May is here!

Tomorrow it'll be May which is total chaos for us. Birthdays fall as follows: Jeff 8th, neices & nephew 10th, Garrison 11th, anniversary 12th, Browder 25th. Mother's Day falls in there too!
I'm having fun w/ bright spring fabrics and bought some seersucker stripes today - red & white, pink, lt blue & lt green. Can't wait to try something with them! People ask me if I can get t-shirts. I can if necessary! Lately people have been bringing me great shirts from Walmart, Target & Old Navy so if you can buy locally and bring them to me that is great! That way you are sure the size is right. I can order, but there can be $12-20 in shipping and other fees depending on the size of the order. It's best to order a lot and I don't always have a big enough order. But, I can certainly get shirts if I need to. I'm going to Sarah Stone Sat. to meet w/ someone about embroidery & hooping. I'm hoping to get some tips and see if there is anything I can be doing differently to make things any easier!

On another note I just finished a wonderful bible study on the book Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney - Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother. I highly recommend this book!! I plan to read it again and again!!

April 26 photos

Here are a few pics I took yest. of the kids in the backyard! I sewed a little last night and need to play "catch up" this afternoon and tonight! I'm going to try to work out a better schedule this week so I'm not sewing at 10:30 at night! That seems to be the only time I have zero distractions so it doesn't bother me, but Jeff would probably rather not go to sleep to the bum bum bum bum bum of a sewing machine!

alphabets...

As you can see I stitched the lower g from the new applique alphabet! These letters are SO CUTE!! They come in 3, 4 and 5 inches, upper and lower case, plus numbers 0-9. I have found with applique alphabets that the stitching is slightly imperfect - the stitching is all computerized. When I say imperfect I mean that the satin stitch is not as thick as I'd like for it to be. The satin stitch is the final stitch around the design. No matter how close I trim the fabric, there are loose threads b/c the satin stitch isn't thick or wide enough. I trim all loose thread of course! Some designs have nice thick fat satin stitching and some don't!!

Regardless, these letters are CUTE all alone or with a name monogrammed across it which I have done w/ my chunkier alphabet.

I also did the giraffe which is absolutely adorable!!

Feel free to e-mail me with any questions!