Emma's Produce is going Green!

Emma had her first harvest yesterday....Plums! Turns out plums aren't the biggest seller, but she is having fun and trying! Yesterday we started out with plums in plastic bags, well the box went empty (it only had a few left when we started) and I had decided that when they were gone, that was it, no more plastic baggies. So today as we prepared to put more plums out on the table, I realized I needed a better, greener option. So now Emma's Produce has unbleached food safe muslin bags! Right now I'm just writing on them with a fabric pen, but I would love for Emma to create a logo and we find a way to "print" on them. Years ago my older daughter made a "stamp" using a rubber block, so maybe that is an option. We will see! For now they are cute and Emma is enjoying the job!

Pictures!

Buffalo


Sewed into a bell pull tonight


Fred guarding sewing machine pedal


Made this for my daughter. Stitched years ago, sewed into a wall hanging tonight.


Made this for my older daughter. Stitched years ago, sewed into a wall hanging tonight.

Finish all those pieces!

Today I sewed a piece I finished a while ago into a bell pull. My goal is to finish off all my pieces and hang them up! My current thought is on how to hang things. I had two sets of bell pull hardware which are both in use. I have 4 quilt wall hanging mounts and they are all in use. The cost of frames makes hanging everything not possible, so time to be creative! My current thought it to make small fabric frames and use a dowel to hang it on the wall. I do have some dowels, so there is no money to spend and I do have fabric.....so right now this is looking like the best option.

Would love to hear if anyone else has any creative ideas!

It's finished!!!!

The sewing room (for the most part) is finished!!!! I still need to finish winding the floss onto bobbins and get them into my floss cabinet and also find a better solution to the floss organization, but otherwise it is finished!

Sewing room


Looking into the sewing room from the kitchen doorway


Design wall


Ribbon holder and thread holder that I created! Ribbon holder is an old drawer. The Thread holder is a shelf that hubby drilled holes into and I glued dowels into the holes and then added the chain to hang it up!


Cutting area, our house came with this bar, but we don't drink.....it is however the perfect high to cut material on!


Storage for little things!

Some sewing room pictures

Using an old drawer that hubby wanted to throw away, I created a "cubbie" for my ribbon. It hangs on the wall. Hubby now wants to make a glass front for it.


Better idea of where the ribbon box is. This room still needs work!


Fred gaurding the sewing machine!


Lu thought this was a job for more than one cat!


Cork-board I got today for 25 cents! This is after I got the black sharpie off!


Basket I got for 50 cents! Wish I had a few more this size! Can't wait to use it for fabric!


At a local antique shop I found canning jars for 25 cents each. I picked up some to use in my sewing studio. Some appear quite old with an art deco look to them.

Good Morning Blog world

It is going to be hot today! It is currently 88 here and it is only 10:30 in the morning. The news tells me that it will feel like 104 today. I went to the market this morning at 7 and had an asthma attack due to the air quality (carrying 50 pounds of potatoes probably didn't help either). I think I did pretty well at the market this morning. I got 50 pounds of potatoes, 3 pounds of carrots, 2 pounds of grapes, 3 pounds of broccoli florettes and 3 huge white onions for $17! $10 of that was for the potatoes. The carrots were $1, the grapes $2, the broccoli $2 and the onions $2. Not bad! I like buying local and visiting the market, but I am glad I went early because by now it would be a NIGHTMARE! It would take an hour just to get in and park, another 30 minutes to walk to the stand I always visit and another hour to get out. This morning I got in, did my shopping, rested after my asthma attacked, and even visited a yard sale and it only took an hour! I found a great basket for my sewing room for 50 cents, it is huge and sturdy. I would love to find two more like it at the same price, I'm going to use it to hold fabric. I would like the extra ones to hold scraps, patterns, and other supplies next to each machine. I also got this really cute cork-board with a beautiful decorative boarder for 25 cents. I'm going to use it to hang notices and class schedules in my sewing room. I think it was so cheap because someone wrote on it with sharpie that said "keys here" with this HUGE arrows pointing to the hook. I thought for 25 cents I would just repaint it, but I decided to try cleaning it first and with a magic clean eraser and a little elbow grease it looks brand new!!!! So happy! I hope everyone is having a great day today!!

Another piece finished!

Summer Pantry by Brooke's Books