I Sewed Today !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 I didn't sew at all yesterday.

After our trip to Aldi's

I discovered that my Avon order would be arriving soon

so

I busied myself with the computer and

it sucked up the bulk of my day.

Today

I will prewash one of my

Craft Coat Fabrics

and work on

drawing up the pattern .

 

Happy Birthday to my little Jenny !!!

 

 

 

 



 

 



I have been sewing

pretty much every day...

I have been working on a

small ( 18x22 ) wall hanging with

quilt blocks for pockets.

The first one that I made was

rather disappointing

however

I enjoyed sewing it immensely...

sew much that

I made another one yesterday

for my own use.

Pictures will follow.

I am still

"finding my way"

so to speak

in the world of online sales and such.

I am just having more fun sewing right now.

The pressure of perfection is

exhausting to me

and

it saps a lot of the fun of sewing

out of me.

We are going to Aldi's today so

I am not certain how much I will accomplish.

I want to draw up the pattern for my craft coat.

I have a small list of

" Most Important Things"

GREAT

All of the photos that I had in  my IPOOD

are gone....

meh

here is a picture of something else:

 

 

 

Not Good Enough To Sell



but

Here it is

all finished :)

 

 



My new little sewing machine will arrive today.

Lynne, who is the previous owner

sent me an email

telling me that I will need to be home

so that I can sign for it

:)

VERY EXCITED !!!

In the mean time,

I will finish my project today.

Yesterday was "family discovery day"

We need to have those

every so often....

I think that having a big outing at Aldi's

sort of threw me for a loop

so

I will be back on track today.

I am trying to think of what I want to make with

my new sewing machine.

I can't wait to meet her !!!

Have a great day

 

 

 

Most Important Task: Finish The Project That I Began Yesterday...

I brought out my little old Singer Featherweight the other day and

got her all cleaned up and oiled.

I wanted to "get the feel" of sewing on

a Featherweight again,

in preparation for the arrival of my new little machine

that will most likely be arriving

tomorrow !!!

YAY :)

I decided to work on a small wall hanging

so

I drew up the pattern and

went searching for the appropriate fabrics and

made quite a lot of progress.

 



 

 It was a glorious day and Becky said she was

proud of me for sewing !!!

Today,

I want to finish it.

I need to make a trip to Aldi's this morning.

I am not sure if I will offer tis project for sale in my shop....

I don't even have any idea what I would charge for

and 8" x 11" wall hanging.

It is almost like selling my children.

I need to work on that because, that is at the core of why

I stopped sewing I think.

We'll see how it turns out !!!

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!



Well.... yesterday did not go as planned

but it turned out to be a lovely day after all.

We babysat for our new little Grandson, Bradley

We haven't stayed up to see the New Year in for maybe 20 years.

We watched Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve special and

we enjoyed it very much :)

Bradley pretty much just ate and slept...

Mom and Dad got home a little after one.

Of course, I watched TV until 230 and then got up at 4

'cause I'm a dork LOL

But I'm glad I did.

I started a "self improvement" program called:

The Sea Change Program.

Here is a link to read about it.

Every month, a different topic is addressed.

January, we are learning how to fix being a procrastinator....

which,

if you look it up,

you will see my photo :)

It is very interesting to read why one procrastinates,

but in order to work on fixing this problem,

we are to choose one, "most important thing" to \accomplish for the day.

I have included an excerpt below:

 

This month, we’ll be developing some Unprocrastination Habits. These are small, simple habits that will help you get good at beating procrastionation.
Here are the habits (more on each below):
Habit 1: Picking a Most Important Task each morning.
Habit 2: The Start. Develop the habit of starting. Become aware when you resist starting.
Habit 3: The Pause. Learn to pause when you get the urge to procrastinate. Watch and let go of your fears and irrational beliefs around procrastination.

The Plan

1. During the first week (Jan. 1-7), just focus on Habit 1 — Most Important Task, or MIT. So pick an MIT every morning, write it down. Should only take 2 minutes. This is the task you should start your day with — pay yourself first, before answering email or checking on other things for other people. Report on your forum — to your accountability group and/or to the forum in general, each day after you do your habit for the day, even if you didn’t do the habit. Not just for this week, but every week.
2. Don’t worry about not procrastinating on your MIT for the first week. Just watch yourself if you do start to procrastinate.

so I think that in order to be "accountable"

I will post my Most Important Task

here in my blog

and then I will report back the next day to

show a photo of my "Task".

For my first Most Important Task,

I am going to plan and sew a simple project.

As the days go by,

I will be a little more specific.

Oh...

and I am also going to keep tabs on

what I am eating.

Wish me luck !!!

:)