”Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”~Leonardo da Vinci In case you hadn’t guessed it, I always have something going on in my sewing room. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t do at least one thing in my sewing room. I’ll take a step forward on a pattern, or sometimes several steps if I have…
Category: A Sewing Story
Grandpa’s Bridges
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”~Theodore Roosevelt Some projects just take longer than others! It’s a lesson I already knew, but was getting another example of it in my current project. To make matters more complicated, right in the middle of the time consuming project, I got a phone call….
The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”~Eleanor Roosevelt My cousin Melanie sent me a cute idea on Facebook recently. Someone had bought this book, then made their own little ghost quilt to match it. Since I work at an elementary school, and with kindergartners, I thought I might as well make my own little…
Winnie The Pooh, And Elizabeth Too!
“Keep looking up…..that’s the secret of life.”~Winnie The Pooh As my faithful readers know, a sewing blog is lots of work! This year I’ve decided that if I have a project completed, I’ll post about it. If I don’t and things are still a work in progress, then I’ll skip a week. This week, for…
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….
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…
Grandma Joyce
In one phone call life was forever changed. Grandma Joyce has passed away. It doesn’t matter that she lived 100 years, 5 months, and 11 days, we weren’t ready to lose her. No amount of time ever seems adequate when it comes to the people you love. As we’re now preparing to celebrate her life,…
A Clearance Doll Gets A Make Over
While shopping I came across this doll in the clearance section. The box was sun faded and torn up. The doll’s hair was askew. But the price was right! I couldn’t pass up such a deal. Especially with two little girls in the family. There were actually two of these dolls on clearance, both of…
A Book And A Bird
Once upon a time at Grandma Doris’ house, we were up in her sewing room messing around with her sewing stuff. Grandma showed me this old book, and asked me if I wanted it. She said it had belonged to Grandpa Bert’s mother, Sophrona. She said she had thought about throwing it out. Who would…
The Family’s Support System
I’ve been having to slow way down on my sewing. I considered cutting back on blog posts from weekly to bi-weekly. While talking this over with family, Dana had the great idea that I could get co-writers for my blog. Lots of us craft, and could write about that. She volunteered to go first, by…