorials & on You Tube as well, I have an idea of what I’d like to try, good thing we have a while to sign up as I’ll be out of town this week house sitting my daughters house, dogs & grand daughters lol they took the twins to Disney World, oh how they’ve grown, they’re  four now! I really should get to packing lol! humm books, magazines, quilt to work on,if I don’t forget the supplies & the machine lol! on, sewing projects, mercy so much to think about lol!

INSPERATION

 

I’ve been on the hunt for just the right wooden letters to spell out “believe” in my sewing room, recently hobby lobby had them on sale 50% off, yea!and lo and behold what do i come across on pinterest lol! see the believe letters top the shelves? lol!not sure i could have this much white in the sewing room, but it is pretty but until i decide what & how to do it’s off to the church for more getting together for sewing, fun & great fellowship with some wonderful ladies to sew up more dresses for “little dresses for Africa”

PLAYING WITH TEE SHIRTS

another Pinterest project, I can across this scarf

it is the last scarf in the clip,

http://studio5.ksl.com/?nid=61&sid=14428842

my friend Debbie & me decided to make one, we wore them to our sewing day at the church & of course they said, “where’s mine” LOL! mine looks blue but it’s a teal green,

It looks better on, than on a hanger I  made a pink one on my first try it’s not as thick as the teal one

I went through my Pinterest boards & between, sewing/crafts/canning/recipes/projects, I have actually made 28 Pinterest projects & there’s more on my list! LOL!

 

LOVE RED AND WHITE QUILTS

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME WITH FREE TUTORIALS!

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/04/renaissance-waves-quilt.html#more

 

http://www.freepatterns.com/detail.html?code=FQ00080&cat_id=432

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/mccallsquilting/articles/Antique_Circles

 http://quiltrascal.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-and-white-house-quilt.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=itUKAJ6RaOc#!

 

red and white quilts have been on my mind lately, guess because when sorting out the sewing room I came across my red/white squares I received  a while back from  a red/white quilt square swap

when I have time to do something with them I want to make this pattern

guess all the excitement of putting the sewing room together, giving it a new look is getting my mojo stirred up LOL!

 

 

THE RUFFELED SCARF RAGE

have you seen the ruffled scarves everyone’s wearing? I’ve been buying yarn for  30 plus years & did not know  there was such a thing as yarn that looked d like netting LOL! where have I been lol!

HAPPY EASTER

 

wishing you a happy blessed Easter, as we celebrate a time of fellowship with church family & the blessing of families, we are reminded we serve  a risen savior

SORTING BUTTONS AND UPDATE ON TRAVEL BAGS

Sorry I’m late but, have you ever had your computer tower eat your  camera chip? LOL what a mess, unplug everything & 1/2 the screws & sake & shake some more & finally out it comes, it took a while or the tower to work right too , must of traumatized it, LOL ,anyways I worked on the sewing room a little today, sorted buttons, getting all the whites,creams & clear together , it just seemed the thing to do LOl!

I must remember not to sew when I can’t think lol, the bags are turning out great, the first one I turned  right side out it was sewn all the way around  & I thought what the heck! so I put the lining inside bag #2 & pull out the hole & it did the same thing after fighting with this for 30 min to dawns on me to poke the lining down in there & waa la! mercy! 

needless to say I wasted too much time letting it beat me down to finish them, but all is not lost, we are all going to my pastors wife grandmothers for  a sew date to work on the Little Dresses for Africa, she’s about 2hrs away so we may turn it into a spend a night sewing party, the ladies didn’t know anything about the bags so they’ll still be a surprise

have you ever tried tinting mason jars  ? look sweet don’t they?

http://www.momtastic.com/diy/168908-diy-tinted-mason-jars-in-rainbow

 tomorrow there'll be lots of sewing going on in the morning at the church , there will be three new faces joining us for sewing the pillowcase dresses for Africa