Got some big plans!

So readign all these craft blogs by women who have made a living on their crafts has really inspired me. I don't think I could make a living off it at this point in time but I defiantly want to get the word out on what I'm doing and make more stuff for more people and maybe a little money : ) . 

Well I've always loved going to little festivals and we've got this great on in town every March called Azalea Festival that I love. I'm going to try and have enough stuff ready to have a booth set up. I'm super excited!! I've started planning on what needs to be done between now and then. It's going to be a lot to do but I think it'll be worth it. I have like 3 festivals & arts & craft shows that I have plans on going to between now and then so I'll be taking notes on how things are set up at those and maybe talking to some people for any newbie advise. 

Busy little sewing bee

So my sewing juices have been flowing lately and I love it!! I've made some new things, sold some things, got a few orders in and finished part of a Christmas present. I've been getting a lot of practice in which is good. I really feel like I'm slowing getting a lot better. For being self taught and not having done this for very long I think I'm doing pretty great. My zippers are still pretty iffy most of the time but I know those tend to be one of the harder things to do. I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been known to try something out and give up on it pretty quick but it hasn't been this way with sewing. I think it helps that my mom gets so excited when I make stuff especially when her friends want to buy it. 

Show and tell time!!

(Not gonna lie, I am no photographer. Ha)

This is my new little Bible cover. My mom's friend has asked if I could make her some bible covers for her to go with some Bibles that she is giving for Christmas presents. I had never made a book cover before so I wanted to try it out before. It ended up turning out really nice. I didn't think of it until the end but I should have added a little loop near one of the handles for a pencil holder. But oh well. I'm just going to add it on theirs. 

Me & my mom have been into the couponing lately and I just couldn't find a holder that I liked so I made one! Ha. I found the tutorial online somewhere, not really sure where. 

This is my new little phone case! I love making patchwork stuff. I have a huge bin just full of scraps that I love to just reach in mix and match stuff together. I don't really like the ribbon that I used for the little loop though. I don't know why I did that. I should have made one out of fabric. Next time. 

This is one of those plastic bag stuffer/holder things. I made my mom one is this night sky fabric and had posted it on Facebook. A few days later I was looking through my fabric just to remember what I had and to see if I had anything I could make out of the stuff and I saw the fabric. Like two seconds later my phone buzzed w/ an email and it was a Facebook notification saying that one of my friends had commented on it and asked if I could make her one with Zebra fabric. Ha. Turns out I had just a big enough piece to make her one.  Worked out perfect! 

OK. Enough pictures for today! Have fun!

-Sara without the h. 

Quilt

So yesterday it began. I'm going to make a quilt. It's going to be a t-shirt quilt with all my old high school marching band t-shirts. Right now I only have like 4 things cut out and with fusible interfacing on them and a huge pile of t-shirts. They are coming out to be a lot of different shapes so I'm kind of worried about how I'm going to piece them together but I'll figure it out....hopefully. It's probably going to take me a while to make this thing. I'll take some pictures when I actually have something other than a pile of t-shirts.

I've also started on some Christmas presents too. I've decided that I'm going to be making everything this year and I also ended up making the list of people who are getting something longer than it is most years. Ha. So I figured I should get started on this stuff soon. The only bad part is that I can't post pictures of them. Some of them are going to be really cute. There is going to be a picture overload on here and Facebook on December 26. Ha.

Back at it again

So I'm going to be back. I'm going to post more. Probably more about food. And sewing things that I make. I have WAY TOO MANY recipes and things to make bookmarked that I need to get to making (so I can bookmark more things. ha!)

This will happen. Ha.

Gussy Sews - Inspiration Workshop - Week 3

This weeks inspiration is GREEN.

Oh the many ways that this could go. The first that pops into my head is nature. So that is where I shall take this.

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I just love this. It's so dreamy. I'd so love to live in a forest and one of these be my bed. It would be amazing.

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Oh man. I'd so be ok with living there. It's so cute. Ahh I love it!!

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Oh and this would be my backyard. Man I'd be watching so many movies. And just sit out there and read and listen to nature. Oh how it would be beautiful it would be!!

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This would be my "vacation" home. Ha. It would just be down the hill. I'm just in love with this place. So peaceful looking!!


Oh and just because I love this.

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My sewing room and some unwelcomed guests

Since I'm back at home with my mom I kind of took over her music room and turned it into my sewing room. Ha. Before I moved out I had this huge desk in my room but when I left I didn't take it with me because it was just way to big so I just got me a new small one. When I moved back I took it with me and wanted it in my room instead of the old huge one. We ended up though pulling off the hutch and now I use the bottom part as my sewing table. It's the perfect size and also gives me some more storage.

I love having it in front of the window! It gives me some really nice light to work with during the day! And it's nice to have the open area to be able to have the ironing board right there so I can just turn around and press some stuff down. And I'm slowing taking over the bookshelf with fabric and random stuff. ha!


But today I had some not so welcomed guests in my room. I was just sitting there and this little ant walked in front of my sewing machine. I looked down at the floor and this is what I saw:

Little stinkin ants all over the floor and all over my interfacing that I had on the floor. I had some random scraps and pieces of denim in that box and I looked and they were all in there for some reason too.

I have no idea why they were in that room of all rooms in the house. I don't eat in there so it's not like there were any food crumbs all over the place. And I couldn't find where they came from either. And then my mom came moved a couple things around to try and find where they were coming from. Then we left the room for a second and when we came back they were gone. Ha. So hopefully she scared them away for good!!



that was my day.

-Sara

Lovely Sundays 12 June

Today's post is happy. Everyone needs a little happy in their life

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I want this in my future home

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Hope you all have a great week!!