Oh, Precious Machine!!!

My beautiful new sewing machine arrived yesterday, and I'm still figuring out how to use all the fancy embroidery bits and make things and and and...iz lovely. :-) I haven't taken any of my own pictures yet, cuz well, I haven't really made much yet. Kind of in the gleeful realm of not enough space set up for sewing and um...too many options for what to make! :-)Yay!

The Fall is Coming! The Fall is Coming!

Retardo and I and lots of our friends closed out Summer Vacation this past weekend with a fabulous camping trip. We found a new group site down by Mt. Rainier and the only thing we really wished we had the entire trip was a portable hot tub. I guess we'll have to work on that for next year. ;-)

The weather was sunny and gorgeous, we got a fabulous hike in at Mt. Rainier on Saturday, and everyone danced around the bonfire with me on Saturday night. I am still glowing at the thought of it. My friends are Awesome. We didn't get a lot of pictures--I think both Retardo and I were too busy having fun. :-)

Memorial Pajamas

My Daddy-O has a name thing, and all of our family pets have had interesting names--Allison Wonderland, Sarah Ann Dipity, and the late beloved Abby Cadabra. Abby lived up to her name--we called her The Amazing Disappearing Cat because few of our friends ever actually saw her. She was a very shy and very sweet cat until her old age when she became adventurous enough to go outside a bit.

Abby died very recently, and we all miss her. Mix together impatience, the loss of a sweet kitty, and a potato sack nightie of very cute material, and...Viola! Abby Cadabra Memorial Pajama Shorts and Tank Top.

New Coasters!

I made us some new coasters, and they are C-U-T-E! :-)

Yay! I'm pretty proud of the little box for 'em too--it's on the left, even though you can't see it very well in this picture. I've still got enough of the mostly green fabric to make 4 big dinner napkins, and I think I may need to check the internets to see if I can get any more...soon my house will be filled with paisley snail patterned linen. Cute Police beware!

I registered for a Sewing class at the community college for Fall Quarter, and I am getting really excited. I'm 90% postive I won't actually enroll in the Apparel Design program afterword (which is really what the class is geared towards), but it should force me to actually work on projects and get them done and learn some good skills in the process. And maybe some patience.

I definately lack patience--hence the crazy sewing at midnight going on. But I am getting A Brand New Big Exciting Sewing and Embroidery machine and it is not here yet. I should be patiently waiting instead of starting all the projects I want to do once it arrives, because it is so fancy! It is so nice! I am so excited I have to sew and sew and sew until it actually gets here!