i have to start over again ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

( Read more... )

life has been going....job interviews, karaoke, summer break, car trouble, strange days...but still going!

hope all are well....i'm getting my ass motivated to clean some house (on so many levels ;-) and hope to have a big update soon,

~theresa

this afternoon i had my youngest student (in the sweat shop) a 5 year old little boy. he wanted to make an apron like his mother made (apparently he hasn't stopped wearing it since she brought it home last week. so, he made himself a little art apron out of the same fabrics. he did 75% of the sewing, and his mom finished it for him after he and the ( Read more... )

the sewing classes are going well...i have 4 offical students (not counting the bri) and am working towards getting some more.
the school is letting me put up a poster/ad for the classes (36" tall by 26" wide near the parent boxes, so lots o'coverage ;-)
i'm working on the poster today, along with tearing apart over 10 years of magazines that i have ( Read more... )

with tour guide bri!

( Read more... )

here is a sneak peak of my cleaned up garage/almost studio!!! (more tomorrow, i promise ;-)

( Read more... )

the girls finished their pillows (except for the bri, she wants to emboider an apron for one of her dolls :-)
they did a great job...and fell in love with french knots!

( Read more... )

for this years silent auction, i made 3 quilts (one for each class group).
having never before made a quilt, i decided that an 80" by 80" multi-colored creations would be the best way to start!
each child drew a heart in magic marker and wrote thier name, i traced their hands a appliqued the heck out of them...the quilt tops took me 4 soild days of ( Read more... )