Megan's Blog

we'll see how this works

normally I feel like it's my responsibility as a mother to embarrass my children at regular intervals.....luckily for me, I don't usually have to work very hard at it.  But the other day one of them asked me in his kind, compassionate, "practicing to be a teenager" tone if I could please "maybe clean some of the threads off my clothes before coming to pick them up from the bus".  Well, I guess it's not too much to ask, and it's certainly not the first time this request has come from a member of the household.

So, two 1/2 yards of fabric and little bit of ric-rac later I had myself a little studio apron----a project long overdue. 

the little rounded pocket came from the cut-away for the bib section and reminds me of my grandmothers aprons for some reason----she always had a tissue, now I have a place for my tissue.  And look, little Miss Sparkles makes an appearance too!

this will definitely not be the last apron, but a quick and easy and hopefully I'll get in the habit of wearing it.  Then I can find new ways to embarrass the kids!

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

A bit of Goldilocks

I've been feeling a little Goldilock-ish in my sewing area.

I recently decided that I do alot more sewing than dining, so bits and pieces of quilting equipment, furniture, fabric, etc. migrated to the dining room and the dining room table moved to the back end of my "bowling alley living room".

I have the newest Bernina, the latest rulers and other assorted gadgets, but my sewing table was not quite right.

At first, I used an old kitchen table, but alas, this was too small for machine quilting.  Then my father gave me his gi-normous office table/desk when they moved to their new digs.  But this was just too high for me.  For all the things my parents have given me, height is not one of them.

And so, Dad to the rescue!!!  He had built me a custom-made, shorter than normal, whiz-bang table for my machine!  He came over and took all sorts of measurements, we talked about what was I looking for in a table, how would it be used, where would it be in the room, and on and on......it felt a little like match.com for tables.

But all the questions, the measuring, the double checking, was totally worth it!  I got a table that fits me just right.  And it has a leaf that folds up to make the table bigger for machine quilting, and I can have 2 machines at either end when I have people over for private lessons. 

I could not love my table more....or the person who made it!

This room is a work in progress, kind of like my life, but stayed tuned, I'll show more when I get further along.

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan