Planning Not Necessary

Julie is here visiting for the WI Sheep and Wool festival.  We have several days of classes planned, but today was a free day.  Well, I saw advertised on PBS the WI Quilt Expo and thought that would be a perfect thing for us to do today.   We had a blast looking at all the [...]

Today is Not Your Day and Tomorrow Doesn’t Look Good Either

Remember my lovely sewing machine from Monday’s post?  My dear friend that I have cared for – oh for around 15 years.  Not a scratch on her – just needed a tune up and good cleaning.  Well it was apparently packed well.

But it showed up cracked down there.

It’s been tagged and [...]

Out for a Tune-Up

Years ago…before the knitting, before the spinning, before the embroidery, before the weaving… I sewed.  The only thing I did was sew.  I took sewing classes from beginner to advance making a suit even shirts with matching plaids.  Then I moved onto pattern making even able to make a pattern with just a string and [...]

A Near Mishap

I have so many sewing mishaps,  it’s amazing I have the audacity to keep going back to the sewing well.  Every once in a while though I get a sewing bug and can’t get rid of it without giving it a go.  I decided I needed a journal cover for my new datebook.  I bought [...]

Nearly Matching

I know… I took the weekend off from blogging. It was just plain busy. The nearly finished basement is just about finished. We put paint on and just a few more thing Monsieur Purl will do and the floor install should be done by Friday. Yipee!!! I’ll have all the pictures once it’s done and [...]

No Reason to Argue

Madame Purl has a mother. I know shocking, but true.

Today Monsieur Purl had a few errands that I knew would take some time, so I asked to be dropped off at the JoAnn Fabrics in the same shopping center. He took about 45 minutes came in and headed to the Halloween section and entertained [...]