I'm busy sewing

2011-07-24T06:52:00.000-07:00

I'm busy sewing next door.

2009-04-19T19:42:00.000-07:00

I spent the day at my niece's celebrating Greek Easter with most of my relatives. She has a great condo in Boston (JP). As I was standing in her kitchen the realization hit me that she has grown up, settled, a big girl now. A little weepy, but I recovered. She has my old sewing machine and today I gave her a lesson in how to use it.

I showed her how to use the machine and hem her drapes that have been drooping on the floor. She, her sister, and I had a nice moment over the sewing machine. When I saw the Ikea fabric I got all fired up to sew again. I hope to have some new things to show very soon. Oh, btw, the food and family time was fabulous.

2009-04-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

So, here's the thing. See that gorgeous machine up there? It does everything but cut the fabric for me. It is not compatible with Mac. It needs a PC to run the embroidery part. Can you believe it?? When PC made it's swan song I didn't think twice about my sewing machine. To use the part of the machine that I paid $$$$$ for, I have to bring it close to a PC. We do have one that husband uses in the dinning room, but UGH.My sewing room that I waited years for can't handle my sewing machine!!! It could be worse.

My sewing room

This photograph is from a Singer sewing book back many years ago. I have been imagining this as my own sewing room since I was in high school.

2009-04-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

Some Charlie Bags. The free pattern is from Burda Style. It's a great site if you like to sew. Lots of free patterns to download, how-to's, creations/ideas. Another site for children's patterns is Oliver+S, not free, but great little patterns that come with paper doll cut outs.

2009-04-16T13:01:00.000-07:00

I hardly have time for 1 blog, let alone 2. I'll just post pictures of my creations. I'll keep my musing to I'm Busy Knitting. Enough thinking aloud.

This yellow is a cotton stretch. I love the feel of it.

Next is a small pile,

more like miniscule pile from

Fabric Fix's once a year tent sale.

Ikea fabric...so merimekko-like.

I'm thinking of stretching it on to a frame.

Living Room valance.

The fabric is railroaded with a thin

stripe of blue thread going down

the fabric.

2007-10-07T17:38:00.000-07:00

A sewing blog. Not to be confused with my knitting blog...I'm busy knitting. Here, I'm busy sewing. I've been busy sewing for as long as I remember. My father bought me my first pair of scissors and encouraged me to sew. My grandmother was a tailor, and made men's suits. My grandfather sold sewing machines. I must of inherited my craftyness.

I just finished this tiny purse...cute.

These sailboats are for my cutie niece and nephew.

For my cutie patootie. My first (and possibly last) embroidery project.