Sew what, you say, anything and everything

I recently bought a new new sewing machine (Babyloc - Grace) which was a retirement gift from my children and a very dear friend (yup, a heart sister).  Well I took it out of the box and set it on my kitchen table and admired it for about two weeks before touching it.  You have to understand that previously I had a basic Singer which worked great and still does actually and now resides in my daughter's home but now I was faced with this machine that is computerized and tells me what I am doing wrong.  LOL  It's not quite that advanced but close, so I finally broke down flexed my fingers and ripped off the cover and pressed the power switch to on and I haven't looked back.  It is so quiet it is amazing and best of all it does about about 6 one step button holes and crikey it will even sew on the buttons.  So I have been out burning up the miles to the fabric stores buying fabric for....... are you ready?  Okay, okay all the fabric and patterns have been for my grandaughter, surprised... I think not.  Last weekend I sewed a little dress and matching hat, plus a blanket and dolly blankets.

Now I making a bunch of pincushions to put in my sisters gift shop.  I love pincushions and the weird thing is that I don't have one.  Well I do now, I just have to decide which one I will keep for myself once they are all done.

Easter is coming and we are all having dinner at my sisters which is always noisy and a lot of fun and this year I volunteered to make all the desserts.  Yummmm, so I think I am going to make Lemon Raspberry Tarts, Coconut Cream Cake and NS Blueberry Cream Cake.  I have made them all before with the exception of the Coconut Cream Cake but it did have rave reviews so I am going to give it a go.

Well I must get back to my pincushions as I want to get them finished and maybe start another dress for my grandbaby.

"Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."

Swooning

This past weekend I had my grandaughter stay with me from Friday to Sunday and we had the absolute best time.  How is it possible to fall more in love without my heart bursting out of my chest you ask, I don't really know except that it happened and I survived.  She played with all her toys, her Uncle Dave and dressed up with her princess jewels.  She was obsessed with the resident cat, you noticed I didn't say my cat :) he belongs to my son and he is a one person cat, meaning he tolerates me living in his house which I just happen to own and does not take kindly to other people.  So my grandaughter who used to be terrified of cats is now obsessed with cats and would constantly chase after him when he was in the house so my son was on constant duty to monitor his critter and ensure that there were no scratches or bitemarks left on my wee baby.  Of course I had a few new toys which my dog Molly took a liking to the pink lamb which Adelyn decided she liked as well so they had standoffs all weekend over the pink lamb.  You will see a picture below of Adelyn holding the lamb and Molly in under her arm trying to take it away from her.  It was quite funny to watch the two of them fight over that lamb all weekend.

And here she is cleaning the lambie's bottom with her princess skirt on.  All her dolls and stuffed critters have the cleanest bottoms around.

Princess Adelyn with her jewels on.

I had to include the picture below which I had taken last week when I was babysitting, Adelyn wanted her duck to dressed in her outdoor gear which I did and she proceeded to walk around the house for about a half hour making the duck walk along with her.  It was the funniest thing to watch, the duck took on life and I am sure to Adelyn it was real.



"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

Author: Lois Wyse