Blog Reveal

OK so my 'Retail Therapy' Post below is all wonky :(  I tried and tried and tried to get it to look like it was supposed to.  Blogger would NOT cooperate.  I am tired of blogger.   I have been working on a new blog.  I still have some things I want to add or change but I like the way it looks.  AND.  I DID IT MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Can you tell I'm excited about that fact? ? ?
I have spent many hours, frustration, and tears figuring it out.  But with the help of some search engines, and by finally buying a theme, and by reading and following a lot of instructions from Amy from 'Blogging with Amy', and with a lot of encouragement and a little advice from my husband, and some input from a friend's husband, and by texting my sister, I did it.  I will be adding to it, fleshing out some more of the pages, etc. but I am very pleased with what I have going on right now.  Would you like to see it?  You can!! www.sewafineseam.com  SO SO SO happy to drop that .blogspot.  Not going to miss that one bit.

If you take a peek at it would you let me know what you think?  Pretty Please??
And the post on Pinterest is still coming - will be next week sometime.

Sew a fine seam ~ I actually SEWED!!!

So I did actually manage to get some sewing accomplished recently.

A friend moved with her family to Haiti recently, and before she left she brought me some fabric to make her some curtains for their house there.  This burlap is for her son's room (i think!)

Isn't the ribbon she found so cute?!

She wanted a fold in the center to give it a sort of roman shade look.  Easy to do and adds great texture I think.  I really like how this one turned out.

There were two of these and they were each about 62 inches long.  For lack of a better way to photograph them easily and lack of motivation to take the time and effort to get good photos this is what I have.  Horizontal stripe piece at the top and the bottom 2/3 vertical.  The trim between the two really added just what they needed!  I hope they work well for her and are just what she had in mind.

M. & Sew A Fine Seam

You've already seen some of our pics but I thought I'd add a few better ones from better photographers!  And this is it (I think).  We'll soon be moving on to something else. 

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M.'s lovely hair bows.

M.'s darling alphabet boards.

Baby bibs 

Here's that darling little shopper again!  Looks like she found some goodies:)

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Upcoming Event! Mark your calendars!!

I have been wanting Kara to do this for awhile now.  I so miss the brick and mortar shop.

This is the next best thing and maybe even better:)

Also - Sew a Fine Seam will be one of the pop-up shops, sharing a tent with M.Blooms.

I'm getting really excited, tons of ideas floating around in my head, trying to get out and make themselves:)   Stay posted!!

Below is what Kara posted on her blog.  Be sure to head over there and check her blog often for more details:)

MCMASTER & STORM'S

"BRICK FARMHOUSE" EVENT

September 23rd 10am-8pm & September 24th 10 am- 5 pm

Her day is filled with laundering textiles; she hurriedly gathers her french laundry basket to collect the linens off the line, so she can enjoy a seemingly simple afternoon in the countryside. She is in a dither over going to the charming brick farmhouse event that is "on the way to nowhere and out of the way from everywhere!"

AN EVENT ON THE FRONT LAWN OF AN 1860'S BRICK FARMHOUSE

HOMEKEEPING DEMONSTRATIONS

FOOD TO TABLE FRESH GARDEN PRODUCE

SWEETS & EATS

& POP-UP SHOPS filled to the brim with charming merchandise

& one-of-a kind finds.

Event is also in conjunction with the Mother & Daughter team that offer "fun finds" at their historic properties in Verona, Ohio.

The Baltimore Shop {47 years} and The Little Shop {25th anniversary}

4 miles South of our Brick Farmhouse event.

Local Attractions:

Bear's Mill

Smith Coffeehouse & Eatery in a historic building

Restored Garber Homestead Ohio Park District

{Map will be available}

No Entrance Fee--

& more details to come

email us for directions:

mcmasterandstorm@embarqmail.com



Sewing Fine Seams!

This is a skirt I just made for me. I wore it last Friday night on a date with my wonderful husband:-) The fabric is Anna Maria Horner's 'Volumes'. I sewed a black grosgrain ribbon down the center. {TIP: if you want to sew a ribbon down the center, make the front with a seam. Then you just sew the ribbon right on top of the seam and you don't have to worry about getting it straight - just follow the seam!}


This is fabric and ribbon I have to make a skirt for a friend. Ribbon goes on the bottom of finished skirt.


This is a tablecloth to be made into a skirt for my friend too. I'll try to post some pics soon of how I decided to work this!!

And soon-to-be skirt number 3 for my friend!

Just a pile of other sewing projects I have waiting on me!