Happy New Year 2007

Happy 2007 New Year! ... my 100th post ... This Singer Perpetual Calendar is one of my most favorite gifts. It is complete with all the days, months and numbers. My other highlight gift is the beginnings of my fine china collection... Sweet Pea Chintz by Royal Winton. The pattern is from non...

Family Christmas Photograph

We spent some time in the mountains a couple weekends ago... and it SNOWED so beautifully. Children had lots of fun playing and sledding. We enjoyed watching them frolick so joyfully. Brought back beautiful memories for me.Anyway, here is the impromptu photograph I think we will use for our Chr...

The Singer Crate

The SINGER Manufacturing Company is very much a part of our lives. I ordered this crate off of eBay when a friend linked me to it late one evening (for me to use for display - isn't it phenominal!!!) and it just arrived from the UPS man.You have to know that this photo was not posed entire...

All By Himself

So, this is Christian... he really and truly loves to sew. Thinking it would be a short phase, I never thought about actually buying him his own little Singer SewHandy (yes, it's vintage, from the 1940s and REALLY SEWS!). But, after the other day - I will definitely be keeping a 2nd one I had o...

Swee'pea

One of the sweetest customers I have ever had sent this to me as a gift "just because". I was honored, thrilled, and overjoyed at such the sweetest thought. She bought one for me and one for our Swee'pea. And the color green? I ADORE it! This, my friends, is my most favorite-savorite color in t...

A Mother's Secret Wish

This vintage advertisement (given to me as a sweet surprise from an old friend) couldn't be anymore true today... These photos were taken last fall, but Sweetpea hasn't changed a bit when it comes to "Sewing - Just Like Mommy".

Mother's Day

Here we are ~ Me, Carmon, Christian & Ruthie No, I did not sew my dress, but yes, I did sew my daughter's reversible dress... rick rack all the way around - oh, so darling!. The back of it (in reverse form) is shown here. I loved the underside fabric so much I bought more so I could ...