A Quilt Giveaway at Marie-Madeline Studio!

Wow - the Long ladies have outdone themselves this time. They're giving a way a quilt and you have until December 13th.

Marie-Madeline Giveaway and Sale!

The ladies at marie-madeline are hosting a giveaway for a $30.00 gift certificate! Also, check out their Cyber Monday sale. All fabric is 40% off!

Getting Ready for the Art Sale - You're Invited!

My aunt and cousin host an art sale at their houses every year. My aunt is a print and book artist, and my cousin beads, crochets and makes cards. Also, my uncle is a photographer and sells beautiful cards. I contribute with what they fancily have deemed, "fabric arts". This is the second year that they've let me tag along, so I've been busy, busy, busy at the sewing machine.

So far I have 12 zippered wristlets (tutorial next week, I promise!)
A bunch of fancy little ruffled pillows made with Pop Garden. The tutorial on these is here.

Also, I have a bunch of aprons in vintage cowboy prints (sorry, no picture).

The sale is the first weekend in December - Saturday and Sunday. If you are in the Portland area (that's Portland, Oregon) and would like to come, leave me a comment and a way to contact you. I'll send you an invitation. Actually, to be accurate the sale is in Salem on Saturday and in Portland on Sunday.

We'll have lots of good eats too!

Giveaway Day is December 2nd

Sew Mama Sew is hosting on of their fantastic and fabulous giveaway days. Seamstresses and Crafters invite you to read their blogs and give away cool stuff.  Clear your schedules 'cause you're going to need the WHOLE day.

Check back in a few days.  I have a little something for you too!

Here's the link to the post if you'd like to include your blog.

Out of the Closet

Last summer, I wrote a post about my sewing closet. It was cramped but functional. This is what it used to look like:

The sewing table was my grandmother's treadle machine. I couldn't even get me knees under it and had to sit at a weirdly twisted position.

I moved everything out in order to paint and improve the space. Meanwhile, I set up a temporary sewing space in the big basement room nearby, and realized that I really liked having all that space. But now that all of my sewing and craft supplies were in the same room as the kids toys, the treadmill, the corner office desk and the television, it was a MESS!

So I sorted and folded as much as I could, but I really couldn't make things work without some proper furniture. The husband axed my requests for a corner desk on Craig's list, and I was the bigger person by accepting that. Also, I did NOT bring up any golf equipment purchases.

But the thrifting gods were with me that same day when my friend and I went to the fund-raising rummage sale for Caitlin-Gabel school. As we walked into the Expo center, the first thing I saw was a big corner desk, made of white laminate for $18. And it wasn't even trashed!

Here is my sewing space as of today:

There's room for sewing, cutting AND pressing all on the same table.

The posters were given to my by a dear friend who has recently retired from a long teaching career.

I'm so happy to have this great space. Every woman should have a corner of her own.

The Bright Side Project

If you haven't heard of The Bright Side Project, here's a little gift from me to you. Miss B. and Miss K. give away cool things EVERY day - no strings attached. Don't be so skeptical now. It's just one of those good things!

I won't go into their reasons - you can read them for yourself on their site. When you enter make sure you check the winners box. They won't notify winners any other way, and if your name sits in the box for a week, someone can swipe your prize.

Good luck!

Get Ready, Set, Sew

If you haven't been to Sew Mama Sew, get clicking. Super great tutorials and give-aways all month long!