Fun Stuff

did you know that the safety pin was invented in 1849 by a man named walter Hunt?
it was originaly called a dress pin and was simply made of a piece of wire with a pointed tip and a twist in the middle which created a spring and a clasp that bent around the point, Walter Hunt sold the rights to the invention for a mere $400.00.

* I have been put on this earth to sew and finish a certain number of projects...I am so far behind now I surely will never die!

A great site for savings on craft supplies

I founwww.CreateForLess.com
d this site while looking for some do-dads for christmas stockings,

Crazy week

It's been a crazy week, I'm trying to catch up on all my sewing projects and at the same time get used to my new machine , which is the bernina 440 aurora with the stitch regulator, . And I have to tell you , that is awesome, I don't need the foot pedal, just move the fabric and it goes! When I stop moving the fabric it stops! It even threads the needle for me, just push the lever and it comes down and puts the thread in the eye for you, Amazing! But it takes some getting used too, it's pretty funny because I still push my foot down as if I was pushing down on the foot control, I don't know if I will get used to not using the foot pedal! So I guess it's really not a sewing machine as we all know it but rather it's a sewing computer.

Back in business

Well, I'm finally back in business, sewing that is, I decided to bite the bullet and just buy a new machine while my old one is being repaired, I bought the Bernina aurora 440 QE with the stitch regulator, so i will be catching up on all my projects, thank God! Sewing Machine withdrawls are terrible!

Sewing machine repair

Well, I just got the details on what it's going to take to repair my Bernina, it's the board so they have to get one from Switzerland! they don't make my machine anymore but they will make a new computer board for it, to a tune of $400.00, so I decided to buy a new one because they are having a sale, and get my old one fixed, I just can't make up my mind on whether to get the embroidery module with the new one or not. Does anyone here have sewing machines that do alot of embroidery, just not sure if I would use it that much.

Quilting Guild

I had such a great time at the guild meeting last night, it was so nice and everyone was chatting and sewing, one of the ladies was leaving for the Houston Quilt Show and everyone was really excited, she will be taking a class with Libby Leibman and of course one of our members is Mark Lipinski from Quilter's Home Magazine and everyone was talking about his new fabric line and what quilts will be at the Houston Show of his, so there was alot of exciting things going on,we all sewed labels on kid's quilts that will be going to The Quilts for Kids org in Yardley Pa. It was really fun to share, I have all these things to make before the next meeting in November and I stll don't have my machine repaired, they keep telling me in a few days, boy I am getting really upset not having my machine.

Basting Frame

I decided to invest in a basting/quilting frame, it's one you build yourself and it stores under the bed or anywhere when you are not using it, I only ordered the how to DVD today and I can't wait because I'm tired of quilting in my large hoop for quilts i want to hand quilt anyway. It's from Joe the quilter, (Joe Cunningham) www.joethequilter.com. I will post pictures of my progress once I start to build it,
Here's a good laugh: There was a big fight at Wal-mart the other day between the coke guy and the pepsi guy, apparently the pepsi guy punched the coke guy in the face and gave him a big black eye! It was a big to-do over it but luckily enough Dr. pepper was there!