Wow! It's been quite a while since I have written a post here. I mean I have 6 sewing machines now. (where does the time go?) LOL!

But, seriously. I have created another sewing blog. You are welcome to come visit there. I can't promise that I have been posting more regularly there. I always plan to and eventually I will get into the rhythm of posting regularly there and maybe even resume posting here. But, check out the new blog and come back to visit here.

www.robynsewsthisandthat.com

And Thank you for stopping by to read both blogs.

Has It Been That Long?

Wow! It has been quite some time since I have posted to this blog. Crazy. I have another blog that I planned on posting to regularly. Oh well.

I have been busy. Now I need to make more of these. (The Advent Garland, not the child) I have started one set. Now I have 5 grandchildren.

I have been sewing, A lot. I am teaching classes. I love sharing what I learn and I love to learn new techniques. I am currently taking a class in Victorian Corset making. I am really excited to learn fitting techniques. I know that I will be able to apply these new skills to all my sewing.

I made this shirt as a sample for the store and I am sending it off to one of my grandsons.

I made this christening dress for a customer at the store. She wanted her wedding dress to go to her grandchildren. 

I made some diaper covers for my aunt's great grand baby.A second or third cousin to me, I guess.

I made some 'beef cake' aprons for my daughters for Christmas.

I made some fabric business cards for myself. I really enjoyed these but, they are a lot of work for handing out randomly. I am on the look out for more cute sewing themed fabrics to make some more.

  I made a t-shirt for myself.

And a shirt (or two) for my hubby.

I made an umbrella. No kidding. It was so much fun and so cute! But, the laminated cotton stuck and broke the umbrella the second time that I used it. I was so upset.

I made a dress for myself. It's a Hummingbird from Cake Patterns. I really like this dress. It is very comfy. I tried to use the timer on my camera to take a picture of it. That is my 'is-this-timer-working' face. I finally purchased a remote for the shutter on my camera. I am still trying to master that too.

I designed a grocery tote from a plastic grocery bag. I added a pocket to the outside and another to the inside. I can use this tote when I go to the farmer's market and can carry my cash and car keys in the bag.

One of the classes I taught a couple of summers ago was this cute travel tissue holder.

  And I also taught a class on this travel game made out of felt. The kids who were in this class were all swim team kids and I thought that this would be a fun thing to make so they could take it to the swim meets with them.

 Fold it up and snap it shut.

So I have been busy. Just absent from the blog scene. And my computer crashed. That was a whole other story. I am still trying to retrieve my photos from that business.

At any rate, I am back and will get caught up really soon. I promise.