Imagine Jammies

Lookie what I just got. . . . .

Isn’t it simply gorgeous?? So now my new Imagine has some jammies. I just love ‘em. The gal that made it for me is just a doll. She worked w/ me, endlessly, in picking out the fabric(s). The fabric I first chose wasn’t available anymore. So, if you’re like me --- I couldn’t get that one out of my mind and wanted something similar. :-) The ones I finally chose are awesome together! The added glittered lettering just makes it super special. I think the cover just screams "Imagine" --- with its colourful flowers, coupled w/ turquoise polka dots; gorgeous ribbon flowers and whimsical butterflies (which are on both sides, so I can see them when I enter my room and also when I'm sitting at my desk doing something else, whilst it's still covered). I have the best of both worlds. :-)

This cover is different from most, in that it has a quilted inside lining; hence, being thicker. This gives the machine more protection. This also allows me to pin on the flowers that came w/ it, and the butterflies that I added myself, to just the outside fabric, w/out the pins touching the Imagine itself.

If you would like your Imagine or any other craft machine to have some “haute couture”, you can’t go wrong in having it sewn by Ashley. :-) I have nooooo problem in singing her praises. :-)

You can find her here:-

http://shop.cre8tiveinstincts.com/MACHINE-DUST-COVERS_c4.htm

http://www.cre-8-tiveinstincts.blogspot.com

She has different samples on her website. Her pricing is great and her customer service is exemplary!! :-)

If you end up having a cover made by her, please let me know. I would love to see it. :-)

Sewing room

Hiya! Happy Monday! and. . . . . Happy Valentine's Day!!! :-) Hope you get to spend it w/ your sweetie!!! :-)

I always refer to my "haven" as my "craft/sewing room". Well, I'm now going to showcase the "sewing" part of it. It just takes up one wall, whereby my craft section takes up 3 walls and the middle. :-)

You may have seen this pic before. It's the wall directly to the left, as you enter the room. It has a sewing cabinet against the wall. It's a "Horn" cabinet that the front flips out and over, to house a Serger. It has a 3-position air-lift mechanism for my sewing machine, which is awesome. More pix later.

Here's "Schweetheart" (a Ty baby that used to belong to my DD). He now guards my sewing section. :-) To the right, is my corner cabinet that houses my sewing fabric and notions.

You can also see (CLICK on the pix to enlarge them!) a Singer sewing machine that I got when I was a child. (I started early!) :-)

Here's a close-up of the wallhanging I made. It has pockets for various notions. It was a blast making it.

Here's the top of the sewing wall. Hubby put up my "sewing machine" spool rack yesterday. Yeah!!!! :-)

Here it is, fully stocked w/ embroidery and serger thread. A friend of mine designed the pattern for it and then her hubby jigsawed it out. Cute, eh??? I'm pondering painting it black and then jazzing it up w/ some embellies. But, still mulling that over.

Here's my sewing cabinet. Ohhhhh, what's that on the floor??? Did I drop something?? Nooooooo, it's just li'l Bailey. LOL Isn't he just the most adorable li'l thing, ever??? :-)

OMG, there's actually a sewing machine in that cabinet. LOL Its very FIRST unveiling. ;-)

The right side flips up to give more area to work. Then the back flips up for a cutting area. I just LOVE that cabinet. Hubby totally surprised me w/ it one Christmas. DD had just moved out and her room was "up for grabs". Sooooo, I grabbed it. LOL First, had to remove wall paper, posters, you know the drill. LOL Hubby told me to stay out of the room, as he was going to clean the carpet, so I very willingly obliged. LOL Christmas came and we opened our presents. Then he told me there was one more pressie for me. He took me to DD's old room and, lo and behold, there was my new sewing cabinet, w/ a HUGE burgundy bow on it and w/ the Sewing Machine in it, along w/ the Serger. (it's housed in a pull-out drawer on the bottom left) What an absolute sweetheart, eh? :-) I think he's definitely a "keeper"!! :-)

Oh, I found a pic of the "wrapped present". :-)

Oh my, there's actually a sewing machine underneath there. LOL

Here's the cloth cover I made for it. It still needs to have the bottom completed. If you enlarge the pic, you can see that I used puff paint for the bottom of the sewing machine and other spots. All of the designs have been appliqued on the cover. That's mainly what I enjoy/love sewing ---- crafty thingies.

Here's the top of the cover, where I was playing around w/ some embroidery stitches.

I've never sewn a dress or any other outfit. I've mainly embroidered T-shirts, napkins and, not to forget, my wallhanging. I could previously only use my sewing machine on either the kitchen or dining room table for. . . .years, so it didn't really get much use. Now that I have my craft/sewing room, I'll be able to play w/ it a lot more.

I have the Customizer 2000 for it but have never played w/ it. Go figure, eh? LOL Can't rush into these things, you know. LOL Thank heavens they've done "upgrades" that one can download off the Net for it. :-) For those that don't know, the Customizer allows one to download clipart (or other embroidery designs) off the Net and then convert them into embroidery designs. They have since come out w/ machines that are totally computerized. I don't have a need to upgrade to one of those, as I'm very happy w/ the Janome 9000, that I have. :-)

Hope you enjoyed my li'l "sewing corner". Just goes to show you what you can fit into a teeney room.

I'm working on doing an updated "room lay-out", so you can readily see how my room is laid out. And. . . . . .one day soon, I'll tackle doing a video of my room. Have never done a video before, so it'll be quite the challenge but, at the same time, a lot of fun. Stay tuned. :-)

New schtuff......

I got some new schtuff that I'm very excited about.......

Found this at the $ store. Ain't it just the cutest thing ever --- for a "Ladybug" like myself??? Now, I can sweep up my li'l scrap materials, in style. :-)



Then........was searching our "Used onsite" (just on a whim) and I found this adorable thread holder. But there's more to the story than just that. :-)



I was e-mailing the seller back/forth, not realizing that it was someone I actually knew from long time ago. When I pulled up at her house, & we saw each other, we had a good chuckle over it. Anyway, her hubby made this one but she had actually made one previously and created the pattern for it. It meant a whole lot more to me that it was handmade by her & her hubby.
Thanks, Roxie!!!

It holds 40 spools of embroidery thread and all sorts of ideas have been swimming in my li'l head as to how to jazz it up. It's a fair size:- 24" x 18" (hence, li'l prob. as to where to put it). At first I hummed/hawwed about getting it, because I have noooooooowhere to put it, but hubby said I'd kick myself if I didn't get it, and I'm soooooo glad I did now. Ain't it a beauty???

Clean-Up --- Day 6

My li'l Bailey Bud is at the groomer's today and I miss him soooooo much. :-( Soooo, I decided to tackle my craftroom whilst he was away.

You may not even be able to see what I did today but I spent 1 ½ hours doing it. :-) There was a pile of mish-mash in the corner, underneath my dress form and underneath ME’s Ann Estelle. I sorted thru all of it and got rid of most of it. I was even saving my Baby Bug box. Why? I have nooooo idea cuz I got her in 2006. Not like I could send her back in her box. LOL

Found some craft items I used to do – pre-Cricut:- embroidery, rug hooking, etc. Just packed ‘em up in a box, to decide later, if I want to keep ‘em or not.

Before..........

After......

All of the pix can be enlarged, by clicking on them. :-) Have noooooo idea why some of the others weren't working that way. :-(

Thought I would show you what was under that cover.......

This is how hubby presented it to me one Christmas. It was just after our daughter moved out and her room was completely emptied, w/ the exception of keeping her desk and corner cabinet. I thought it would be great for my craft room and it's been working out super. Hubby told me that I wasn't to go in there, under any circumstances ---- that he would be removing the wallpaper border and cleaning the carpet. I obliged, not thinking for a minute that he had gotten me this awesome sewing cabinet.

When my room is completely clean, I will show it off, w/ my sewing machine/serger. I feel its "debut" needs a clean room to do it. :-)

Here's my dress form, w/ what I call my "Cricut neckbrace" on it. We spotted it at an airport giftshop and just had to get it. Don't you think it resembles Mr. Cricut?? :-)

More pix of my craft/sewing room

showing top shelf of my bookcase.....

My sewing side. My DD drew/coloured the picture on the wall, for Mother's Day. It says: "Linda's craft/sewing room". She was a young teen when she created it.

wall hanging I made.....

another side of the room.....

CD case, I got on eBay, that houses my sewing design cards. (where you see CARDS, these are actual li'l spots for pix, but I used letters instead)