David and Daisy

Fabric, Dreams and Life

Painting the First Floor …

I haven’t been sewing as much lately, because we’ve been working on quite a few projects around the house. I HAD to finish them before this weekend, because we were hosting our monthly potluck, and I didn’t want the house to be a construction zone with paint fumes.
I painted the living room (Sherwin Williams Softened [...]

Lots of Stuff …

I’ve been super busy.  The house updating has pulled me away from my sewing machine, but I’m 95% done a summer dress, and I have so much to sew next week.
I’ll also be posting pictures of living room and dining room soon.  I’ve been sanding and painting …

10 reasons why I am a horrible seamstress/sewer

I don’t make muslins.
I don’t trace my patterns (I know!!  I plan on changing, with my next purchased pattern.)
I don’t tissue fit.
If I can’t find my marking pencils, sometimes I use a pen. I know, I’m awful.
I don’t oil my machine enough.
Sometimes I sew over pins.  And I put them in my mouth.
My scissors are [...]

Really, enough procrastination …

This past week I was distracted by this beautiful addition to our home:

My living room was temporarily in my dining room, which threw everything else into disarray, and of course I have not had any chance to sew since. Well, I spent 1 hour cutting out a new dress.  I guess that counts.
Then, we were [...]