Every day, there's a new inspiration, something new I want to sew, quilt, create! I long for the day when I have an actual sewing room, but until then, I sit on my couch, using the coffee table, & play with fabric as often as possible!
Just a little about me...I'm a single mom (currently on disability, but hoping not to be for much longer!) of a 12 & a half year old home schooled daughter, Hannah, who also loves to sew, but I don't let her play with my new machine without supervision yet!
(Not until I find the manual & teach her everything she'll need to know!)
I've always loved to sew, & always made things out of fabric, since I was quite young, & am now finally venturing out into selling the things I'm making, in my attempts to get off disability doing something from home I love that my health limitations can handle...I also do massage, when I'm physically up to it, & hope to one day open a little business incorporating both quilting & massage, called "Heavenly Hands~Quilting & Massage Studio~"
I'm also currently a raw foodist, which is totally restoring my health, slowly but surely, & most important of all, am a disciple, follower, & lover of Jesus Christ!
...& who are you? Feel free to leave me a comment!
{Did I mention I love comments? *grin*}
Me {up all night sewing!}
Me & my sisters, 20 YEARS AGO! I'm in the middle!
I made my outfit out of a sheet the night before!
Even then, when sewing, I'd be up all night!
The pants lasted this one wearing...then split up the middle when I got home! {At least they waited until then!}
~Me in 30 more years~
~How I'd love to sleep under the stars!~
~Sewing by lamplight~
~Even dogs love quilts!~
~Quilting Bee Jigsaw Puzzle~
~Babies LOVE quilts!~
~Even dolls love to quilt!~
~Bedtime for babydoll~
~To quilt, or not to quilt?~
~Fellowship at the quilting bee~
~Come on over for tea~
~At my mother's knee~
~East African women hand sewing~
~Kids & a quilt from yesteryear~
~Japanese woman sewing~
~Someone's memory~
~mother & child selling their hand-sewing~
~Busy hands are happy hands~
~Stitching the time away~
~Sewing, even with imperfect hands~
~Harder to do back in the day~
~The kitchen table will do~
~An old fashioned sewing circle~
~Hmmmmm~
~Girl's sewing class~
~What shall I make today?~
~Sew wonderful to help a young one learn~
~Sewing in the past~
~Sewing class in India~
~Woman hand sewing with machine in Togo~
{These words were under the picture...) "This lady in the central market in Kara sewed my ripped shorts with this hand driven sewing machine. When I commented that I had never seen a hand driven machine before (only a pedal driven machine like the one my grandmother had) she swung her legs around to show me how small and crippled they were from polio." {& yet what a smile!!!}
~true art~
%5B1%5D.jpg)
~Sewing for pleasure? Work? Or both?~
~Diligently working~
~Hand sewing in Peru~
~Did my grandma use one?~
~A stitch in time~
~My favorite color~
~My OTHER favorite color!~
1 comment:
Hi Anastazia! =^..^=
Just discovered your blog thru Raw Fu ... and had to check it out! Oh boy!
What fun it is to begin a new adventure ::sigh:: and being in business for oneself is a whole new kind. ::Eep:: it will frustrate you and delight you all in the same minute at times! Besides illustration, I create tiny teddy bears (and other creatures) that live in an enchanted world within ours. On occasion I part with them.
Have you heard of a wonderful little place called, etsy? Your treasures would be perfectly matched for that venue. You can set up a tiny online shop (FREE!) with all sorts of incredible perks. You give your 'store' a name, make categories and create a banner, decide on shipping costs, price your item, then list it for the public to find. Repeat.
Etsy charges 20-cents to "list" an item and a small percentage of the sale price is taken at the sale. Everything else is up to you! .::poof::magic::. people come visiting to buy! It's a great way to gain exposure. (you can direct people to your blog too!)
It's a fun place even just to research things ... Maybe you can look at the sellers with quilt-type items to give you an idea of pricing (I find that always helps me to see what others are doing.)
Best of luck with your ::wishes:: & ::dreams::
Anastazia, you can do it! You can!
=^..^= love, zU
PS. You asked...
How to make a link go live:
<*a href=><*/a>
First, REMOVE both of the *stars* on the above (I had to place them there or it would launch) ... Now, type the URL after the equal sign =HERE>< ... (for example type: http://www.sewthankful.blogspot.com) ... Then, between the arrows >< pointing to one another, type what you want your link to read (example: My New Blog) which will be the clickable part!
For your blog it will look like this:
<*a href=http://www.sewthankful.blogspot.com>My New Blog<*/a>
Just remember to REMOVE the stars!
Post a Comment