Monthly Archives: August 2014

Sew Gifts!: 25 Handmade Gift Ideas from Top Designers was the first book reviewed at Sew Fun this morning.   It has 25  really cute gifts for both  adults and children throughout the year.    Some ideas are an adorable owl pincushion, a child’s pinafore, some modern design pillows, a zigzag tote and

This bird pillow

The tablet Covers book had several  very pretty covers with each cover being in several sizes for the various size of tablets and readers in use.

New Ideas for Applique – August 21, 2012    by Pat Sloan

A cute snowman hanging

pears appliques could either be on towels or a wall hanging.

There is a new chalkboard fabric that can be fun.   Fabric Confetti has designed wonderful  Greetings and Affirmations to go with this fabric.   Chalkboard markers are available as well as chalkboard chalk can be used.   Wouldn’t this be fun on a shopping bag – especially if you sent your husband for a few groceries?   The list wouldn’t get lost.

They had on display other applique patterns,  a scissors, some fancy USB sticks, a folding pen, Angelina fiber, a pressing sheet and some BoNash.     If you don’t know about BoNash, I really recommend you look this up  as this is a superior product for mending as well as for applique.   I mended a pair of jeans for DH and it took looking to find the mended spot.

Sew we end  today’s Sew Fun Infomercial

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We all have them and at the end of the day, nearly all we have accomplished is to answer those interrupts.   That’s how it has been here today.

There were a few questions during more tiling, a long Drs. call,  checking on prescription order and checking on the hay order.   A package received wasn’t quite right.   The raspberries needed picking again.  And  did I mention that somewhere in between, the fitbit demands all those steps be taken.

However I did get 6 quarts of beans cooked and ready to can.   There are 25 of these pillowcases now at the pinned burrito stage.  I ran out of pins and it was time to feed the animals their evening meal.   It is finally cool enough to start the pressure cooker so I’m headed off to turn on heat.

Have you ever run out of yarn when making socks?    This is the first time for me.   However since they are for me, and the end of this yarn is near the toes, I’ll look for something that goes with this yarn and have a unique pair.    Who will be taking off my shoes to look, anyhow?

The bathroom saga goes on.   Half days of work make a job seem to take forever.    We are now at the point where the tub surround and front of the tub are done, except for the grout.    Tomorrow he will start work on the rest of the room, which will go up 4′.    The trouble with tile is one only gets to see one tile at the store.   We picked out a very light tile with a tad of brown running through it.   But when it came, there was a lot of brown, so the towels, bath rug etc, that we purchased will probably be returned and we will get white to brighten up the area.   I will wait until he is finished (another 2 weeks?) to make that decision.

The upper photo is a more accurate color photo

Our daughter called and said she’d be in town at noon, would we like to meet her at the Mexican restaurant.     The following plates were served – looks good, doesn’t it?    It was very good.

The store had called and said my serger was ready to come home, so we went to get it and return their loaner.     A haircut for Dh, a stop at the library, some watermelon and cantaloupe at the grocery store and the afternoon was spent.   I did get a bit of time in the greenhouse, but it needs to see more of me.   It really was requesting water.