RENEWEL EVERYDAY....

Friday, February 13, 2009

SPRING SEWING PROJECTS....THIS AND THAT

HERE IS SOME FABRIC GIVEN BY A FRIEND
I THINK I WILL TAKE HALF OF IT AND MAKE
A SPRING SKIRT AND THE OTHER HALF AND
MAKE A SWAG CURTAIN FOR MY BEDROOM...
I ALSO FOUND THIS LITTLE BASKET FOR CENTS..
AND WILL ADD IT TO MY "SPRING BEDROOM"
I AM WORKING ON............
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER MADE SEVERAL BRIGHT
CRISP "SKIRTS" TO GO WITH MY YOUNGEST
DAUGHTERS "SCRUBS" FOR HER NEW JOB!
I FOUND THIS FABRIC AND LOVED THE COLORS
IN IT. MY DAUGHTER MADE IT INTO A SIMPLE
SKIRT FOR ME TO WEAR THIS SPRING.

SHE HAD FABRIC LEFT OVER SO SHE MADE
BABY ELLA A CUTE SUMMER SKIRT TOO!
ISNT SHE ADORABLE???

THIS WEEK WE HAD "ONE DAY" OF SPRING!!!!! IT WAS ALMOST 62 DEGREES! WHAT A HEATWAVE! AFTER ALL THE SNOW WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!

I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH MY DAUGHTER TO LOOK FOR FABRIC FOR HER TO USE AT WORK. I LOVE THE FABRIC STORE!! ITS FUNNY THOUGH AS I AM "NOT" A SEWING PERSON. I CAN READ A PATTERN; MAYBE CUT IT OUT AND SEW SOME ON A MACHINE BUT IT DOESNT NOT LOOK REALLY NICE WHEN I AM DONE. HA

I LOVE TO SEE ALL THE COLORS OF FABRICS AND I CAN LOOK AT A SCRAP OF FABRIC AND SEE A PILLOW; CURTAIN; SKIRT; TABLECOVERING BUT I ASK FOR HELP WHEN PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. MY DAUGHTER SEWS AND HAS HELPED ME OUT THAT WAY........

I WAS ALSO ABLE TO SEND OUT MY "COOKIE PACKAGE" TO MY SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW! THEY CALLED LAST NIGHT AND I THINK BY THE SOUND OF CRUNCHING THEY ARE ENJOYING THEIR VALENTINE PACKAGE!!

I WENT TO GET MY HAIR CUT AND STYLED. THE SALON LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL AND THE LADY WHO DOES MY HAIR IS ALWAYS SO KIND AND HELPFUL AND ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS I MIGHT HAVE. THE PRODUCTS SMELL SOOO GOOD THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A SPA! WHEN I GOT DONE MY HUSBAND CALLED AND WANTED TO TAKE ME OUT TO LUNCH ! I FELT SO SPOILED! IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL TIME WE HAD AND I THANKED HIM!

I WAS THANKING GOD HOW SIMPLE MOMENTS IN OUR LIVES CAN BE VERY SPECIAL. A LUNCH WITH HUSBAND; ROCKING YOUR GRANDBABY WHO WAS SICK WITH A FEVER QUIETLY SINGING TO SOOTHE HER; LAUGHING WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS; PRAYING FOR A FRIEND; TALKING WITH YOUR SISTERS FAR AWAY;
SHARING COOKIES WITH THOSE YOU LOVE SENT WITH LOVE; PRAYING FOR OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY; ENJOYING THE WARM SUNSHINE ON YOUR FACE;
WAITING WITH YOUR HUSBAND IN THE DRS OFFICE AND HAVING A SURPRISE VISIT
FROM YOUR HEART SURGEON AND SEEING HIS EYES FILL WITH TEARS AND BOTH OUR HEARTS OVERCOME; WATCHING YOUR DAUGHTER COME IN FROM A LONG HARD DAYS WORK OF HELPING OTHERS............

SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR..........HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO YOU!!

3 comments:

Rebekah Tastet said...

Very cute fabrics! Sound like fun!

Kelli said...

Happy Valentine's Day! That fruit fabric is too cute!
~Kelli

Anonymous said...

Your daughter has a great talent for sewing.

from, Beth