Happy February!❤️

 Hey there, I kept getting distracted every time I sit down to post! Distractions:

1) I made myself 2 new king shams out of Harmony Art Organic Cotton and I love them! πŸ›️

2) I made inserts to get stuffed in all the pet beds. I pinned the inserts to the outside of the bed so it wouldn't get lost in the "stuffing shuffle" as all the beds vary in size due to donated fabric pieces. 🐢 🐱

3) Made a bunch of Valentine bags from fabric I found while cleaning the basement. I offered them to my neighborhood and they were snapped up quickly. Fly little heart bags, do your fabric job!πŸ’–

4) Made 2 special request game piece small pouches for a friend whose hubby makes a board game called Aggravation. I made some for her a couple of years ago too, fun project. 🎲

 5) In between sewing, I'm organizing my painting/crafting table and working on watercolors here and there. I'm having so much fun after a many year hiatus. 🎨

What are you up to? XOXO--Teresa







Fun❤️πŸ’›πŸ’™

I’ll get back to sewing pet bed inserts tomorrow but I’ve been having some fun this week with paint. πŸ₯°πŸ˜Š 🎨 πŸ–Ό️ 


Piles of Pet Beds

I've been doing an entire revamp of my basement sewing space. Now that I am not doing alterations any longer, I finally have the time. I made use of lots of thick fabric this weekend by making a ton of pet beds (first photo). I have a giant pile of fabric scraps (second photo) that are begging to be stuffing. I've also included a photo of in process and one of the zippers so the covers can be pulled off and washed. Now, I have to make the inserts that will get filled with scraps and then crammed inside the beds. It will feel soooooo good to clear out the scrap mountain! XOXO--Teresa








Hello! Happy 2025

Hey there. It's been a whirlwind around here. Little Girl was here for Christmas break and went back to Nashville for her final semester on January 5. She turned 23 on January 6. Big Girl found a great apartment about 15 minutes from our house and we were helping her move. She took some furniture from our house which has prompted me to rearrange, clean out and declutter TONS of the rooms in our house. I love when things can move on to others but it sure takes a lot of work! Here are a few pics to recap the end of 2024:

1 & 2) My sewing machine ornament collection with a very cute one to add from Bagette Ingeborg.

3 & 4) We spent the week of Christmas at the cabin and even cut down a tree on our property to decorate. We did simple cranberry/popcorn strands and made cardboard ornaments with paint pens. Big Girl took it to a whole new level and made an entire village that we hung on the window. So cute and fun.

5) I have been saying for YEARS that I would make a sturdy bag to store the Christmas tree. I finally did it, zipper and all.

6 & 7) The Kalanchoe Marnieriana that I have had for over 8 years and have propagated to several other vessels bloomed! I am so excited this happened. I didn't even know they had flowers. It was such a pretty explosion of orange in my window.

8) Mr. Schefflera is going to bloom AGAIN this year. I have read so much about this plant and it is super rare for it to bloom in homes. I was stunned when it bloomed last year and didn't dare hope it would ever do it again…

9) I was honored to be asked to make bridesmaid pouches for a special bride. Each of the pouches represents one of the loves of the person she is giving it too. So sweet. :)





 




Photo Finish Friday

Guess what we did today? 11 people decorating 100+ cookies. What’s more fun than that? Happy weekend to all! πŸ’•πŸ’•—TeresaπŸŽ„❤️πŸ’šπŸ₯°πŸŽ





Trip to Netherlands Part 3

Our first day in Ingeborg's town of Ruurlo we got to tour (and help move the top that rotates to catch the wind) of their local windmill which is a sawmill. Fascinating! Bagette Dad would have LOVED to see that. We were treated to an escape room on Friday night with the whole family! πŸ˜€ On the day before we left we got to go see and hear the Winter Horns that are popular in December. Ingeborg gave me a beautiful sewing machine ornament that is now on my tree AND she made me a really cute pouch using the embroidery machine her sweet husband, John, bought for her. There is so much more, I could go on for days but to put it simply, we had an amazing trip. If you are thinking of going to The Netherlands, it gets 5 stars from me! XOXO--Teresa πŸ˜πŸŒ·πŸ‡³πŸ‡±⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️







Trip to Netherlands Part 2

A day trip to with Margaux and her friend AnneMarie (from Germany) whom she knows from this past summer Girl Scout camp. Zaandijk is a lovely town that is frozen in time. We got to see many windmills, tour one that grinds pigments for painting, a chocolate factory, a cheese shop and witness wood shoe making. the next morning was the Van Gogh Museum and then Bagette Ingeborg picked us up and whisked us off to Gouda for the day. We went to a stroopwaffle factory and the Gouda Cheese Experience.  This is a country after my heart and stomach! :) Teresa








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Photo Finish Friday

I had so much fun in Holland with Big Girl last week. I gat to hang out with Bagettes Ingeborg, Dieuwertje and Alicia (from Nashville who now lives in Holland). So GREAT to see all of them. Ingeborg was the hostess of the mostess for 4+ days of fun, laughter and yummy food. I’ve been playing catch up this week but it was worth it!πŸ’•❤️πŸ‡³πŸ‡±


Trip to The Netherlands! Part 1

The Sunday after Thanksgiving Big Girl and I embarked on a lovely trip to Holland. Such fun! We spent 3 nights in Amsterdam, the first night there we went on a Canal Cruise and got to see the Festival of Lights which is lighted sculptures in the water. The art head in me was geeking out. The next day we walked around Amsterdam, toured the Rembrandt Museum, Anne Frank House and the Heineken Factory Experience. I'm not a beer drinker but it was cool anyway. :) I'll continue more in subsequent posts. Hope you are all well! Teresa







UPDATE: THE NETHERLANDS, Oost-Nederland

What fabulous bags Baguettes Ingeborg and Dieuwertje made and took traveling! I'm sure all the people and Uganda loved them! Thanks for all the great photos, keep up the great sewing!

Side note, I get to go see Ingeborg when I travel to Holland next month. YAY! Teresa

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Hi Teresa,

When I visited Uganda, I made 45 Greenbags with Dieuwertje. They all had animals that live in Uganda on them and I embroidered Uganda on them. 
People loved them!

Hugs Ingeborg 
Coordinator, The Netherlands, Oost-Nederland