See You Soon!

Pinterest Friday is going to be put on hold for a few weeks.  It's vacation time so I will be doing a little of this:

Resting

Reading, though this time with my Nook.  I've gone modern!  :)

Gardening

Sewing

Cooking

Boating

See you soon!

Pillow Preview

A preview of my next feed sack pillow.  We cleaned the garage yesterday and today is my sewing "break."

Yay, I love extended holiday weekends!

Pinterest Friday

As an animal lover, you'd totally expect me to pin this:

(Source:  http://pinterest.com/pin/265853184225975882/)

Cute, huh?  I'm two steps away from making a pet pillow of my adorable Mable, the cat.  :)  It's easy! Just send a picture to Spoonflower and have them print the fabric.  

If you are interested in a pet pillow of your own, contact me and I'd be happy to make one of your dog or cat!

A Farmer Is Born

When I came across an old feed sack from the Farm Yeast Feed Co., Kansas City, KS, I jumped with joy!  Yay! It was the first time I've ever seen the farmer logo that took up nearly all of the right hand side of the sack. I was smitten!

I knew I needed to rescue the farmer from the very stained feed sack and I did just that yesterday. I cut the farmer out of the sack and then free-motion stitched around part of the logo. I then cut out the company name and the ingredient list to sew on the back of the pillow.  I added a zipper in the center side and sewed it all together and then stuffed with polyester fiberfill.

He stands 19" tall and is 6" wide at the base and he's oh' so handsome!

He's ready for a new adventure and you can adopt him for just $36.00 in my Etsy shop: link in your right sidebar.

1938 & 2013 Proof Reader Flunkies

I am so excited!  Two rows of ruffles and one row of pre-made eyelet ruffling so far has been sewn on this tea towel.  They're not perfect, but not bad for my first time making ruffles in this manner:

The top is sewn straight, the towel was scrunched up in this picture.  :)  But. . . But. . . and this pains me to say it as a former college newspaper editor and an advertising proof reader for a daily newspaper, the second word in this 1938 advertisement has a typo.  It should read, "For fifty" not "For fifity".

Oh no! :)  Still, it's a cute piece I think.  I'm going to take this down to the cottage over vacation so I can use the serger to serge the sheer fabric ruffles instead of using my Singer sewing machine.

I'll let you know when it's finished!  :)

In the Sewing Studio

I'm in the sewing studio for the next few days sewing up things for the shop.  Or not.  Depends on how my projects turn out.  :)

I printed this 1938 Blue Ball Jars advertisement at Spoonflower and I'm turning it into a dishtowel.  This is my first attempt at ruffles.  They won't be perfect, but hopefully I'll be happy at the end result. I'm going to layer the ruffles all the way down the sides with alternating fabric including the sheer fabric you see at the left.

I have lots of Spoonflower projects in the wings, so keep watch!  Meanwhile, why not meander over to my Etsy shop.  There are 400 items up for sale!  :)

Avon's Upcoming New Hypoallergenic Skin Care Line

Avon will be introducing a new hypoallergenic line of skin care!  Yay! Since my skin easily breaks out when it doesn't like something, this is welcome news. I must say, though, the Anew line hasn't affected my skin in any way but positive. I wear both the 15 spf day cream and the night cream and honestly, my skin hasn't looked this good in a long while.

Recently when we went to the lake cottage, I decided to use up cream I had down there already from Trader Joes.  It was all organic and after applying it to my face, I broke out in a full-face rash!  Yikes!  So this says something for Avon products to start with.

The new line will be out in the next campaign in 2 weeks, but I received 3 of the products beforehand:

I'm going to start this line on Monday, so I'll let you know how it works out. For my fellow systemic mastocytosis peeps, perhaps this can be used for those who have uncontrolled mast cells!  We all need to feel and look beautiful, and I hope this line delivers!

If you haven't stopped by my Avon shop, please do:

jjacky.avonrepresentative.com  My Avon Shop

Since next weekend is the unofficial start of summer, check out the lovely summer fashions from Avon including this dress:

Remember, you may order online and have the order shipped directly to you! Free shipping with a $30 order!