“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”~Winston S. Churchill With my two year mark of my blog behind me and my third year beginning I had lots of things to reflect about. As I look back on my last two years of trying to sew every…
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Loveliness In Green
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca While having a sewing day with my nieces, to sew a dress for Jenna (See previous blog post,”Jenna’s Summer Vacation”) Kira started looking through my patterns. She found this shirt pattern and loved it! I…
Two Year Anniversary! Plus A New Addition!
Two years of sewing and blog writing have passed! Two years of learning and challenging myself, and of feeling confident and insecure all at once. So much has happened, especially in this last year. Michael had some medical issues, which have now thankfully resolved, and during that time sewing and this blog changed for me….
Jenna’s Summer Vacation
My niece Jenna was going on a vacation to Hawaii, and I offered to make her a dress for the occasion. I sent her pictures of different patterns that I thought fit her style, and she chose this one. We had to coordinate a day for her to come over, get measured, pick fabric, and…
It’s Fun To Sew For The ASYMCA!
Something I have done for many years now, is volunteer my time and sewing skills to the Camp Pendleton ASYMCA, The Armed Services YMCA. They have a program called Operation Kid Comfort. What this service does is provides quilts to military children of deployed, active duty, service men and women. Volunteers make small quilts which…