Sew Little Susie

Sewing!  Love it and hate it.  Love it when a pattern and fabric come together beautifully.  Hate it well… I don’t really need to go into the frustration of  ripping out seams or sewing a piece in backwards or just not getting my project to look perfect.  The perfect part is a big problem for me.  I have these grand and  pleasing visions of  how something should appear and when it doesn’t pan out, I freak out!  I want things right the first time and that is not always the case.   Think Lucy in the Peanuts Gang, Arrrrg!   But oh, how I love a wonderful, beautiful, lovely project , when it is finished.    That is what Amy Butler’s Swing Bag is to me!  A wunnerful, wunnerful success!!  The pattern was bought in Grass Valley at the super amazing Ben Franklin store.  OMG!!!!!  I could live in that store.  The fabric was purchased from a local quilt store and I used some of my stash.  Trouble with my stash is that I love the fabric so much, I don’t want to cut it.  So of course, I went out and replenished it with more amazing fabric!  But I mean it this time……. I will be using more of my stash in the future and I plan on starting a fabric diet.  DIE ET!  That’s what it sounds like to me DIE of not buying fabric!  But not patterns, patterns don’t count.

Hello out there!

Welcome to my blog where I will talk about stuffy stuff that inspires me, and just plain makes me happy.  

My life is not that complicated.  I have a wonderful husband/friend.  Two grown sons and my  Mummy and Dad live next door.  I also have a terrific brother, sister-in-law, and two gorgeous nieces, as well as many family members who live in England.   My best g-friend is Rebecca.  She and I met at post-grad school about 14 years ago!  She is sooo funny.  She makes me laugh everyday. 

I work as a kindergarten teacher.  That’s my current position.  I have been a teacher for twenty years now.  I got a late start. 

My play is pattern collecting, fabric, sewing, reading fiction, and I’m starting to dabble in photography.  The photography is a little daunting as my husband is a master photographer, with a lifetime of experience and knowledge to back his craft.  He is encouraging though.  It’s just my insecurities that hold me back.  Oh and I love to shop!!  Always have!  I was trained  by my mother in Los Angeles and my Grandfather in London!  Harrods, Liberty’s of London, Selfridges, Marks & Spencers were all part of my upbringing.  My favorite shops though are thrifts.  The thrill of the hunt!   My son’s share that love, as does my niece, Emma. 

I must thank Alicia Paulson.  I am a devoted fan of her blog, roseylittlethings.typepad.com.   Her advice to starting a blog is “Just do it!”   I got that from a book given to me by devoted Hubby, titled, Blogging for Bliss, by Tara Frey.  So…. I’m doing it.  Scarryeeeeee!