WOW, it has been two weeks since I have made a blog entry. There has been plenty of activity, just not much sewing. Like everyone else, life and living, getting ready for Christmas and keeping the rest of my life going has taken up a lot of time. A few days before Christmas I had sold some bibs and realized I didn't have any in inventory to replace them so time to get out all of that fun baby bib fabric and design a bunch of bibs, so I have been visiting baby bibville here for awhile.
There are some wonderful changes to report.....my DH pulled up the carpeting in the sewing room and replaced it with a click together laminate flooring which has made keeping the sewing area much easier to maintain. I LOVE IT! He also hung up some shelves in the closet so I no longer have to use the floor for storage so I am feeling that I am starting out 2014 in a good way. But, back to the bibs.
WOW, it's been over a week since I posted anything! Last Sunday we went up over the border to New Hampshire to a tree farm and got this years Christmas tree. We thought 4 days after Thanksgiving, no problem, they will have plenty left. We were told they were practically sold out. Since I LOVE their fragrance, and people seem to like that fragrance in balsam gift, I have been procuring fraser firs the last few years. OMG, there were only about 6 of them left that had not been either tagged (someone has bought it) or completely cut down...LOTS OF STUMPS! They bale the tree up for you so it is basically tied up. Since we got home after dark, it spent last week out in the car port.
It is no secret that I love working in jewel tones. They are my absolute favorite. Recently, my friend Katrina gave me an order for an earth-toned coiled bowl and I soon realized I had nothing to show her! Last week before the construction project started in the sewing room, I sorted through my stash and came up with some nice earth-toned fabrics that I thought would make nice bowls. The first fabric was a chocolate brown that had large flowers on it (dark red and orange) with sage green leaves. I also found a dark red in my stash and a sage green fabric take matched the anchor print so wha-la. I made them part of the design. It always amazes me how different the fabric looks once it gets wrapped and sewn. This particular fabric did not let me down on that count.
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has been two weeks since I have made a blog entry. There has been plenty of activity, just not much sewing. Like everyone else, life and living, getting ready for Christmas and keeping the rest of my life going has taken up a lot of time. A few days before Christmas I had sold some bibs and realized I didn't have any in inventory to replace them so time to get out all of that fun baby bib fabric and design a bunch of bibs, so I have been visiting baby bibville here for awhile. 
WOW, it's been over a week since I posted anything! Last Sunday we went up over the border to New Hampshire to a tree farm and got this years Christmas tree. We thought 4 days after Thanksgiving, no problem, they will have plenty left. We were told they were practically sold out. Since I LOVE their fragrance, and people seem to like that fragrance in balsam gift, I have been procuring fraser firs the last few years. OMG, there were only about 6 of them left that had not been either tagged (someone has bought it) or completely cut down...LOTS OF STUMPS! They bale the tree up for you so it is basically tied up. Since we got home after dark, it spent last week out in the car port. 
It is no secret that I love working in jewel tones. They are my absolute favorite. 
Recently, my friend Katrina gave me an order for an earth-toned coiled bowl and I soon realized I had nothing to show her! Last week before the construction project started in the sewing room, I sorted through my stash and came up with some nice earth-toned fabrics that I thought would make nice bowls. The first fabric was a chocolate brown that had large flowers on it (dark red and orange) with sage green leaves. I also found a dark red in my stash and a sage green fabric take matched the anchor print so wha-la. I made them part of the design. It always amazes me how different the fabric looks once it gets wrapped and sewn. This particular fabric did not let me down on that count.