A man I met today

There are some people you meet, you can tell that life has wiped the smile off their face.

Today, if you sat with me and looked into this person's face, you see an unrecognizeable peace that looks so rare you want to know what they have done to overcome their tragedy.

It didn't take a Ph.D. 

They muscled through each day with their faith.

"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."

Get to know someone's story..

Simply Crazy -Crazy quilt starter

So glad I picked this up -- and found out how to use this!

Silly me.

 I'm a rookie at quilting but thought this was a template we were to piece for an entire quilt.

It is the center start-point for a crazy quilt.

Exciting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr7vtLFhVzA&sns=em

A smocking stitch #19 using Brother DZ2850

I wanted to take a page from the previous post: Sierra Fiber Arts' appliqué sample stitch. As I was playing around, I 

I want to to modify a stitch to have a cabin-style Tahoe-pines look. I pushed out the length and width as far as it could go:

(Of course, Settings should be on stitching):

And here we are (bad manicure and all):

The manual settings (I didn't make the manual, but here is the smocking stitch):

Local Store visit: Sierra Fiber Arts

My first time at Sierra Fiber Arts.  I was impressed with everyone's welcome.  Last Saturday was a "Free Sew Day"

and saw a friendly group of people on different projects.

To balance out work-and-play, I am looking for a class that will teach something new for me (which is not a hard thing).  I also wanted to research the Bernina sewing machine.

Alas, poor folks in the store couldn't help, as they were offering free help (aka:"Free Sew Day")

A  fellow sewer shared her Bernina experience.

I was amazed at the appliqué example. Told myself I'd love to do that!

 

Brother 4234DT serger: threading the lower looper

Who would have known this wee puppy had a smirk on her little mug.((insert foreshadowing music))

She's ate 75% of my underthings. Yes, in all fairness she had a Havanese accomplice, but far be it from me to be unfair!

It has been a year & have quite the collection to repair. *ahem*

So! Back to the serger to repair my many lace lady-underthings. I swore I wouldn't lose so many precious danties.

Eghad! I was getting a flat forehead over threading the lower looper re threaded.

My husband was kind enough to get me some reading glasses at Rite Aid, staring at the manual, watching Youtube demos and simply.. Well.. Staring at the lower looper.

(Sorry Brother, as much as I love my brother sewing machine and serger, the manual is painful and small.

Ok! I rolled up my sleeves.  This thing wasn't going to conquer me!

Thread lower looper like this:

Push the mauve (purple for us simple folk) lever to the right.

It will jet out the lower looper enough to see an "envelope-v" shaped lip to thread around.  Then feed the remainder of the thread through the eye of the lower looper. Voila! I'm now pain free.

Calm when things got the fan

Foundational to have a servant leadership frame of mind, "how can I help you"

, "How can this be better?"

"how can we get to the next steps?"

Keep that frame of mind and let's bookmark that.

So! When stress hits. The real kind where you have to operate and get it done.

Here are some things that have helped me.

1.  It has happened before, it will happen again.

2. Who's your mental mentor? "Looking back" People have walked through this before, we can walk it out too. Who would you think of to be at your side when you have to fix something in the would-be panic mode?

3. Keep your eye on the ball.

Keep your  "Eyes wide open"  with the Now - .

Watch, listen to what is happening around you?

Constantly apply wisdom you've walked through.

4. Eliminate the "Germinators".  Who causes worry to germinate! Eradicate! 

I can't stop thinking how surprised I get when I get affected by downer people.

..negative folks 

It's only afterward do I realize a weight has been taken off.

New wedding band !!

Wedding ring replacement <3