Stitching the pieces together

Barbe, you're right! I looked at a scrap from that one and "Debbie Mumm For SSI" is printed on the selvage! You guys are amazing!

My birthday present from my DD. Pictures of the quilt I made her when she was little and of the one I made last year..

Alyson, couldn't figure out what I was looking at on FB so THRILLED to see what it really is. What a GREAT gift from your DD!!!

Meece, describe "little" embroidery machine. Have they gotten smaller....cheaper???

So LindaLou, must just say....your purple quilt is fantastically beautiful!

ok Meece, just breath, it's only a needle. Have a good cup of whatever your favorite thing is. There's always tomorrow to work on it. I've been trying for 2 days to make myself work on the dresses I have to finish. Yeck!

Sometimes I think things happen just to warn you that this isn't the right day to be sewing. Kind of like the iron workers in New York who just say it's not a good day to be on the building and they all leave. I'm the kind who will keep trying and getting madder until it gets ruined.

Oh I love the Simplicity patterns!  They are all I used to use, the easiest to follow and the easiest to alter!  I had a habit of finding that I like this from one pattern and that from another so was always mixing and matching to get truly unique clothing for myself and my kids..........mind you, DH was not averse to me making his stage clothes for him either (he used to play in a band).   At one point I make satin pants and shirts for all the band members!  We were much younger, slimmer and come to think on it, crazier way back then.......hahahaha!

For those of you who sew for little ones, especially girls, Chadwicks Heirlooms has tons of smocking, embroidery & trims & fabrics.

http://www.chadwickheirlooms.com

Meece - ADORABLE!!!

Thought it odd to see the MODS drop in on stitching-so had to look. Nosey. LOL

You all are so creative. But when I clicked it brought me to the page that described the 1949 woman. LOL from your responses and memories. It was several pages back.

What might be fun for some of you, is to look back at your old books...housekeeping, cook books, How to be the --whatever. I used to read old cook books for fun. My Sil thought it odd , but she found in the Wall Street Journal(10 years+) a cook book that sold for 50-60 thousand.

Old housekeeping books were found by historians to have great value in describing everyday life. Up until this recognition, histories contained basically political, war, conquest, trouble etc. Man oriented. Hah----how did they survive.

At some point in the last 20 years, by whom I don't know,  it was recognized that little was known about every day life. My reaction was----cool. Hey, the people that kept life working were finally getting their due.

So, look at your collections of old books and see what the bring on ABE SILVERMANS web site. L&H&P's sassy

chabba, I'm going to call you on that 10,000 figure!!! If you had 10,000 books you wouldn't say 800 to 10,000, you'd say 8,000 to 10,000, so I'm going to guess you have 1,000 cook books. Right?

LOVE the swim suit colours too!!!!!!

As for houseworking tip books, that made me remember one I found at my grandmothers house probably 50 years ago. Of course I looked up the "relation" section and found out that we are supposed to "lie back with our knees bent up and try to relax". OMG what my brain did with that info!!!!

looks like no ones been busy? I finally have 2 bridesmaids dresses done. Yeah! 1 to modify and 1 left to start but not until the end of April since she pregnant. 

chrissy, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the blue with the snowflakes!! How very clever of you!!!  And those booties are to die for.....!!