Sharing the Love.

In honor of Valentines Day, and my love of crafting, and a need to freshen up my Etsy shop, I am offering a 40% off coupon for anything in the shop for the rest of February. The link is over there to the right------->
Just enter the coupon code:  love2shop  when you make a purchase.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Sewing session #2.

I got together with my little friend Mercy again for some sewing time, and she wanted to make this bag from Sew Pretty Homestyle by Tone Finnanger.



She used a scrap I had for the outside and a thrifted "housecoat" for the inner lining. Since there were pockets on the thrifted piece, we centered one of the pockets inside for some instant gratification.




So cute!



I love all the reds and pinks in this photo. It almost looks like we planned it.






I am getting more slipcover work lately, but will definitely be setting aside time for more sewing sessions too.

Sewing lesson.

Over the years there have been lots of people asking about sewing lessons, and I've always said, "Sure, give me a call and we'll set something up.", but it never quite comes together. A friend recently bought a sewing machine for her daughter and I went over the other day to do some sewing. It was lots of fun. I picked up a couple of easy patterns and she picked out a halter type shirt with a ruffle on the bottom. She cut it out and did all the sewing, I just did the pressing and helped her a little with the ruffle.

My camera battery died before we got any pictures of her actually sewing or of the finished project. It turned out really cute and she seemed pretty proud of herself. My friend took some pictures with her phone, and if I get them I'll put them up.





I'm looking forward to doing this more often.