So I got a new camera this week…I have always loved taking photos and my old camera was having issues, so I saved for a new one and my sweet husband made up the difference!!  Now I am practicing my photography skills with my new Olympus OM D mark II.  I am feeling a little torn between wanting to sew and wanting to get lost in my camera, but in the end…my camera and my sewing projects go hand in hand.  These  shots are just a few things that surround me in my sewing room, I call it my “happy place”!

This Oliso Pro is a “must have”!!  I was in the market for a new iron and it seemed that every  quilting “HOW TO” tutorial,  they had this iron, so my thoughts were this…load me up with the best tools and I perhaps I will be a fabulous quilter??!!  Anyway, if you are in the market for an iron check out the Oliso…it also comes in PINK!!!  Mine was purchased on Amazon and was one of my favorite Christmas gifts.

Best Press is another must…keeps your blocks crisp without being stiff!

This is a pile of pieces waiting to be ironed and sewn together…more to come on that project!

 

This is my collection of books, magazines and printed block patterns! You just never know what mood you will be in and what quilt is calling your name!

• Missouri Star Quilt Co. Magazines (they are more like a book than a magazine!) by Jenny Doan
• Moda All Stars All in a Row Moda
• Simply Retro by Camille Roskelley
• Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt
• The Farmer’s Wife 1930s
• The Farmer’s Wife
• American’s Patchwork Quilt Magazine

All of these can be purchased on Amazon also…there are some great books and magazines, find your style and trust me…you look through it again and again.

This picture isn’t very sharp, but I love my little scissors for piecing.  I need to make a cute little block to set on my sewing machine so I don’t scratch up the arm with the tip of the scissors.

FABRIC…

FABRIC…

FABRIC…I love Bonnie and Camille‘s fabric lines!!!!

and a little more FABRIC!

I didn’t take photos of the fabric I have in drawers!! It’s a fabric obsession sickness…at least I am not in denial!

Wall hangings…again used Bonnie and Camille’s fabrics and their patterns!

This is a coziest leather recliner ever!! It’s for visitors, but mostly to lay out my projects so they aren’t on the floor.

My very favorite toy and prize possession…my Bernina 750QE

So this is the story behind this machine…After living in Seattle for 14 years, raising our four children and finally empty nesting, Don gets asked (strongly strongly encouraged) to move to the Bay area to “fix” those offices that are struggling.  I was not a happy camper…I would be leaving my grand babies and that was just not working for me.  This machine was, bribery…

I have loved every minute sewing with it and recommend ANY Bernina to anyone!  I am Bernina loyal!  I received my first Bernina 830 when I was 16 years old as a gift from my mom, I still own it and love it.  I should pass it down to one of my girls, but not until I see they have found the inter-sewer in them!

 

My scraps…there is ALWAYS ways to use scraps!

Hillary and I are doing the 52 List Week Project, its fun, interesting and insightful!

 

Knitting…I need my mother in-law to sit down with me before I pick this back up…I am brain dead to know what I was doing!

I love genealogy and family search…

If we know where we came from, we may better know where to go.

If we know who we came from, we may better understand who we are.

I have my hands in a few projects…sewing, knitting, family search, 52 week project…those are just the ones I took pictures of!