Teflon Pressor Foot to the Rescue!

 
Dotty Diaper Tote Bag made of canvas and a similar tote in oilcloth.

My first three oilcloth bags! Two totes and a lunch sack. 
On my long list of projects has been finding and making some items out of oilcloth. In the “old days” is was a canvas that was painted with linseed oil to give it [...]

A Singer Spills Its Guts

There was a lots of sewing that I’d started and was ready to complete. Tuesday was going to be a super day of finishing up projects and beginning to list brand new things in my ETSY shop. Suddenly the motor locked up in this sound that I hate and it’s usually a zipper [...]

Going, going, gone!

With the help of Craigslist, Goodwill, Men’s Warehouse Suit Drive, a weekend garage sale. You name it!
STUFF that has accumulated over the years is all finding its way out of here & boy does it feel good! I have had enough saving this & that. With Peter & Gloria married, Sara & Casey, married [...]

What Shall I Be?

When I was growing up I had a board game called * “What Shall I Be?” ; designed for girls with choices you’d expect; nurse, teacher, etc. There was one that I always would pick but never ever did — “actress”. But the music lessons, choir, sewing lessons certainly shaped the things I [...]

Treasury Madness!

Type O!

buckcountryframes couragemylove 19Moons

photolena SuzanneClements FuzzyMemories

porkchopshow littlebrownsparrow alexandraleah

galleryoncentral FriendlyMade Allstrungoutjewelry

Photographs of typewriters, an actual typewriter or cool jewelry made of old pieces.

Labor of Love, Etsy Treasury

This treasury took me by surprise! Guess I was in the right place at the right time but then there’s that box, looking for a title…Labor Day I suppose…my birthday usually falls sometime during that weekend but this year the holiday came early but we’ll use the theme & found some CUTE maternity t’s in [...]

Lemon Square

I finished this little project this morning & hoped to have a new listing in my etsy shop by early afternoon. Problems uploading my images mean that I’ve got to wait until my technical help makes his way home for dinner. So….I’ll post here, just to show that I did something today! And, just [...]

Custom Canvas Banner or Sign

This is the second table banner for Carole Axium Designs & I’m so pleased with the way that it turned out. She has a beautiful jewelry shop! Used at craft shows, these are a great way to have your logo & name displayed. Each are hand painted (by me) on canvas [...]

If I were younger…and taller…

UPDATE: this item sold this week (April 1st) but I’ll be making this pattern again!

This is my latest etsy listing….Spring Fashion Ladies Mini Dress Tunic.

When I first bought this pattern it reminded me of Kelly Ripa & some of the oh-so-cute outfits you see her wear. If I were younger, taller then I’d [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
Goethe

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller

This painting (above) I did a couple of years ago.
Can’t bear to part with this one but I’m posting as a [...]