I'm sitting in Corina Bakery (took a day off from my South Beach diet :) ) just enjoying the entrance and exit of customers wanting a hot coffee and pastry on this cold, wintry day. We finally saw snow yesterday here in the Puget Sound area. Actually, the forecast for the next few days is snow. It would be a great time to engage in some sewing or knitting, but I'm preparing for my long trip to Ohio.
Within the last couple weeks, I have read several books on Old Order Amish to prepare for my study in Bainbridge, Ohio. I will be staying with my parents and hope to include a trip to Holmes County Ohio - the largest population of Old Order Amish live there.
I have missed my Needlecrafts for Charity group. I will not be able to attend club meetings until I return in March. I'm still thinking of sewing though. Maybe I can purchase some fabric at an Amish Fabric store in Ohio and work on a sewing project while I'm there.
Next week, I will probably not post, as I will be traveling, and then adjusting to life without daily internet service. I hope to visit McDonald's in the town where my parents reside. Besides the library, this is the only place where I'll have access to the internet.
Be sure to check back in a couple weeks when I post from Hillsboro, Ohio :)
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Happy 2012!
This is my first post for 2012. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's Eve. My hubbie and I went out dancing for the evening. It was so much fun - we just don't get out enough.
Just before Christmas I sewed some pj bottoms for my husband for Christmas. To stay "green" I chose some LL Bean flannel that I had in my fabric stash. I used to worked at a fabric store, Famous Labels, in Tacoma years ago. I had purchased that flannel way back when, and had just enough to make the pj bottoms. Unfortunately, the flannel was off-grain and I couldn't straighten it, so I cut each leg out separately to ensure that the plaids matched. More time consuming, but the end product was well worth it. Needless to say, he loved the pj's and he didn't know I had made them until I asked him to look for the garment tag :)
Have you ever had one of those projects that is simple, but takes forever to finish? That was the second project that I finished this past Sunday. I started a black cashmere and mohair scarf last October for a good friend 's birthday. Well.......it turned into a happy birthday/late Christmas gift. Better late than never, right? She was very pleased with the scarf.
I hope 2012 has been a good start for you. I wish you a very happy and prosperous remainder of the year!
Hubbie's pj's
Friend's scarf
Just before Christmas I sewed some pj bottoms for my husband for Christmas. To stay "green" I chose some LL Bean flannel that I had in my fabric stash. I used to worked at a fabric store, Famous Labels, in Tacoma years ago. I had purchased that flannel way back when, and had just enough to make the pj bottoms. Unfortunately, the flannel was off-grain and I couldn't straighten it, so I cut each leg out separately to ensure that the plaids matched. More time consuming, but the end product was well worth it. Needless to say, he loved the pj's and he didn't know I had made them until I asked him to look for the garment tag :)
Have you ever had one of those projects that is simple, but takes forever to finish? That was the second project that I finished this past Sunday. I started a black cashmere and mohair scarf last October for a good friend 's birthday. Well.......it turned into a happy birthday/late Christmas gift. Better late than never, right? She was very pleased with the scarf.
I hope 2012 has been a good start for you. I wish you a very happy and prosperous remainder of the year!
Hubbie's pj's
Friend's scarf
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