My Renewed Sewing Area

As I have mentioned in the past, we have been doing some work on our house so we can put it up for sale.  This has forced me to think carefully about my sewing area.  I can’t have too much there, the room looks too crowded, but I still need it to be functional. This [...]

Slow Sewing…..

I have not had much time for sewing the past month.  Here it is March already, seems like it was just Christmas!  I did do a couple of items for my Etsy shop… I made this medium size pastel/baby blue bucket.  I think this would be wonderful for Easter, or a baby boy gift, or [...]

Featured Etsy Shop – Patchwork Trails

At least once a week I will be featuring an Etsy shop here on my blog.  Being an Etsy seller myself, I know how hard it is to get traffic to stop by and see your shop.  I feel that we should all support each other, we are all in this together!  There are so [...]

Pillows!!

I have been trying to complete some of the unfinished projects setting on my sewing table.  I started by finishing these pillow covers for one of my sons….. I took four small printed panels and attached them together with a strip of fabric between them. I then backed them with batting, and a piece of [...]

Moving on to 2010…….

2009 has been such a full and satisfying year for me.  Although I always wish I could do more sewing, I’ll always feel like  I should be doing more.  That is just my nature.  Allowing me to share my projects with each of you through my blog, and visiting each of your blogs and sharing [...]

More Handmade Goodness!

As I was decorating my Christmas tree this weekend, I realized how many of my ornaments are handmade.  There are a few that I made, but so many of these ornaments were made by others.  I have ornaments that were made by children and some from friends.  Some I picked up at bazaars or some [...]