The baby lock celebrate serger was on sale at a great price so I ordered it. It’s wonderful and worth every dollar. I can make masks so fast on it. It’s one of those air threaders. I can thread it so quickly. My old one doesn’t make near as pretty stitches and takes me a long time to thread. I am very pleased with it.
I’m trying to arrange to get some mulch for our garden. I need to go pick up a bunch of those lick tubs from my brother in law too. We will be planting most of our garden in them.
Sorry today’s post is so short.
Until next time.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Friday, April 17, 2020
Life at home
Life at home now isn’t much different then before the stay at home order. I’ve never liked shopping and was delighted when Walmart started the grocery pickup feature. I began to use it regularly, so when they advised to social distance it was no transition at all for that. The only store I went inside of was the dollar tree. They offer online shopping too but you have to buy large quantities of the same items, so it didn’t work for me.
What changed is that for some reason I’ve found more time to write here, on my blog. I’ve sort of changed the essence to more of a journal type of writing. So I can look back and remember things.
Yesterday mom helped me sew about 37 ladies masks for donation. Today I will sew about that many men’s masks. I also want to try a new pattern. I’ve changed up how I’m making masks several times. The way I’m sewing them now I can do the entire thing on my serger so it makes them very quick to make. I made a new video and posted it on my YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/8C0dmA9SVW0
Jeff planted two rhubarb crowns the other day. I sure hope they take off because we love rhubarb. The tomatoes I started from seed look pretty sick. We will see. I may have to try again. The squash look good though and getting their true leaves which is a good sign.
I’m ready to sew something besides masks. Mom and I had been crocheting little purses and making headbands before all this started for Operation Christmas Child and I’m ready to get back to that. I’d like to sew some shorts, skirts and peasant dresses to donate.
Oh, I found a great source for fabric that is quite reasonable. Marshall Dry Goods in Arkansas. I bought four bolts of fabric and with shipping it averaged about $2.75 a yard. This is a great price. They sell quilting bundles too at very reasonable prices, like $1.95 a yard. Those are six yard lengths. They also sell by the yard for less than $5.00 a yard.
I bought 3 bolts of prints with 15 yards each and one of muslin with 25 yards. The fabric is quality and I will be ordering from them again.
I now need to find a supplier for thread. Both serger and sewing thread.
Well it’s time to get ready for my day. Mom will be over soon to sew so I’d better get around. Mom lives next door on the farm so yes, we are always together and yes we all practice social distancing when we go anywhere besides here.
Until next time. 💜
What changed is that for some reason I’ve found more time to write here, on my blog. I’ve sort of changed the essence to more of a journal type of writing. So I can look back and remember things.
Yesterday mom helped me sew about 37 ladies masks for donation. Today I will sew about that many men’s masks. I also want to try a new pattern. I’ve changed up how I’m making masks several times. The way I’m sewing them now I can do the entire thing on my serger so it makes them very quick to make. I made a new video and posted it on my YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/8C0dmA9SVW0
Jeff planted two rhubarb crowns the other day. I sure hope they take off because we love rhubarb. The tomatoes I started from seed look pretty sick. We will see. I may have to try again. The squash look good though and getting their true leaves which is a good sign.
I’m ready to sew something besides masks. Mom and I had been crocheting little purses and making headbands before all this started for Operation Christmas Child and I’m ready to get back to that. I’d like to sew some shorts, skirts and peasant dresses to donate.
Oh, I found a great source for fabric that is quite reasonable. Marshall Dry Goods in Arkansas. I bought four bolts of fabric and with shipping it averaged about $2.75 a yard. This is a great price. They sell quilting bundles too at very reasonable prices, like $1.95 a yard. Those are six yard lengths. They also sell by the yard for less than $5.00 a yard.
I bought 3 bolts of prints with 15 yards each and one of muslin with 25 yards. The fabric is quality and I will be ordering from them again.
I now need to find a supplier for thread. Both serger and sewing thread.
Well it’s time to get ready for my day. Mom will be over soon to sew so I’d better get around. Mom lives next door on the farm so yes, we are always together and yes we all practice social distancing when we go anywhere besides here.
Until next time. 💜
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Seeds are unnecessary?
I saw that some states are roping off what they deem as nonessential items. Clothes, boots and seeds and plants.
They say if you want to control the people, control the food. We all need to plant a victory garden, even if it’s just a pot of lettuce by a window. Take some control of you life. We love to garden and can so life is as usual for us. I do hope that if I can’t get my tomatoes to do well that I can buy starts. One year I kept dividing my tomatoes until I had almost a hundred plants. It was a good harvest that year. I hope we have a good harvest again this year.
Are you planting a garden this year?
Take care.
Until next time.
They say if you want to control the people, control the food. We all need to plant a victory garden, even if it’s just a pot of lettuce by a window. Take some control of you life. We love to garden and can so life is as usual for us. I do hope that if I can’t get my tomatoes to do well that I can buy starts. One year I kept dividing my tomatoes until I had almost a hundred plants. It was a good harvest that year. I hope we have a good harvest again this year.
Are you planting a garden this year?
Take care.
Until next time.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Busy making masks
I’ve been busy lately making masks. So far I’ve made about 125 or so. I started out just making them for my family and friends. Then my cousin wanted some for the nursing home where she works and so on. I am not able to sit and sew for hours on end so I make as many as I can.
I don’t think that I have mentioned that I have a YouTube channel. If you would like to check it out it’s under DebbieO. I’ll see if I can put a link here.
https://youtu.be/w9PFZ8Y30tw
I don’t think that I have mentioned that I have a YouTube channel. If you would like to check it out it’s under DebbieO. I’ll see if I can put a link here.
https://youtu.be/w9PFZ8Y30tw
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