Sew Wonderful!!

Today I am actually going to get to

SEW!!!

Woo Hoo!

It's been way over due. Some of you may

have read a bit of

my whining on my last post.

I had every bit to whine, the winter is

flying by and I've yet

to accomplish any sewing projects, so last night

I cut, cut, cut fabric and I have

some more to do today.

Since the weather is icky out today,

roads are slick,

and hubby took the SUV to work

which is the car I

drive everyday, then I thought today

would be a great day

to catch up

DH brought my sewing machine in

for me,

it's on the dining room table

ready to go.

So the fabric above is for two purses,

This one below is for purse one:

Love the colors, its a soft

corduroy

and I'll be using dark brown

handles for this

purse

The one below is for purse number

two:

Bright colors with a dark brown

background,

aren't the polka dots fun?

This fabric is for an apron I'm making

for new friends that we

made.

We've been staying with a family

every once in awhile during

our Hindi class,

and she loves to cook so I thought

of making her an apron with the

colors of India,

but I forgot to get coordinating

strap fabric for the ties,

And this one is for another wonderful

friend in TN, a family we stayed

with while visiting.

They are such an awesome couple,

married for many years

and she loves

cooking and entertaining as

well,

the colors go with her kitchen: 

So lots of sewing to do, and I'm

excited.

I will post the finished products.

Sewing Room Redo Part I

So I started sewing my window treatments
 this past Saturday,
FINALLY!! I've only had that

room for 4 years now!

So in my last post

I actually showed you my workspace,

but I knew if I did that

then I would

have to

work on it, so I did, on Saturday, YEA!!

I sewed the window

treatments on all three windows that I have,

Front window:

Just a simple roll up shade, nothing

fancy,

Don't you love my little sign:

Casa Bella,

I found it at Marshalls sometime

back and only

paid 5 dollars for it, so I was very

happy.

Now, my side window which I get to

look out of when

I'm at my sewing machine:

I love this spot, because I have a window

box there, and in the

spring and summer with flowers blooming

it looks pretty.

I can also look right at my house so if DH needs

me he can get my attention.

Now the back window:

You can see part of my fabrics there,

I need to find room

for more of my fabrics, I need to

get another storage

unit in there.

I have an old antique dresser in my room

but I need to paint it

and put it in our guestroom, so I'll need

something to store

all my papers, and extra fabrics and ribbons.

I have a cabinet in the

garage that needs alot of TLC so I may end

up putting that in here.

We'll see.

I will be adding a list on the right side of my

blog showing what

still needs to be done in my sewing room.

Today, I was able to

clean it well, steamed mopped the floors as well

so now its clean, no shoes in

there either, especially

on snowy or rainy days, its just makes my pretty

floors all dirty!

So there you have it ladies, I did my window

treatments. And it

didn't even take me that long to make either.

Except for when I had to

run back to

Hobby Lobby and purchase more ribbon, I

ran out!

Nothing more frustrating than that. I was on

a roll, and darnit, I ran

out of the black and white ribbon to tie up the

treatments with.

When I got there, they had only one left, and

thank goodness, that's

all I needed to finish this project. Hope you like

it, I do.

My Sewing/Craft Room- Don't Look!!

I've been house bound now since Sunday,

no fun!

Haven't gotten too much done either which

 is frustrating as well.

Today I was going stir crazy and I decided

to go into my sewing room

and see what I could get into, I walked in

there, and well

there's alot I could get into.

I can't believe I will be

showing you

these pictures I am about to show you

but this is it,

my sewing room

my oasis

where I can be creative, where

I can make a mess

and walk away

from it:

Are you ready?

Now you know I will have to kill

you, right?

LOL

I have something to admit as well,

I've had this craft room

now for 3 years,

maybe 4!!

Can you believe it? I'm embarrassed!

Its not like I've been sitting

around doing

nothing.

I've been sewing things for other

people,

making things for many craft shows.

So I've been busy,

which means no time for me.

My DH asks me

"when are you going to finish your room?"

Things to do:

• 
  
  Sew window treatments
  
  
  
• 
  
  Touch up the paint
  
  
  
• 
  
  Paint door
  
  
  
• 
  
  Make a corkboard for my inspirations
  
  
  
• 
  
  Get a shelving unit to replace the antique dresser
  
  
  

I even purchased fabric a long time ago

to make curtains:

Isn't it cute?

And how appropiate too.

Handbags, my specialty.

It has all the colors in

my shop.

So this week, yes this week, I will

go out and buy the curtain rods

that I need.

I was going to make roman shades

but decided instead

to make roll up

shades.

So now that I've shown you my sewing

room disaster

and now that I've told you I'm going out

to buy the rest of the

things I need,

Now I know I

have

to do it, this is a good excuse to get my

butt into gear.

So hopefully by the end of next week,

I will have made my curtains.

After that I will touch

up the paint.

But in the meantime I'm also making

some altered journals

I already cut the paper down to size,

one of the journals

I will make with cute baking paper

for a recipe book.

And I made some Gluten Free Brownies

I purchased these at Trader Joe's and

they are so delicious.

Make these for your family or friends

and don't tell them

they're GF,

They will never know. They are gooey,

fudgey

and  most importantly, chocolately!!

I added cherry flavored chocolate chips,

hoping to get the

chocolate covered cherries taste to the brownies.

MMMMM!!

So until next time, I will be busy sewing,

I hope!!