The Sewing Mom

I took my serger machine and some fabric to the local Viking Sewing store inside Joann’s today and participated in their serge for charity. From just 4 fat quarters, I was able to make 8 eyeglass cases which are being donated locally to an eyecare charity. This was a great way to spend the afternoon doing something I enjoy doing and giving to those who need it. While

When I got home I made an additional 4 eyeglass cases from 2 fat quarters. I then took a piece of upholstery fabric and made another one and it came out really nice. I really like the thickness of the upholstery fabric combined with a cotton fabric I used for the lining. I think I’m going to order some special “SewingMom” labels to attach to these and had them to my shop.

I forgot to take my camera with me so I don’t have a photo of the 8 cases I donated, but these are the 5 I made after I got home. The green one is made from upholstery fabric.

My daughter and I have completely redone her bedroom this week. She found a comforter set that she liked and she chose paint colors for the walls that coordinated with the comforter. The final decorative touches have been hanging shelves and bulletin boards. It was this last task that led me to discover that our 20+ year old cordless drill is no longer working. It’s made the job of hanging things on the walls so much harder because I’m having to drill all of those holes by hand in order to get the wall anchors in the drywall. I’m managing to get it done, but it’s a slow process.

When I heard that there would be Kmart Bluelight taking place today, 8/15, I knew I had to go to Kmart! You see, I remember Bluelight specials from when I was a kid and my mom would take us shopping at Kmart. As we’re wandering the store, filling our cart with the necessities, an announcement would come over the store speakers saying, “Attention Kmart shoppers! There is a Bluelight Special in Ladies Shoes!”. Next thing we’d know, we’d be hurrying and scurrying to get to Ladies shoes where we’d find a flashing blue light and great prices on Ladies shoes!

Besides the fantastic prices, Bluelight Specials make shopping fun, there is the thrill of getting a fantastic deal that’s only available for a very short time. Today only, there are over 40 Bluelight Specials that will be taking places through out the store in many different departments. Kmart prices are good anyway, but if you’re still doing your back-to-school shopping, or, like me, need items for the house, you may find kids backpacks on special (Athletech, Route 66 and Licensed) reg. $19.99 – Bluelight $8, or how about all patio furniture 70% off! (+ an extra 20% off during bluelight!) Seriously, I’m hoping to get a new drill today to make my life easier! Plus, you can also take advantage of these great deals online at Kmart.com if you can’t get to a store near you.

You can also follow Kmart on Twitter to keep up with all their offers and great deals.

I made this tote bag several months ago and it is still one of my favorite creations. The fabric is from the Breast Cancer Awareness collection and I love the ladies on this print. This is a large tote bag with plenty of interior room and pockets. The straps are reinforced for strength and an the intereior is all lined and has a polyester batting inner lining for softness and support. There is a magnetic snap for closing the bag.

We have 3 televisions in our house that we use on a fairly regular basis, one upstairs, one in the family room and one in my daughter’s room. Connected to each t.v. is a satellite box and two of the televisions also have additional audio video equipment attached. Every single box, including the box that is the t.v., comes with its own remote control which leads to a whole bunch of remote controls, none of which seem to be able to be easily operated! To give you a better idea of what I’m talking about, here are the remote controls I have to deal with for the family room, upstairs t.v. room and daughter’s room:

It seems that we have to use one remote to turn on power, another to change the channel or volume, and yet another if we want to watch a dvd or play a video game. There are some remotes that I have no idea what they even do and yet, there they are, collecting dust! Life around our house would be so much easier with the Yamaha neoHD, a new remote control that can handle each and every piece of equipment, including the television, all from one single remote. Think about how much easier our lives would be and how much smaller the remote clutter pile would be.

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Seriously, how many remotes do you deal with in order to watch a simple television show or movie? Will you be entering the contest to get your own Yamaha neoHD remote?

I woke up this morning with a splitting headache, so I downed a couple of these with my first cup of coffee.

Today was supposed to be my day off, but I helped out a friend and picked up a couple of hours for her because she needed some time off for personal reasons. So I will be sitting here soon, hopefully without my pounding head.

I’ll be done working at noon, then we’ll have some lunch and then it’s time to get started on my daughter’s room. She has finally, after 2 years, decided on a color to paint her room, so I’ve pulled the nails out of the walls, and patched all the holes. This is the size nail the previous owners used to hang pictures. There were 2 of these in the studs above the closet door and I actually had to use vice grips to slowly pull them out. If I had used a claw hammer there would have been indentations in the dry wall and I would have had to repair those too.

We’ll spend the afternoon taping off the wood trim and then, hopefully, we’ll start painting. Pictures will be coming soon!