Christmas is over.

Man, that's the part I don't like. It's all over in minutes. All of that hard work, and boom it's done. sigh.....
I did get the 3 sets of pjs' done for work. I did get my gd dress finished for Christmas eve. I did get the blanket embroidered for dsil. I didn't get my sons' pjs and robe even started, but the fabric is washed. I just kinda pooped out. Didn
t get much of anything done the rest of the weekend. Got the blahs I guess.

DS went to a birthday party tonight. My hubby and i are just going to veg and do a couple of loads of laundry to get ready for work tomorrow.

New Year's eve, I will have my two grandchildren over for the night. I'm excited. I don't get them very often, because I work, so I love having them for that night. They are so much fun. It's my highlight for the year end.

The goals this year will be to get this house cleaned up and organized. I"m so tired of being in a mess....I know that's why I don't get much done.

My husband has agreed to help, so we will do it together.

We had more than a foot of snow on Christmas eve and day. Still trying to dig everything out. Got the truck left to dig out...... I hate snow, but we really need the moisture so I won't complain.

Tomorrow night I will start on Jeff's jamies. and hopefully get them done this week.

Love my machine

Did I tell you how much I love my BL Elissimo? Well, I do. It sews so nicely. Very User friendly, love the auto threading.....
Last night I made a white elephant gift for work, it was a blue fleece blanket and I put BYU Vs. Arizona 2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl and everyone wanted it. It was fun and easy to create. I made a 7 inch in the hoop stocking last week. It was so cute.

I'm still sewing on those pjs. Almost got my gd dress finished...just a zipper and finish the hem.
I need to make my son pjs and a robe for Christmas, but if I dont' get it all done, I am off Friday, so I can finish it then.

We are so far behind, still haven't gotten the tree up. But will for sure tomorrow.

We are in the midst of a winter storm, again this week. It's supposed to be pretty bad by the time we go home, so I hope it doesn't take hours to get home like it has in past years.

I'll be off work in a few hours (yes I'm taking a break to blog)and then I can get back to my machine.

Have a great weekend.

M4865 Mc Calls

Here are pictures of the dress I made last week.

LIfe

Do you ever feel like somedays life is just almost more than you can deal with? That's how I feel today.......really down.
I can't get motivated....fighting with my son.....but I have a cold and I"m sure that's a big part of it. One of the reasons I want a blog on sewing is to share my love of sewing with others. I"m not the greatest seamstress in the world, nor am I the worst, but I'd like to be able to inspire others about my passion of sewing....I just can't seem to make the time I need to sew......and that really depresses me.

Finally ,at last, something sewn!

Last week I finished a blessing gown for a fellow co workers' baby girl. I made it out of eyelet...very simple with McCalls M4865. I had to alter the sleeves to make them narrower and no band, but it was fast and easy. I fully lined it with a bemberg lining. I'll post pictures..they're supposed to take some for me...I forgot my camera duh!

I'm also working on a Christmas dress for dgd. It is black with red flowers on it. The oriental look....love that fabric and since she is part Vietnamese it will look darling on her.

Thursday we went to pick up my Elegante which was being serviced...oh how hard it was to have to take it in, but I had jammed it somehow mending a pair of overalls for a friend's son. They had it for over 3 weeks and it just about killed me to use my other machine.....which also stopped working on Thursday as I was trying to finish up the dress. I was going to have to drag another machine out to finish when the shop called and said it was ready...yipee.....what a relief....so my hubby and I went to pick it up and while I was gathering a few supplies I needed, he was talking to the owner about purchasing the Ellissimo......and we did. We got a great deal and I love the machine......because my debit card would only allow a certain amount of money to transfer in a day, we couldn't take it home that night, but they let me take the Ellegante home to finish the dress. Saturday we went and picked up the new machine, and my husband purchased the Babylock serger with the wave...can't think of the name at the moment.....I have the 8 thread Evolve but want to use it as a cover lock machine and have the other serger to use for regular sewing.....it was a great sale as well. So I am set in machines for sure.....What a sweetheart he is.

It is so good to get back to sewing.....I really get cranky when I'm not sewing anything.......but now it's time to get things cleaned up and set up for Christmas....and still get all of the sewing projects finished before the 25th....ha

I am making pajamas for a friend at work. He has 4 children and they are my sub for santa project this year. I found some darling snuggle flannels for 1/2 price at Joann's and have the fabric washed and dried and ready to cut out.......Monday I will cut them out, Tuesday I will start to sew....and finsh the Christmas dress first....then start on the jammies.

My father used to do sub for santas for people all the time when I was young. He was a sneaky guy and taught us the ring and run principle....it's better when no one knows it was you....it's so much fun to watch the look of confusion then surprise when they see what was left.....I just love it. However, this family (the parents) know I am doing it, because I had to get sizes....I'll post picks when I get them finished.....

I need to make some pj bottoms for ds. That's the only thing he'll let me sew for him.....silly boy.

So much to do,so little time, but good to be back at the machine again and blogging again as well. NOt that anyone is reading this, but that's ok too.