Yesterday I finally got around to making my new pressing surface on my ironing board.  The materials cost about $20 (mostly consisting of the fabric and the board) and it took me approximately 20 minutes or so to put together. I used the Sharon Schamber method: And I’m very pleased with how it turned out!

I completed an Anita Goodesign project in the hoop and made a cute table topper!  I’ll share my trials and tribulations with my embroidery machine. I received a few Christmas gifts Planning the Bargello quilt along Orca Bay progress Thinking ahead for 2012 goals Painting Creating a new ironing board top #NYSI BDSI Wrapup Basil...

A few weeks ago we were down in Brandon where my sewing machine shop is and I stopped in to chat with Vicki – the lady that sold me my first Viking Sapphire – and of course I had to do some  shopping.  I looked at a few of the patterns available and decided to...

Welcome to the Boxing Day Sew In!  We hope you are following the chatter on Twitter (use hashtag #BDSI on all your posts) and having lots of fun sewing your little heart out on the day after Christmas. Be sure to check out Quilting For the Rest of Us to see how to enter the giveaway...

Dec. 26th – Boxing DaySew in! I’m participating in the Boxing Day Sew In (hosted by Sandy at Quilting for the Rest of Us)! I had lots of fun participating in the Anti-Black Friday Sew In that she hosted on Twitter – though I was sort of forced to participate due to a cold virus...