Behold the SEWING MACHINE

I grew up with the most talented woman I know! My mother was especially gifted (and still is) in the sewing department! I cannot even begin to recount the hours we spent in fabric stores growing up . Then Her and her sisters would get together to decide which of their craft items would be the biggest seller (oh my goodness Kathryn, we have turned into mom and the Auntie M's). We would go to every craft boutique within driving distance and they would figure out how they could make the cute things that they saw there. I don't know if my mom ever bought anything from a craft fair that didn't come home and get un-stitched to use as a pattern.

Why do I tell you about these quirky things that I love about my mother???

Because I have turned into her!!!

Lately, I LOVE Hancock fabric! And my mother will be glad to hear that the sewing machine I am quite sure she was inspired to give me for Christmas about 5 years ago, has been serving me well. I don't know if this is the baby factor that has me suddenly unable to purchase enough fabric, but whatever it is... bring it on!

I think sewing runs in our blood. My mother tried to teach my sister and I time and time again how to sew but I ALWAYS lost interest the second we had to cut out a pattern. I wanted to do the sewing part not the pattern part. Frankly, I am still scared of patterns! But I do feel like I have a gift for sewing (simple things right now!!) and crafts in general (thanks mom). We lack the creativity part (or at least I do) so lucky for us there are plenty of cute ideas out there to copy!

I am so so grateful for a mother that raised me to appreciate homemade!! It is so rewarding to me to make something with my own two hands. It has just been ingrained in me to see something I love (cute baby blankets lately) and go straight to the hem to see how they did that.

THANKS MOM, you taught me way more than you realize!!

Tagged

I am always a little slow on getting to these tags so here is me finally getting to the one my mother-in-law left me a while back.

*How to play this game of tag. Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys
**My husband and family
**the gospel
**my days off

3 Fears
**having enough money for retirement
**lately... the economy (time to start heeding the years and years of counsel from our leaders to have food storage. and I have been begging Jeff to get a Hybrid that runs on natural gas, $.64 per gallon, need I say more?)
**Jeff dying young.

3 Goals
**to have a better food storage
**to read my scriptures more regularly
**to find great deals on all of the upcoming baby stuff we will need to be purchasing:)

3 Current obsessions and/or collections
**I love to collect scrapbook supplies (disclaimer: I am not a collector!! However, I have had to come to terms with the fact that I am really not a scrapbooker like I used to tell myself I was, I am just a collector of scrapbook supplies! so sad)
**sleep (I am both obsessed with and a collector of!)
**Before pregnancy... a clean house

3 Random surprising facts about yourself
**I absolutely LOVE to get rid of stuff! Be it old clothes, mine and Jeff's;), when I use up the last of the dish soap, or returning something I borrowed. I love to take a load to the DI as much as I love to empty the garbage! I just want it all out of my house!!
**I love to hear about where people work and what they do for a living, it is so fascinating to me all the different job and types of work that are out there!
**I love to fly!! Whenever I go see my sister I get so excited that I get to fly and hang out at the airport. When I am on the plane I try not to go to sleep because I just want to be awake and enjoy it... well sometimes I want to sleep.