Once upon a time...

I used to sew a lot...for myself and friends. Now, I still sew a lot, but for someone else. I am doing piecework for a local company. It's been fun, although I miss having more time for my personal sewing. I am looking forward to the summer. Once school is out (I work part-time as a preschool aide), I am hoping to get more time in on my machine. I have a pile of projects ready to go!

Kind of slow...

Actually, more like kind of busy! I've been busy with apartments on the market, our anniversary, and transcribing interviews for my dad (working on his PhD). I haven't touched my machine since the second week of May (gasp!). There are now no apartments on the market, the transcribing is done, and we have no plans to go anywhere until July. I have big plans this week, mostly involving the pile of gifts and projects that have not stopped piling up.

Setting sail

My dad celebrated his birthday recently. He loves ships! I found this fabric at Mill End. The frame was a custom-frame from Joann's. Someone decided they didn't want it, so it was being sold for around a 10th of the original cost (just the frame, no glass, back, mat). I glued batting scraps to a piece of foam board, wrapped the fabric over it and glued the fabric onto the back of the board. Then I glued a second piece of foamboard to the back (trapping the fabric and batting edges between the two foamboards), let it dry overnight, and slipped it into the frame. Great quick and easy project (took about an hour plus drying time for the glue)! Next time, I want to try something other than foamboard. You can only use thin pins at an angle, or they will fall out of the foamboard.