Friday, June 19, 2009

Why does time go by so fast????

This weekend I am here to sew!
I am hoping for rain this weekend....and the weather man just said the storms are heading this way....so I will be sewing.
I have spent time out in the yard...I have a beautiful herb garden just outside of my kitchen door. I have sweetpeas and nastursiums (sp?) growing in a very narrow space between the walkway and fence...I want them to climb and cover it! I have tomato plants growing on the other side of the garage! and Carrots, Radishes and 2 kinds of Leaf Lettuce growing. Next year I will dig up more grass along the side of the garage and put in some flowers! I have 3 rhubarb plants growing and 2 zucchini plants too! Most of the work was getting the roots out of the ground so I could plant. It was a lot of work but sure looks nice. Later in the summer I want to start on the front yard. One day there will be paths and plants. I have my Lilac and Hydrengea bush in the front. I am passionate about the dwarf Japanese Maple so that will be my next purchase, in the fall, all a work in progress!
So as you might be able to tell, I haven't spent much time sewing. I am craving to sew... that is the plan for this weekend. I will spend some time helping the man open the pool...yes it isn't open yet because the weather hasn't been nice...hopefully it will remain warm enough for it....and after this weekend the rain can stay away too! Talking about rain, it has been so rainy this spring heading into summer, where out west they are in drought conditions. Weird weather conditions around the world!
Til next time
Jane

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Working in my sewing space

I hung some of my pictures and photos in my sewing space....the wall space is limited so hung 3 or 4 vertical above each other! One day I will share a photo of the art wall when I get it all done!
I have more art to hang, just have to find it in the packed boxes! Some of the art is what my photographer / artist daughter Katie did for me! Some of the pictures I hung today are of my kids, my sister and my parents! It is nice to have those familiar faces looking at me when I look up from my sewing machine! some photos of the kids couldn't be hung so have them sitting on the shelf by my miniature sewing room that Clint (my son) made for me 18 yrs ago!

Years ago my sister brought me a woven wall hanging from Mexico. I have that hanging on the wall between my sewing machine and serger. I use it as a large "pincushion" for notes, pattern pieces, fancy pins, and little keep sake gifts from friends. I contemplated taking it down, but I would just have to find another space to hang everything. ... this is perfect, if I need it, I know where it is, at the tip of my fingers!

On Thursday, as I walked home from the bus, I stopped at our little neighbourhood library and picked up 3 books on tape. Today I have been listening to one titled "The Cat Who Smelled A Rat" by Lillian Jackson Braun and narrated by George Guidall. The other 2 books are: "To Ruin a Queen by Fiona Buckley (read by Nadia May); Robert Ludlum's The Apocalypse Watch, read by Edward Herrmann (I have the book and read this many times over the years - but of course I can read and listen to anything by Robert Ludlum over and over)

I had better get back to work...I have a little sewing alteration to finish up for a friend before my evening is over.

Saturday, March 7, 2009


Jessica and Jason off to Ashiah's Toga party!!!

What I did this week besides WORK!

On Thursday night I started volunteering at London's Cross Cultural Learners Centre!

I am going to assist several other volunteers to teach immigrants to SEW! I am sew excited!

The next 2 Thursdays will be planning meetings - I will let you know how it goes, what gets planned and what projects the sewers will be creating!

When I was there on Thursday, there was one gentleman who was all geared up to sew! Apparently he made PJ bottoms the past few weeks! Love to see men sew, nice to see them so creative!



Tonight I helped Jessica and Jason create Togas for a Toga party they are off to!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

I am not doing very well with Blogging! LOL

I have to laugh at myself. I am doing much better at this 'blogging' than last year...I only posted once last year...this is my second post this year!

I am needing to sew!!
I think that is what I am going to do tomorrow...probably just do a few 'mending' jobs that I need to do for the family, then see what I can sew. I need to start sewing for the Orphans for Africa so that I can give them to the Caring 4 Canadian BBQ this summer. I need to get some shorts for boys to go with the skirts. Lots to do, just very little time! Just have to learn to prioritize my time!

Time for bed. This is a good start to 'blogging more often'
I will be posting more photos soon too.
Jane

Saturday, January 10, 2009

It has been almost a year!

I realize I might not be cut out for consistant blogging...but this is now 2009 and I am going to try my best to do better! Once I start posting more often, I will share this blog site with others.

I am going to try to post more of my sewing accomplishments, my planned projects and my sewing wish list! Sewing is my PASSION! Over this past year, I have had the opportunity to read some fantastic blogs....how some of these women accomplish so much and BLOG too! I will never know, but this year I am going to give it a good try!

My sewing room needs tidying. I keep on bringing in fabric I have in bins in from the Garage! My sewing room is just not big enough to store it all....but I want to use up most of it for charity sewing! Time to get going on this!

Once I get my sewing room 'tidy' I will post photos! I also want to get some of Katie's art hung! She has created pieces just for me. I want them close.
Til next time
Jane