The Aftermath of Thanksgiving

Who else would go visit family for Thanksgiving and come back with more sewing supplies? I love raiding my mother's house. Love you mom.

Multi colored zippers. Love it.

Technically these were given to me by my sister. I'm like the save-a-stray for unwanted fabric.

Many moons ago my mother attempted to clean out her stash of fabric. Thankfully I was there and saved many scraps and yards of fabric from being discarded into the unloved pile. Unfortunately I still have limited storage space at my own house, so a bin of fabric still resides at my mother's house. Ultimately she didn't really accomplish the whole declutter mission, but at each visit I select a few lovelies to come home with me. Who doesn't need more white....and black....and blue....and red stripes....and gray....? I ask you, who?

And buttons. Need I say more? I'm in love.



Go Go Go

I am just plowing through this growth chart project! I've wanted to do it for awhile and usually it takes just as many months of thinking about it as it does to actually sew it. But I finished the embroidery in a couple days and sewed the buttons on and put on a the back panel and top stitched it all in ONE night. I think my husband may have been a little annoyed while he tried to watch t.v. I believe the words "are all sewing machines that loud" came out of his mouth towards the end. I explained a newer sewing machine would help. I'll show him the price tag next time.

But back to the growth chart. I love it! It's so cute. Of course I kind of forgot my living room walls are beige when I chose tan/beige linen in my head. So it'll have to hang in a different room. All that's left is to stamp or write the inches/feet along the edge. I'm so excited and proud of myself to be moving along with sewing projects!

Buttons!

I made buttons!

I have had a button kit from JoAnn's for about 6 months now and it just kept sitting and sitting on my bedroom floor. Yes, my bedroom holds my stash of fabric and supplies. Who wants to build me an addition to my house?

And I have to say...I'm in love with making buttons! It's as much fun as I thought it would be. And superbly satisfying. I want a bajazillion more! And I want them with flat backs in case anyone does buy some for me! =)

Look for these on some of the flowers to come in the Seamingly Sarah shop!

Clue 5

Buttons

Every once in awhile I get to mix crafting and family. I'm trying to see that more as an ongoing thing, but until then I continue to grasp for things that my 2 year old daughter might find enjoyable.

One such activity is playing with the buttons! I make sure to grab a DEEP bowl (helps to keep more buttons in while she's "cooking"). And while she's not looking I steal the colorful buttons and sort.

I don't know where her obsession with rainbows comes from.

A Few Things I See

When I'm getting ready to craft and create these are a few things I see...