Author: aprillayher
More bags…. under my eyes
LOL. Sewing with grand girls is fun but ends up with almost-finished-projects in the works right before everyone has to fly back home! So grandma is up late trying to get the finishing touches complet... Read More
More sewing room organization ideas…..
My room is relatively small – maybe 10 ft x 12 ft. And I have a lot of STUFF that needs to be in there – 3 sewing machines, computer desk, and visible storage for fabric and tools etc. ... Read More
Rethinking My Sewing Room
After carefully maneuvering over and around the stacks of tubs and projects on the floor and looking for fabrics I knew I owned but couldn’t find, I decided that I’d come to the last straw... Read More
Backstitching
This post is more for myself than anything, to buoy my spirits on a day when I feel depression tugging at the edges of my conscious thoughts. Life is unpredictable. It seems to often challenge our hap... Read More
Connections to the Past
The first quilt I ever made was in about 1985. I had made pieced and quilted pillows to give away for Christmas gifts and had sewn many little girl’s dresses and little boys outfits. But my firs... Read More
Sew much to do – sew little time
Wow – working full time really gets in the way of my fun. I also had 3 grandchildren visiting for 1 1/2 months this summer so practically no sewing got done – except for teaching the gi... Read More
A Trip Down the Arkansas River
This quilt is Named “A Trip Down the Arkansas River” and was a block of the month quilt for Nature Programs I gave at the Delta Rivers Nature Center when I worked there. Many of the bloc... Read More
If I didn’t have to work full time….
Well, making a living and paying the bills definitely gets in the way of the really important things in life. Can you tell I haven’t had much time to sew recently? That equates to base-line ... Read More