{what's up next?!}

Six of the skirts in the post below showing my new stuff have sold. The rest, along with the others I had left are headed to 'Barefoot Living' this afternoon for their sale this week. And if you can't afford to buy my new, handmade stuff, be sure to stop by the shop anyway. Tonia and Shelly find the best gently used stuff for great prices!

And what am I doing now? Now that the big to-do pile is done AND I now have my small to-do pile done too?? Well... I'm going to start cutting out some really fun stuff. Stuff out of the fabric in these pics. And these skirts will be going somewhere new. Somewhere really fun! I'll keep you posted!

*Don't forget to comment on the post directly below this to enter my giveaway if you haven't yet! I'll draw 2 names tomorrow sometime!!*

{Giveaway}

OK, while it's still August, I'm posting my blog's birthday giveaway. Here's what you need to do: Leave me a comment on this post, tell me how you found my blog(if you can remember!) and tell me which purse you'd like to win. (yes I made them. Amy Butler pattern)
I will draw 2 winners on September 1st. Can't wait to read your comments!

If you are commenting anonymously you will have to tell me who you are in the comment or I won't know who to add to the drawing!

Sew a fine seam, and sew, and sew, and sew...

UPDATE: I've added sizes to the skirts. I also have the waist and hip measurements available if you need it. You can email me by going to my profile page and clicking on 'email' under contact.
(my profile can be found by clicking on 'view my complete profile' at the very bottom of this page)


Note: My giveaway is scheduled to post sometime today. Watch for it, I want comments from ALL of you who read my blog. I wanna know who you all are. Some of you - I know you're out there! You just haven't commented...Sharon K, Gloria, Janice G., Aislinn, Junell, Sis, Sherry, Sharon S, Betsy W, Regina in Virginia, Betsy K.... I know there's more of you who've said you read, I'll add your names here if I think of you!!!!




Remember this picture and I said that was my to-do pile behind the machine?


This is what it looks like now!!! (well, actually there is another, smaller, to-do pile there already but for almost 24 hours it looked like this! I actually got all the way through that pile. The following pictures are the finished products. The skirts will (mostly) be for sale soon. See anything you like contact me for details!

This includes some from earlier. The skirts following are all new, just finshed, never-before-seen. Except for one that was in this post as a sneek peek. Anyway. You get the idea? I thought so.

size 6

Front
size 6

Back

size8

size 18

Front (this is Big Sister's favorite. She has begged me to keep it till it fits her!)
size 8

Back

size 6

Front
size 4

Back

Front
size 6

Back

Back detail

Front
size 8

size 16

this one is mine:)

this one is mine too:)

these will soon be worn by a couple little girls that live here

Bountiful Blessings

I just love fresh garden produce. Since we live in town we don't grow much. We've tried for years to grow good tomatoes. I remember 1 year when we had a bunch and I made and canned salsa. This year I finally said "NO MORE!" I'm so tired of planting the plants and looking forward to plump, ripe tomatoes and then watching the vines dry up and only having small green tomatoes no matter what we try. We have an herb garden and it does seem to flourish:) I make mint tea regularly in the summer. I have a recipe out of a Southern Living that I've become addicted to the past month. It has mint and lemonade concentrate in it and it is absolutely the best.

I love how the fresh mint looks all washed and ready for the tea syrup. (I also love how I can take a neat looking picture by zooming in and you can't see the mess my sink was in!!)

Fresh mint
Fresh tomatoes and sweet onion
( I like how I could zoom in on this shot and you can't see my overflowing, open dishwasher!)
These tomatoes and the onion came from friends who have huge tomatoes in abundance. Thanks Junell!

beans, blanched and ready for the freezer

I haven't done beans for years. Literally. I'm getting a little tired of grocery beans though they really aren't too bad. But when I got the chance at these I took it! They even came right to my door already picked. The sisters helped me snap them and then I just washed, blanched, bagged and froze them:) Thanks Kathy M.! You are truly a blessing to us.

We did corn a couple weeks ago and Little Sister thought helping was great fun!

{Birthday Gift}