Embroidery Review Time

Sadly the sewing studio has been dark a lot lately. The resident sewist took a vacation and then got sick. Oh well, life happens. But just prior to all  that ...a special order came in! More logo shirts for the dear SIL. He is so appreciative it's just a joy to sew his business logo on the polo shirts.

 Truth be known, I haven't done embroidery in a while. 

Getting those memory cells to kick in was interesting. 

Prep takes almost as much time as the actual embroidery...or sew it seems!

He selected an alternate color for the lettering because the regular blue would be "lost" on this color shirt. SIL loves to choose from the colors in the embroidery thread box.(Isn't that like a kid with new crayons?)   And as Mrs Murphy predicts.....if you want it to be perfect for someone you love...everything goes wrong! LOL My thread constantly shredded..and I broke three needles. I wonder if some of my threads are getting old and dried out?

The embroideries eventually worked out fine...whew!   If you want sun screens and great service just look on Craig's List for Sun Blockers -- the owner/installer is a sweetheart. His product and his shirts are very professional.

What's Been Sewing?

I have neglected to post lately. So much going on. February is THE birthday month in this family.  

Janna got a couple of new tops and necklace to match.

Pattern is from Jaile 2794. Fits like a dream on this girlie. 

I've got the bread basket liners all done my dear friend. 

Another Feb. Birthday!

 This runner uses  border fabric. It is a pattern called Easy Striped Table Runner. Lots of my friends are making these. The interesting thing is that way backwhen -  it was a free pattern from Timless Treasures.  No longer free   - there is a  lot of discussion on line about the subject. Ummm....interesting.




All these table toppers/runners were mailed to my darling niece in Utah. Leslie, Lynn and I made them for Kristi as a thank you. Kristi developed our logo for the Sew-In Retreat.  (Click to see it how it is used on our blog.)

We're using the logo on cards, correspondence and blog. Too cute, huh?

I took a trip to Manhattan Beach with Doreen last week. We  house sat  two dogs. Just steps away from the beach. Oh....my goodness what hard work! We walked, talked, shopped, ate and drank all week.
Pictures in the next post.

And the bonus was getting to spend a bit of time with her daughter, my goddaughter!

Here's Liana with her LMU bag.