Long Time, No See

Wow!  It's been a long time, hasn't it?  Lots of stuff has happened since we last "talked" ... I am now single for the first time in 24 years, my son got married and I gained a wonderful daughter-in-law, I am working a lot more hours at work and I am the sole owner of a ranch-style home in Northern California, which also means that when something goes wrong with the house, it is all my responsibility to fix!  Which has been a huge adjustment!

Once I decided to start blogging again, I asked myself ... "What direction do I want this blog to go?"  I've decided that my intent with this blog is basically the same as a lot of the other blogs I read ... decorating, swapping recipes, pets, and life in general.  Nothing special ... just life!

I told my daughter-in-law that I would make her apron with some really fun fabric.  And like my typical self, I always have great aspirations of how I will go about doing this.  And in my head, this is how it goes:  I go to the local fabric store and pick out the material, I cut the pattern out right when I get home and have it all sewed up and ready to wear within a week.  But in reality, this is how it goes:

get the pattern

three weeks later, go pick out the material

five weeks after that, cut out the material (with the help of Fletcher)

and now three weeks after that, I still have to sew it all together.  I should interject right now that I really don't sew.  I quilt but I don't sew clothes.  But I have wanted to start sewing something different than quilts and this is what I decided to start with.  And notice what the pattern says ... SO EASY!  Yeah, well we'll just see about that!

Before I let you go, I have to show you this cool thing my aunt made me for Christmas last year.  It's a pin cushion with a bag attached to throw all your scraps into.  Isn't it fun???

And here is a close up of the flower pin cushion part ...

Have a great week!

MJ