Sewing Miss Adventure

So, I often enter giveaways and whatnot, even the occasional lottery ticket, but winning anything is a rare event.  Imagine my surprise to g...

I finished up the Bridal lace socks about a week ago ... they're in the washing machine now but I do have some pics. close-up of lac...

Not only am I still alive, but we have moved to Florida.  While the sewing room is still in boxes (and packed almost up to the ceiling fan...

It's finally dead, Mom ... that green blankie Katie gave me when I was four or five.  It had gotten so thin I only used it during the su...

I finally did it!  I got to the post office yesterday morning to mail off my contribution for the PR chatroom gift exchange.  I had intended...

OK, so I have been so far observing the secrecy rule on the chatroom gift exchange ... but I just can't help but post this pic.  First u...

About a month ago, Val (of the corset challenge fame) proposed us chatroom degenerates should do a handmade gift exchange.  Gloria voluntee...

This is the project that's been on my stove since mid-afternoon, and when I mentioned it in chat, Maggie commented that she hasn't ...

I've been a bad little blogger lately.  In fact, it's gotten bad enough for not only my mom to email me and ask what I've been u...

I decided to return to the "scene of the crime" with that cotton worsted weight yarn I've been making so many useful things w...

As the PR chat room heard last night, I went and got a new dog yesterday afternoon, brought about by my dogsitting last month.  Most (all?) ...

Last summer I had about a month-long sewing slump during June and part of July.  This summer, it is August ... this month.  This past week h...

A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say: Hubby's project: oak bookcase(s) Ever since he returned from his tour in Korea, hu...

I'm beginning to think I need to hide out in the Witness Protection Program just to get some quality time with my sewing machine.  Befor...

I figured today's "little" project would be easy once I got everything set up ... I thought wrong.  Last night I tucked Camste...

This morning I mentioned my (new-to-me) Kenmore 1803 Camster wasn't the heaviest thing to follow me home from Indiana ... even with its...

I finally got it some floor space and set it up and got a somewhat-clear (for me!) photo ... so here she is ... the largest piece of loot br...

Now I have finally gotten to the sewing-related gifts from Mom.  Here it is 95F outside ... and I am pulling out fleece patterns Mom gave me...

This is above and beyond the bag of scraps I would have snuck into Mom's house (and conveniently "forgot" to take back with me...

My mom has a sense of humor.  Sometimes it's a little on the strange side (and this is coming from ME!) but sometimes it is just too app...