Ms. White and the pop Singer

Good morning blog land, long time no post. Pardon my absence, I have been sewing and will have pictures soon. But this morning I discovered something that I just had to share right away because it makes me absolutely giddy!

So without further ado let me share with you the story of Ms. White and the pop Singer.

I met Ms. White at a garage sale about 7 or 8 years ago, she was in her late twenties at the time. She was not what you would call pretty and she looked like she had been through a lot and I felt we had that in common. She was looking for a new place to stay and since I had been looking for someone reliable and affordable to assist me in my Halloween costume projects, I decided to offer her the job. She was only asking for 5$ so I figured I was getting the better end of the deal regardless of her future performance, but I need not have worried, Ms. White was more than up to the task working her way as easily true delicate satins, cheep cottons or jeans.
When we moved across the country, space was limited in the family vehicle but I would not hear of leaving her behind and so Ms. White made the long trip with us from Quebec to Alberta, squeezed into the back of the SUV. Unfortunately even with her tough constitution, Ms White suffered from the ride and when we arrived she had a hard time getting back to work. She just did not seem to have the heart anymore.

That's when I discovered the pop Singer. I met her at Wal-Mart, she was young and she looked hip, she was looking for a job and although she did not look half as tough as Ms. White, I thought she might do until I could nurse my old friend back to health. So I took her home and she has been pretty good at most of the tasks I have asked her to perform. But she still cannot take on as much as my old friend. She just doesn't have the same constitution. However, this young thing owns a bunch of hip gadgets that Ms. White never possessed, she has a zipper foot, a button foot, a 1/4 inch foot, a darning foot she even has a walking foot. She just does not have the strength to use them well.

Such a shame, such a waist I though. Here is this young thing with all the nifty gadgets and there is my old friend who could sure use them but has none. But then this morning, out of the blue I decided to hand Ms. White one of the pop Singer's gadgets and see if she could maybe use it. Well lo and behold she can!!!

Do you know what this means? This means that I might not have to send most of my quilts to a long arm quilter because I now have a machine that has the strength AND attachments needed to do this myself. It also means I won't need to spend a fortune on a new machine as I had been considering.

This morning, I am a happy quilter!
Have a great day

Danielle

Please go take a look at this...

I would post the clip but I seem to be unable to post a video. But here is the link, it's worth the detour: Matt Harding dancing .

I soooo want to do this!
Have a great day!
Danielle

I Love Bugs

I do, I love them. Well most of them anyway. I must admit that mosquito's and flies gross me out to no end, and having a spider ON me kinda freaks me out in a hair raising kind of way. But other then that I am totally in.

So in the interest of further education and spreading the love, here is a post about some pretty bugs. The One-Eyed Sphinx and the Colombia Silkmoth. Both of them are common to this region of the world and quite interesting to look at.

Here is the One Eyed Sphinx, or the Smerinthus cerisyi:
He is about 1.5 inches long and has a wing span of about 2-3 inches. The interesting thing about him is that he blends perfectly to a tree and that if you you don't stop and observe, you will totally miss his beautiful under wings, because at rest they are usually folded under his over wings( those are probably not the scientific names for these but I'm sure you understand what I mean).

And here is The Colombia Silkmoth, or the Hyalophora columbia:

This is a big guy, his body is as large as my index finger in diameter, about 1.5 inches long and his wing span is about 5 inches. His body is fury with cream and brown stripes.

Moths are allot less skittish then butterflies, if you hold your finger in front of them they will often climb on board and let you take a good look at them. You can do them a favor and release them on to a tree trunk or a shaded wall as they usually prefer not to be in the direct sun light and seem to be a little dumbstruck when they are, landing somewhere they could get "squashed". Just don't touch their wings, they are fragile.

If you would like to know a bit more about moths, and see some absolutely beautiful photographs ( some moths are even more colorful then butterflies) i have posted a few links on the side bar in the Take a Look section for your enjoyment.

Have a great fathers day!
Danielle

Eat your heart out, I`m having Figs & Plums....

Figs & Plums Fabric that is:

I know it's not fair...
But try and take comfort in the fact that all my sewing equipment is packed and all I can do is staire at these babies and drool.
I know :o( But seriously, if you are a Fig Tree fan as I am you will NOT want to miss these. My camera is crappy, these fabric are beautiful, the colors are rich and vibrant you will not belive it. Joanna has totaly outdone herself on these I might just buy some of this by the bolt!

Flikr game

First read about it at Chickpea Sewing Studio, then Creative Little Daisy joined in and soon everyone was playing!

Proof

Yes, so after much talk about fabric and sewing and quilts ( not just on this blog ) I guess I should offer some kind of proof that I do in fact sew and have even managed to put toghether a quilt top and even have a few WIP`s ( works in progress). So here goes.

Exibit one; my first completed quilt top started with this pile of beauties, the Fresh Cut fabrics by Heather Bailey:

And became this ( the patern is also from Heather Bailey all bias cut and sewn!):

Here are a few pictures of the points and corners:



Not perfect, but I`m stile pretty happy with the results and I LOVE the top. Now I need to finish it but I want to get my old White sewing machine fixed so I can machine quilt it. I don`t think the cheap Signer would hold up.

So until then I am working on something from this Chocolat Lollipop fabric by Anna Maria Horner:

And here is a picture I call Easter Bunny because...Chocolat Lollipop + Bunny...Hey! I never said I had any talent as a comedien ;O)

Our new house!

Had been waiting to talk about it to much because the sellers were waiting for their posting confirmation.

We will be moving in on August 8Th!!!