What I have been doing.

I finished!!
This is just a sampling of the bags I made.
I have been sewing personalized lunch bags for a friend.

She likes to give them as teacher gifts at the end of the school year.

They are big enough to hold your tupperware or

rubbermaid containers as well as a juice box.

Easy to clean - just throw in the washing machine.

Easy to store - they fold up so you can keep

them in your linens drawer.

The kids love to see their names on them.

Pillowcases

I made some pillowcases for my daughter for her birthday.

They are white with white embroidery.

Can you see them?

They really are quite pretty.

Now I am working on personalized/embroidered lunch bags

for a friend in Vancouver.

I finished all the embroidery yesterday.

Just have to get them sewn together and sent off to her.

Spiderman

My daughter and I went shopping for fabric and patterns

to make Rebecca some body suits for gymnastics.

Christian came with us because he is only 4.

He did not want to go it the fabric store.

He was making a fuss and giving us pouty face.

But then he found some Spiderman fabric.

We left the store with him clutching his fabric.

So now he has Spiderman pjs.

Mothers Day Gift

Guess what I got for Mothers Day?

Pretty nice, eh!

I must have been really good to get this

from my kids.

Wow!!  Now I don't have to work on my little laptop anymore

and squint at the screen.

It's an all in one touch screen with a 23" screen.

I still have a lot of files and stuff to move.

I have also started working on a project.

see below

So my sewing room has been a mess.

I can't work in it when in gets bad.

I spent the weekend re-organizing and

cleaning it.

I think it will work better now.

I just hope I can work better in it.

A Birthday Gift

Jessica is invited to a birthday party.

So she came to me and asked,"Grandma, could you make

some purple pajamas that say I heart Justin Bieber?  My

friend really likes him, and could they be purple?"

So here is what I make.

Now I really need to get inspired to start sewing again.

And I'm afraid Justin Bieber doesn't do it for me!!

Oh well.  Anything for the kids, eh!

New Kitchen

The contertops are in.

The over-the-range microwave is installed.

Oops!!  No toe kick yet.

But this is a much better arrangement than the old kitchen.

Still need to get things arranged better in the cabinets.

And I need to find fabric for window treatments,

although that may take a while yet.

Also would like to do something better with the light fixtures.

Renovations

Are you wondering what I have been doing?

Well not too much sewing.

Been living in a mess.

Kitchen (pre reno)

So we ripped out the old cabinets

and painted.

Had to store my dishes somewhere.

We still have to eat.

The guys are working hard.

I am watching and taking pictures.

Inspecting the cabinets!!

We got 42 inch uppers so I don' have to dust up there!!

The cabinets are all in.

We are going to go shopping tomorrow

for an over the range microvave.

No more microwave on the counter. 

Hurrayyyy!!!

The countertop is coming on Thursday.