Monday, May 11, 2009

happy mother's day to me!

A beautiful day spent with (and without) family.  Breakfast, church, and lunch with the family, shopping without the family, then dinner at Richardson Farms with even more family.  It was lovely.  I forgot to bring my camera out to the farm (grrrrr!) so you'll just have to take my word for it.

And to top off the day, my dear husband got me a fancy new sewing machine!  I know... it's so 1950s, but I've been wanting one for a while now, so I was very excited.  There are so many projects I've got lined up already.  Addie and I spent all of Hayes's morning nap time getting it set up, reading the manual, and doing some test stitches.  My first little project was a simple appliqué shirt for Addie.  I did it this afternoon while the kids slept.  Next up, I'm turning some of Addie's dresses from last summer into skirts for this summer.  

Don't look too close... it is my first project.



9 comments:

Texas Slowpoke said...

SOOOOO cute!!

I wish I had your eye to put things together!

Addie said...

Sewing rocks! You are going to have so much fun with that thing. If you are ever curious about a sewing class, I'd love to join you! Get babysitters and have a night out with our machines! ;)

steph said...

Nice looking machine! Congrats on the new baby. ;)

Mindy said...

Cool! Bring it over and we will have a sewing-b! :)

I love posts like this. You take some of the anxiety (of having two very small kids at one time) away when I see that you have time to sew during nap time. Yes!

Melanie Flinn said...

SO jealous. It's on my wish list.

Katie Eaton Photography said...

When can we start placing orders?

Lindsay H said...

I want a sewing machine so bad! I've never sewed before though...how was it?

Alison Randall said...

D'oh! I was finally feeling better about myself, knowing that you had some potty training troubles. But now this?? Cutest shirt ever, and you just did it during naptime??? Argh.

:)

Jessica said...

Very cool. Are you teaching yourself? I have a sewing machine that I've never learned to use -- you're inspiring me! :0)