I have made a new type of pillow case.  This has a modern look for a great gift.   I now have posted the instructions with the template on my website AND a video making the case from start to finish on youtube - all FREE!  A Mod Case
By the way I like the polyester satin at Hobby Lobby the best.  They have lots of bright modern colors too!

Sewing room help

CLOSED AND BEFORE I FOUND ALL THE HOOKS 

What to do with all the thread when you have an embroidery machine.  I bought a software for my embroidery machine.  I got a wonderful deal - a whole box of FREE thread.  Nice BUT what do you do with 100 spools of thread! First I left them in the box and was constantly digging through it looking for the color I needed.   I remembered when I had my kitchen remodel they put sliding drawers in.  So off to  the hardware store I went and there they were!  I cut the pegboard to fit the inside wall of the sewing machine table. It is 24" deep.




 I mounted it with DRAWER slides so it will pull in and out.  The hardest thing?  Finding enough hooks that were the same!  It took 3 different stores and I took ALL of them!

Patty's Award Winning Cherry Pie

Patty's Award Winning Cherry Pie!

Ingredients:
1 Graham Cracker Pie Crust
1 Small Container of Heavy Whipping Cream
8oz package cream cheese
1 cup of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 can of Cherry Pie Filling

Directions:

1. Whip the Heavy Whipping Cream in a big bowl.

2. Add cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla and mix together.

3. Spread onto pie crust.

4. Add cherry pie filling on top.

 Bon appetite!

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
My website has been redone, visit it here!

My new kitchen

THE NEW KITCHEN!

IN THE BEGINING THERE WAS A KITCHEN WITH GREEN FLORAL WALLPAPER, A MICROWAVE ON THE COUNTER, OAK CABINETS, HARD TILE FLOOR WITH CRACKS AND CHIPS AND WINDOWS THAT WERE A PAIN OR I SHOULD SAY PAYNED WINDOWS..........

SO I CALLED THE EXPERTS - RAMCON INC
AND CHRIS JONES AND JUSTIN BROWN GOT ON THE JOB.

WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK DID MOST OF THE WORK???????

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO YOUNG MEN COULD MAKE SUCH A MESS ALL BY THEMSELVES! I BET THEIR MOTHERS WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS........

THE WINDOWS WERE NEXT. CHRIS AND JUSTIN HAD LOTS OF FUN USING THE WINDOW AS A SHORT CUT INTO THE HOUSE.

WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE FINISHED I HAD THE VIEW I HOPED FOR!

CHRIS HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS - HE ADDED SOME PULL OUT SHELVES BY THE STOVE AND WHEN THE MICROWAVE WAS MOUNTED I WAS VERY HAPPY! NOT ONLY WAS IT EYE LEVEL IT DIDN'T TAKE UP SPACE ON THE COUNTER.

PULL OUT SHELVES FILLED WITH TEA...........

NARROW DOUBLE OVENS BECAME A GREAT STORAGE AREA WITH SLIDE OUT DRAWERS.

SO HERE IS MY FINISHED NEW KITCHEN!

What's new

I just got through working with a great artist named Lynda Haman. She painted a flower design on duck canvas and I made a purse from the fabric. This is my newest pattern series called "Art to Carry" The pattern is still in the writing process but thought you might like a sneak preview. Lynda has written up the process and products she used which we will be sharing soon. The fabric feels like vinyl and really made a nice structured purse. This is a picture of Linda holding her new purse. Keep checking for updates.

I just did a workshop on the Creamed Portable Pocket for the American Sewing - Guild Rio Grande Chapter. We played in shaving cream, paints, glitter, beads and crystals. Everyone finished and had a GREAT looking little bag - each one unique to them! This was a great group of gals.