At long last, I'm posting again!

Yes! I'm back! I'm not sure what I'm going to be talking about in future posts. There are so many things I can expound on. I've learned out to use my embroidery machine for one thing. Also, I have a new sewing machine I've been having fun with.

If you'd like to see some of the things I've been making, you can visit my Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladybee_51

The latest thing I've made is a bag to take to bunco. I finished it in time for the monthly bunco night, however there were only 6 of us who showed up, so all we did was eat and talk. We have played with as few as 10 ladies before, and sometimes 9, but 6 is not enough (the ideal no. is 12).

Here's the pic of the pocket area of the bag:



Sorry it's so fuzzy. I used the zoom feature on my camera, and I guess my hand wasn't steady enough when I snapped the photo.

My mom isn't doing so well these days. It's a long story, but to make it short, she fell three times in one week, is recuperating from bruises, but is afraid to go anywhere because she's afraid she'll fall again due to a balance problem she's having. She's applied for home health, and she'll get that for 2 months while recuperating from her falls.

Now that I've gotten past writer's block, I'll be updating this blog more often.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

New items have been posted on my Etsy page since my last post! Today I added a totebag I finished today! It's the Chicken Bag!


See link at right if you wish to know more.

Message from flickr today

Woohoo! I received a message from flickr.com today announcing that Simplicity Patterns picked my photo of a project I made from their pattern for their flickr gallery. You can see it here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplicitypatterns/galleries/72157623722904916

I'm now on Etsy!

Today I created my very own Etsy shop! I have only 2 items listed so far, but will add more later.
You can find it at:

http://ladybee.etsy.com


P.S. Item #3 has been added!

March, 2010

It's almost Easter! Do you have a neat idea for Easter projects? I came across an easy one here:

http://www.favecrafts.com/Felt/Cross-Felt-Ornament

We're doing this at the Crafty Ladies of Lafayette gathering on Monday.

Also, I went to a seminar at Hancock Fabrics recently sponsored by Bernina. It was about the proper use of stabilizers, how to embroider on towels, baby items, etc.

I'm planning to visit my mom sometime in April, depending on when she can get an appointment for a medical procedure she needs to get done. She will need someone to drive her to the clinic on the day of the test, and having gone through this myself, I know what she'll be going through.
Hopefully the test will turn out negative.

Note 4/28/2010: Mom decided not to have the test done as it would be hard on her because of her age. I did go for a visit though. Had an uneventful trip.

Finally!

Wow! Where did January go? It's the middle of February already!

We made it to AZ and back okay, came back with bags of oranges from my daughter's trees (she has three of them in her back yard).

Did some embroidery on my new machine while we were there, also sewing with the new sewing machine.

Anyhow, I have a Valentine for you that I created with my digitizer.



I've been doing a lot more sewing since we got back from our trip to AZ. Plus I'll be using the digitizing program for new designs. Just wish I was a graphic artist, but I can't draw worth a flip!

Later...

December update

Well, a month has gone by since my last post. Not a whole lot to report on. Except that I now have a new sewing machine! In fact, we're leaving tomorrow for Mesa AZ for the holidays and I'm bringing the new machine and my Janome Sew-Mini with me to AZ and will leave the Sew-Mini there for my daughter and granddaughters to use. I hope to teach the older one a bit about sewing.

The machine I bought is a Brother CS-770, which doesn't have any reviews I can find. I bought it at Hancock Fabrics on sale. It's computerized, and has a lot more fancy stitches on it than I'll ever use (I do have an embroidery machine, you know).

Hope you all have peace and joy this holiday season!