Hello on Thursday -- Just Talkin'

Yes, it's me!  I have a moment to remember that I have a blog.  I have been SO BUSY -- not SEW busy -- lately at our store, Family Medical Supply.  One reason I try NOT to go to our store unless I have to is because of the things I find that require more of my attention.

Ignorance really is BLISS, you know.

I have found several things that require my immediate attention since returning to work to hire two new people.  It seems the two old people left quite a bit of unfinished business -- and in one case -- "not done at all" business!

It turns out that it is really a GOOD thing that the two who left, left.  Sometimes, change is good.

We own 60 boat and RV storage units about 10 miles from our house here.  My husband bought them from a friend of ours years ago, and that friend died in an accident shortly after we purchased them.  Jerry thought they would be a good investment.  Jerry assured me it would "run itself".  Riiiiiiiiiiight!  It runs itself via Joy-power. 

The name of the business is "Affordable Boat & RV Storage", named after a store I used to buy framed pictures from called" Affordable Art and Frame".  I decided it would be a good "A" name so we would be first in the directory.  If you were to -- for some insane reason -- want to rent a unit from us, you would call a number in the phone directory under "Affordable Boat & RV Storage".  When your call was answered, the girl on the other end would say "Family Medical Supply, This is Candi (or Gracie, or ...)".

So how nutty is that!?

If you decided to actually GO TO Affordable Boat & RV Storage -- instead of calling -- you would not find a soul there.  There is an electric gate that you could not get through, and nobody to talk to. 

Howeven nuttier is that!?

The thing is, our friend told us he would help us rent the units because he still owned a business right next door to it.  The only problem with that is, he is dead!

ANYWAY -- I think I had a point there SOMEwhere.  Oh, yes.  The girl that left to have a baby was in charge of AB&RV Storage.  She had a VERY hard time learning this part of her job.  I have gathered up all the files and information and contracts and have gone over them with a fine-tooth comb.  AS USUAL, I am finding all kinds of issues that need to be addressed. 

Things like:

 Locks on buildings, but nothing inside the building.

 Automatic invoicing in the computer for the last 3 years to people who moved out 3 years ago.

Open invoices for over $8,000.  Just a quick glance showed me $2500 of it that I KNOW was paid off years ago.

Buildings that have NO lock, but the long-lost renter left their junk inside.  One has a dishwasher in it.  One has a bunch of old desks in it.

I'm sure you get the gist of this whole scenario by now, so you understand what I am doing all day long so I can't sew very much right now.

That is what I've been TRYING to tell you.

I haven't had time to sew or take pictures. 

Besides AB&RV Storage, I have Family Medical Supply tasks to correct and then teach.  I have the GIGANTIC Policy and Procedure Manual that has to be kept up to date along with half a dozen other logs and books.

Thought I better explain my short absence and assure you I will be back as soon as possible.  A weekend is coming up.  I just may get that new blouse ironed and photographed.  OR, maybe I will wear it to work tomorrow, and I can get a picture that way.  We shall see.

Until soon.

Hugs, Joy

Zoe Asked Me About SFD

When one of my readers replies to an old post, I cannot see the reply unless I go to a different section of Blogger and look at just comments.  Today I found a question from Zoe.  She wants to know if I have made anything from SFD besides blouses and how the fit was.

Zoe, you must be a new reader of my blog, or you would have been showered day after day with my diffferent garments from the different kits I have.  I own the Dress Kit -- the Shirt Kit -- and the Pants Kit.  I have used them all so much, my envelopes are practically falling apart.  I may have to reinforce them soon.

Let me try to pull up some pics quickly of each type of garment for you.

Here are some pants:

Here is a dress.  I think I've made only two dresses so far.  I seldom -- if ever -- wear one.

The shirts -- made from the Shirt Kit -- have NO BUST DART.  I can't find a single shirt picture at the moment.  I think I made most of my "shirts" at my other house.  Actually, I may have added a bust dart to them.  Glenda has a video about that.

I've made dozens of blouses from the Dress Kit because I like to have a bust dart.  That includes knit tops.  Here are just a few.  Someday, I'm going to line them all up together and take a picture for Glenda.

 

Gotta get.  Jerry has the TV warmed up.  He has worked so hard all day today cleaning up his barn.  I've done my usual "hard work" in my sewing room. 

Hugs, Joy

Swingin' and An Embassy at Home

Remember that song about the boy and the girl, and he saw her and "she was swiiiiiiiiiingin'"?  I've been singing that ever since last night when Jerry hung my new porch swing up on the new porch roof.  I can only remember that one line, but I'm singing it anyway.

I am SO excited about my new swing, I actually made a video of myself swinging in it. 

Before you watch it, you must swear that you will never use this against me in a court of law!  (-;

My "You Tube" button is not working today, so I'm afraid you will have to click on the link.  I was really surprised that I'm not the ONLY person to make a video of a swing.  Sadly, however, most of them have babies swinging in them or nobody. 

Evidently, a Granny swinging in a swing is not really something videos are made of -- until now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuyPCb6qNM

And, of course, since it is Sunday, Jerry and I "went to church" this morning via GETV.org.  The son, Matthew, preached this morning.  The message was awesome, as usual.  The sermon in a nutshell was that we should make our homes Embassies of Heaven.  Even though the world is going to Hell at high speed these days, we can still have "our world" in our homes. 

Christians are not OF this world, but we are IN it.

I was taught that as a child, and I FOR SURE am one that doesn't "fit" into this world.  There are a whole bunch of people who will be happy to confirm that, I'm sure!  I was raised in Sunday School and Church, and we raised our kids in Sunday School and Church, and our kids sort of did that.  One is consistent, and the other .....  I'll just leave it at that.

The day could come -- and maybe soon -- when Christians are forbidden to even serve God in their homes.  Matthew said that the Government is already talking about churches having ASSIGNED pastors to their pulpit because they don't pay taxes.  It won't be long until the churches are like the schools.  Full of false-teaching, liberal politics and terror.  People will attend, but they will never know God. 

I better get my blouse finished.  It is all done except for one sleeve, buttons and buttonholes.  I bet I'll have a picture by tomorrow.  After this one, I'm making knits.

God Bless our servicemen all over the world, and be with the families who must live without them. 

Hugs, Joy

Snakes and Foamy Stuff

Hello everyone!  I've been busy at the store and with patio roof construction all week.  So far, the hammer and nail people have broken FOUR of my vases.  I was very nice and told them not to worry about them.  I should have moved them to a safe place, so it is really my fault I suppose. 

WHAT is with this Summer and snakes!!!??? 

My daughter has found several in her house.  I have had one in my attic, and four in the back yard.  The snakes don't seem to care for the hammer and nail people, and they keep crawling out from underneath my patio.  At least three of them won't be crawling anymore, but who knows how many relatives they left under there.

I was thinking about the snakes a while ago, and I remember that foam stuff that Jerry tried to put in the boobs of my dress form.  Remember that?  Here's a reminder:

He sprayed the stuff inside one of my bras.  When it dried, he took the "boobs" out and put them on a chair.  The stuff kept squirting out for a long time.  It was hilarious!

If you would like to read the saga of my homemade dress form, you can find it here:  http://www.joyful-expressions.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-christmas-present-michelinatina.html

Anyway,

I was thinking we could use this stuff and spray it in the holes under the cement where the snakes are coming out.  That would seal the holes up, and they couldn't get out anymore.  I'm going to ask Jerry about it when he gets home. 

He will probably tell me I'm insane.  Oh, well.  It won't be the first time I've been told that, and I doubt it will be the last! 

It's a long weekend so I doubt anyone will be sitting at their computer looking at my blog.  Jerry and I are doing what we always do:  nothing.  Nobody is coming, and we aren't going.  We shall sit on our covered patio and talk about stuff.  Hence, I shall cut this short and go iron some blouses.  I am in the middle of a new blouse, so I'll show it to you next week.

Have a GREAT weekend!

Hugs, Joy



Broken Hearts and Tornados

Guess WHERE we went to church Sunday morning?

On our patio, of course!  It was a gorgeous, perfect morning.  Slight breeze and just the right temperature.  I put my Ipad on the table that the contractors put up for me so I could use it if I wanted to.  How nice!  I brought up GETV.org on the Ipad and got it ready for the sunday morning service.  I was AMAZED at the excellent reception.  It was like God sent a computer nerd angel to make sure we had no interruptions in transmission.  Usually, we have many.

Hagee, Sr. was in London, so Matt, the son, preached yesterday.  The sermon was entitled "What Do You Do With A Broken Heart".  It was very well done with Matthew using a very fun prop that totally infused the message into my brain.  I LOVE it when a speaker uses props.  If you would like to hear a great sermon, please check for it at www.getv.org.  It is available now.  It will be the Sunday Morning Message on 05-19-13 by Matthew Hagee.

Yesterday was the devastating tornado in Moore, OK.  We drive right through that town every time we go to our other house.  Jerry will be driving by all of that tomorrow on his way home.  Hope the traffic is moving freely by then.  It took some of our employees 2 or 3 hours to get home from our store last night.  Bill was on a motorcycle.  He said it was awful sitting in traffic that long on a motorcycle.  Phylly had no electricity when she got home, but it was back on in a few hours.  Phylly lives a stone's throw away from Moore, and Bill lives South of Moore.  So very heartbreaking about the children in the school.  As my daughter said, they are all with Jesus now, so it isn't bad for the kids.  But the parents.  I can't imagine the sorrow.  My prayer is that this will draw all of the people involved close to the heart of God.

I had to work at our store yesterday and today and tomorrow and until I have a full house again.  Gracie -- my employee who just had a baby -- FINALLY called us today.  She has been sick for the entire 3 weeks, and her Mother has been taking care of her.  Her Mother would not let her make any phone calls.  She said her Mom just left today.  Also, the baby has a heart murmur, and Gracie has to take her to a Heart Specialist this week.  We told her we love her and to please come back as soon as she can.  Her brother came to the store today and picked up all her gifts and her paycheck.

On top of all that, the newest employee, Candice, was out this Monday and today because she found out her boyfriend was cheating on her.  If she doesn't show up for work tomorrow, she is going to find out she doesn't have a job either.  That made 3 employees out today. Of course, all of that is NOTHING compared to what those people in Moore are facing, and I am thankful this is my worst problem right now.

Back soon.

Hugs, Joy

Patio Progress

It is Saturday morning, and it is a bright, sunny day.  I do believe I have died and gone to contractor heaven.  If you have read my blog for long, you know I have been through H E double LL with contractors.

IF they showed up,
and IF they were sober,
and IF they worked over 2 hours a day,
I felt lucky. 

These guys show up EVERY DAY at 8 AM -- even on Saturday!  They work constantly as a team, and they don't even take breaks that I can tell other than to eat lunch.  They bring an ash can for all their cigarette butts.  They clean up even the sawdust before they leave every day.  Not only that, this patio cover is way, way, WAY better than I ever imagined it.  I thought it would be like a shelf sticking out at the top of the windows, and all the old roof would still be there.  Not at all.  It looks like it was built on the house originally.  I am SO pleased with it! 

Here's some pics for those who may have the least interest in this project:

This is what the back of my house looked like when the project started.

This is one side of it as it looks right now -- this minute -- today.

This is another view showing how they shaped it above the top step of my patio.

And here is another view. 

I LOVE the way they are making the front of it look like a gazebo. 

It looks really dark on the patio, but it isn't at all.  Just the way the shade is where I am standing.

See.

Here I am on the patio.

Lots of light.

We will be putting up ceiling fans and lights. 

You can see that this end of the patio is UNCOVERED. 

That is because we want to put a fire pit there with some chairs around it.  We didn't want to burn the roof down after we went to all this expense to get it built!

We aren't the hot tub type of people, so no hot tub.  I would not be able to DRAG Jerry into it, and he would probably drown me in it for making him maintain it!

Hence, the fire pit.  Marshmallows and S'mores.  Yum!

Better get.  I have done absolutely NOTHING today except shower, dress, eat breakfast and take these pictures. 




My husband, on the other hand, has been out since 8 AM on his tractor.  He enjoys that so much, and I think he is a major hunk on his tractor -- and his dozer -- and just standing in a room!  He has been doing push-ups for several months, and his arms and shoulders look awesome.  BELIEVE ME, if I could get him to pose, I would take a picture!

I have to go.  I'm working on a slinky red blouse.  Peggy Sager's pattern.  I've made it several times before.

Hugs, Joy

Caffeine Shortage and a Rainy Day

Good evening friends! 

How was your day today?

Mine was fairly monotonous and boring.  I woke up with a sore inside my lower lip, and I told myself that I must be drinking too much coffee.  Coffee is very acidic.  Nuts always give me a blister in my mouth, but I haven't had any nuts for ages. 

When I have a supervisory position such as watching what the workers are doing while building my patio roof, I tend to always have a cup of coffee in my hand.

Anyway, I told myself I was NOT allowed to have any coffee this morning, and I asked Jerry not to make it for me.  He always makes me my own special pot because he drinks only decaf, and he brings me a cup of hot coffee to my bedside every morning.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  How SWEET is that!?

No coffee for me all morning.

By noon, I was so sleepy and lathargic, I could barely make myself move.  I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me.  And then I remembered!  No caffeine.  So I decided I would allow myself to make ONE cup of coffee in my new Keurig coffeemaker up here in my sewing room.  I grabbed a little K-cup and put it in.  I drank every last drop, and it was delish! 

Time went by, and I stayed as sleepy as I was before.  Good grief, Charlie Brown!  I decided I better eat some caffeine -- aka chocolate -- or drink some more or something.  Decided to go brew another cup of coffee.  When I opened the Keurig to put in another K-cup, I noticed that the K-cup I had brewed earlier was DECAFFEINATED.  Duh!  No wonder it didn't help at all. 

I put in Black Tea this time, and I made a large glass of strong iced tea with it.  I suddenly came to life and decided to cut out a new blouse, do two bank statements, vacuum the movie room, make some phone calls, unload the dishwasher, make dinner and do the dishes.  Now, I'm up here talking to you. 

YES!!! 

I feel like me again.  I, evidently, am fueled by caffeine every day. 

Next time someone asks where I get all my energy, I guess I can finally tell them!

No progress on the patio roof today because the workers were only here five minutes before we got a downpour of rain.  We really need the rain, but I wish it would have come sooner or later so my project would get done.  I'm sure they will be back in the morning if the rain doesn't return.  They are the most wonderful team of workers I have ever had do construction for me.  Jerry and I both told them we may keep them busy from now on.

Maybe I'll have a finished roof on my patio to show you tomorrow, and maybe I'll have a new blouse to show you too.  And I'm glad this blister is almost gone because I'm not giving up my morning coffee tomorrow!  I'll try to sip it sideways though.

Hugs, Joy

Bad Employee - Patio Update -- Baby Bibs

If you have ever owned your own business, you know how important it is to be able to trust your employees.  We have some that we trust totally -- some we mostly trust -- some we aren't real sure about -- but we have this one guy that I have NEVER trusted.  I had a feeling about him from his first day, but Jerry never listens to me.  Jerry trusts everybody.  It is very hard for him to believe that another human being could be dishonest when they work for an honest organization.  And Jerry is the type that if he doesn't see it with his OWN EYES, he just doesn't accept it.  Jerry is brutally honest himself and so am I, and that makes it hard to understand other people not being that way.  

I can't give any more detail about this right now, but let me say that I am VERY upset about it and so is Jerry.  It appears more than one other employee was aware of this, and they did not tell us.  Of course, that casts suspicion on them too. 

The good news is the patio is coming right along.  If it wasn't raining right now, it would be coming along better.  All the workers drove off about an hour ago.  Here is a picture of what it looked like yesterday.  I was standing in the shade, and the patio was shaded, so pic isn't very bright.  Picture it all wet and drippy from the rain, and you will know what it looks like now.  We really need the rain, so I'm not complaining.

I don't think I showed you these cute baby bibs I made.  They are reversible.  Only one has a name because I only KNOW one name.  The girl that works for us has not contacted us since she left almost 3 weeks ago.  We have no idea how she or the baby are or what the baby's name is.  We sure hope all are okay.  She is due back next Monday, so we should know then.

Anyway, here are the two bibs:

The back of both bibs looks like this:



That is it for today. 

Hugs, Joy

Patio Renovation Project Begins and Meet Amelia

Today is the day!  9 men and 1 woman are here to start my patio roof.  The woman's name is Janiece and she is very nice.  I would like to sneak her up to my sewing room so she can play with me. 

I am very happy with this crew -- so far -- and I am excited about this project.  You know how much trouble I have had in the past with construction crews.  These guys are different.  They may never get to quit doing things for us because we keep thinking of more projects for them.

I went out this morning to make the following announcement:

"I don't care if you smoke, spit or chew.  Just don't leave the evidence on my lawn or my patio."

They just laughed.  They said they had already prepared for that.  It appears my reputation has spread near and far!  (-;

Above is just a board to check the pitch of the roof.  I want the lowest part of the roof to be as high as that window.  It is a little over 10 feet.  They are very carefully talking about it -- measuring it -- and being sure the calculations are correct.  Praise the Lord!  Just my kind of people! 

I became a Great Aunt again this past weekend.  Our new baby lives in Arkansas, so I didn't get to be there. 

Her name is Amelia Mae.  Cute!  That is my sister Judy's son, Ryan.  The baby was an "oops", but he is doing the right thing.  He's a good kid.

I just finished blankets and a bib for Gracie -- my employee on maternity leave -- and now I need to make something for this little doll.

I hear saws and drills and hammers.  I better go see what is happening.  I may be missing a picture!

Have a great week my friends.

Hugs, Joy

A New "New Girl" and 2 Baby Blankets

Hello friends. 

How are all of you today? 

Hey Deanna and Margaret!!! 

I miss you so much. 

I almost came up this weekend to visit Jerry's Mom at Countrywood, but there is so much going on here, I am cancelling.  Would LOVE for you to come visit, but it looks like it will be a month or two before I can properly entertain anyone other than the construction crew and the new employee.

And, of course, Phylly.  No Phylly-time gets me down, but maybe one day soon.  We are going to Skype on Mother's Day.

Oh, yeah.

You don't know yet.

The new employee -- the one from the last post -- she isn't there anymore.  She called in the second day and said the job was just too hard for her.  All she did the day she was there was look up authorization codes from Medicaid. 

Good heavens!  How hard is that?  I could do that half asleep while drinking coffee and eating a donut!  She said she didn't like computer work.  Well, WHY ON EARTH did she take the job?????????????????????

That isn't actually a bad thing though because as it turns out, there was a darling girl who just walked in about five minutes after I had hired DJ.  I didn't even meet her because I had just hired DJ, but I did get her application.  She EXCELLED at my very favorite first impression of an applicant:  BEAUTIFUL handwriting.  It gets me excited, let me tell you, and not only that -- she spelled everything correctly, and she followed the instructions.  I almost cried because I had hired DJ realizing she really wasn't a perfect choice.

When DJ called and quit, I had Candi call the "darling girl" right away.  Turns out she was VERY interested in our job, and she came back ASAP for an interview with me.  I almost hired her at first sight.  She is a combination of Candi -- my personal assistant and office Supervisor -- and Darcy, my former Store Manager who worked for us 10 years. 

The "darling girl" is named Candice, so we now have Candi and Candice.  Their last names both start with B and are also very much alike.  Must be some kind of sign.  Candice has 4 years of college courses and a year of blood-taking school (can't think of the proper name for that right now).  She worked at a Blood Insitute in Ardmore -- a 45-mile drive for her.  She hated it.  She also had to work evenings and weekends.  She was willing to make less money to work in Kingston where she lives.  She will save a lot on gasoline and time.  She will start working for us Monday morning.

One of my employees is out on maternity leave.  Her name is Gracie.  We have not heard from Gracie, and we don't even know her baby girl's name.  We have called and texted, but haven't heard back.  A paycheck sits on her desk.  Her husband was to come by to get it but didn't.  Last we heard, he had to take her back to the hospital because she was sick and had a fever.  We are SO WORRIED!

Anyway, I decided to make a couple little baby blankets for her.  Unfortunately, my longarm machine decided to give me a major problem today, so the pink blanket isn't as good as it could have been.  The longarm has a button that you push to make the needle go up or down.  One push = up.  Another push = down.  Just once, and then it is supposed to STOP.  You can't begin and end your stitching without this function.

Today, every time I pushed that button, the needle flew up and down a hundred times, and I could not get it to stop.  I do know how to fix this problem, and if it didn't involve removing about 50 screws and lifting off big metal covers to expose the world's itty bittiest screw that I can barely SEE, never mind get the world's tiniest screw driver into, I would have done it.  Decided to wait for Jerry.

Here it is.  No big deal, but you can't have too many baby blankets.  It is just a cute flannel print with white cotton on the back.

And here is the back of the pink flannel baby blanket.  Just loops and hearts.

And here is a little blanket I made her yesterday.  I would use this one for a bath mat since it has duckies all over it.  It is just flannel on top and cotton on the bottom with no batting in between.  I sewed a piece of Petersham ribbon all around the top to finish this one.  My quilting is just the simple wavy lines.

Jerry is on his way home. 

I have two ribeye steaks thawed out, and 12 extra large shrimp.  Good dinner tonight!  And did I mention a bottle of wine to go with? 

Hugs, Joy

New Employee, New SFD Knit Top and New Video

YAY!!!  I am excited to announce that

I have hired a lady for our store.  Her name is Doris June, but she goes by DJ.  She is tall and thin.  She has worked 15 years at a very nice gift shop in a town close to here.  The store is closing because the owner wants to retire.  One of my employees, Nancy, called me this weekend and told me about DJ.  She has shopped at that gift shop for years, and she knows DJ well because DJ waited on her whenever she went into that store.  That was a good enough reference for me before I even met DJ. 

DJ starts this morning, and I really need to be there, but can't.  We are starting another construction project here at our home, and the contractor -- Todd -- likes to arrive early.  He hasn't really started yet, but keeps coming over to measure stuff.  This morning, he is coming to measure the inside of our shower.  I am mad at our shower because for some insane reason, we made the ceiling 10 foot high in it.  You have to be a giraffe to reach it.  The light has been burned out in it for months because neither of us wants to drag a ladder inside the shower -- if one would even fit -- to change the bulb.  The shower is covered with white tiles surrounded by white grout that defies all cleaning products and likes to stay dirty.  I am having all the tiles ripped out -- the ceiling lowered -- and solid walls put in.   Fortunately, we have several other showers in the house to use during the process.

We are also having our back patio covered.  I wanted it done when we built this house in 1998, but my husband said it would keep the light from coming in the windows, and he would not allow it.  I am no longer afraid that my husband will leave me if I don't do everything his way, so I finally talked him into agreeing with me.

Like my sister, Judy, says, "What good is a patio you can't sit on in the rain?"

ANYHOW, between interviewing and new construction, I have been busier than usual, BUT I did make a new video on Sunday.  It is a short video but it took over 4 hours to upload to You Tube with our snail's pace internet here, and the first time I tried to upload it, it froze just before the end.  I had to start over.  That is why I am a bit behind on my blog.

Here is the video.  I am attempting to show you how to cut out and finish a simple knit top in a few hours.  I did finish the top and was wearing it by the time my husband got home for dinner.  He said it looked "professional" with my new cover stitch machine finishing.  How nice was that?!

And here is another video of my final version of this new knit top:

I took several pictures of the french dart before, during and after construction.  I may do a tutorial on a french dart soon because so many ladies have trouble with them.

Hugs, Joy



 

A Strange Red Vest, Vogue 8714

I finished it -- the red vest from Vogue 8714.  It has some strange lines here and there, and the armholes a bit too big for a blouse, and that is how I intend to wear it -- IF I wear it.

Here's some pictures.

I think it makes me look as wide as I am tall. 

No shape.

I topstitched it all over the place per instructions, but it caused some strange pulls in the armholes in the back.  I figure if I just walk in FRONT of everyone and circle around, then they won't get to see the back.

I made a video, because I think it is a much better representation of how the garment really looks when worn.  It is a 2-minute video, but takes an hour and a half to upload on this turtle-pace internet speed we have here in the deep woods of Southern Oklahoma.

But the trees sure are pretty!

You can wear this with the lapels both up

or with one lapel up

or with both lapels down.

I like them both down the best.

I am thinking that maybe I don't like the peplum, but not sure.

I hardly ever like anything I make right after I make it, so maybe this needs to go hide in the dark recesses of my closet for awhile.

Here is the vest/blouse with one flap down and one flap up:

OH!

I almost forgot to show you the funnest part.

Check out the inside:

And if you aren't totally sick of this blouse by now, here is the video I made just for me, but I'll share it with you.  I actually liked it a whole lot more after I saw the video.  Clothes are just different when you are "posing" in them for photos.  I remember when I was photographing my quilts that I had a hard time making them behave too.

Time to clean up the tornado this project dropped all over my sewing room, and then figure out what to do next. 

I think I need to make some knits so I can use my cover stitch machine! 

OH, OH, OH!!!!  I forgot to show you Phylly's finished top.  The flowery/stripey one.  She sent me some pics. 

Let's hope I still have them.  Hold on....................... 

Well, I must have accidentally deleted those pics.

I did find this one.

This is Louise Cutting's Hearts A'Flutter.  Isn't it pretty?  It actually is a little like this red vest.  You can wear the flap up or down.

And I have to go!

Almost time to start supper for the Master.

Hugs, Joy