A lost art?

I don't sew. I have a sewing machine....but I don't sew. I WANT to sew....but I don't sew.

I'm in charge of Super Saturday {craft day for women} and have come up with some great ideas for varying forms of "craftiness" for the ladies to do. I know that there are some that are not into paper crafting, and therefore would enjoy doing a different form of homemade gift. I thought perhaps something that was sewn would be different and cater to those who prefer that form of creativity. I thought perhaps a "sew easy" project like placemat scripture totes would be something fun and different. The other one is slightly harder, but still an easy pattern that could be completed quickly. My mom made a mini apron for my daughter a couple of years back and she loves it. It is similar to the one that my mom made for me when I was little {the only difference is the color}. I thought it would be fun to include this item as an option, though I thought making it a mommy and me apron class would be even more fun. That way the ladies could make matching aprons for them and their daughter/granddaughter if they wanted to.

So, my excitement at these fun ideas was bubbling over. Now...trying to find someone who can sew and would be willing to be in charge of demonstrating how to create the project. Ummm.....{imagine crickets chirping}.

Yes, that's right. I'm finding that a lot of women are like me and have no idea how to sew. Most WANT to be able to sew. But they do not sew.

No worries....I will find someone, that is not the purpose of this post.

I just want to know....do any of you sew? Do you WANT to sew? I'm wondering if this is becoming a lost art. You know? My mother is an amazing seamstress and my grandmother is the queen seamstress of them all {I'm not kidding...she is amazing}. But, it stopped at my mothers generation in this family. I WILL learn at some point. Finding the time to squeeze it in is my struggle. I barely find time to squeeze in a daily shower, let alone sit down for several hours to complete a sewing project. BUT! One of these days I will!

I'll let you know how it goes....

:0)

I've been busy...

working on this project for Jaysen's mom. She got busy and gutted out her basement several months ago, cleaning out all of her children's stuff, trying to make it useable for the grandkids. She even painted the walls. I was impressed. On Thanksgiving, she told me of her great idea for decor in the basement. She had purchased 5 frames and wanted each family to make a collage of their family to fill their own frame. Does that make sense? Anyway...she had already purchased some paper and stickers with themes of the things her grandkids liked to do (like sports, music, horses, dancing, etc.). She gave me the innards of my frame on Thanksgiving so that I could get going on it. I barely got to it today. Where it's a long frame, I've been trying to figure out exactly how to fill it. My brain doesn't work in "collage mode". I do straight up and down. ;0) I can't help it. And, I knew Rita wanted to showcase her grandkids talents and interests in the frame. But, I think I made it all

work out.

The length of the frame perfectly fit three 12x12 papers, and the width was 11 1/2 inches. So, I figured I would just make three scrapbook pages. I know how to do that. Easy enough right?

Each of my kids got their own page with this years photo and then I shrunk down and cropped three "activity" photos of each kid as well. For Landon, golfing, piano, and soccer. Kenzee was harder because she doesn't "do" stuff. But I found a cute cheesy grin picture, one of her and Toby as she is obsessed with animals, and then a picture of us at tumbling class. The only problem was figuring out what to do on the third page. But, after taking these cute pics of the kids and their grandparents, it was a pretty easy decision.

The only hard part for me was that I was truly limited in how I embellished the page, because unlike a scrapbook page, this has to go behind glass to fit into the frame. So, they are a little bland compared to my usual...but I think they'll work great. Not that I usually get much more elaborate than this :0)

Think she'll like it? I'm hoping so. Also hoping that it doesn't get destroyed by my children before she even gets to see it!

Anyway...I thought I'd share this as I was thinking it would make a wonderful grandma/mom Christmas present. So, for those of you that are still stressing on what to give...this was so easy! The frames are 40% off at Michaels right now. I think they end up being about $20 or so. The scrapbook stuff...we all have! So, it would be rather inexpensive as well!

Happy crafting!