Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Dark and Rainy, Yet They Still Come Out

Last night it was dark, pouring rain, windy and not an easy drive to come to Oakville Sewers Forum. And yet, many members still made the trip. As the weather turns nasty in the Northern Hemisphere, getting together with your sewing groups and friends can be more challenging. If safety is a concern, then you have to stay home but getting out during the dark days of winter can be very uplifting and inspiring.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Set Yourself a Play Date

I had a really good time last Sunday. My friend Lucy invited me, and some of her other sewing friends, over for a sewing play date. Each of us brought a sewing project or two to work on, plus something to contribute towards our "pot luck" lunch. Lucy has a very organized and well equipped sewing studio with lots of room to work.

Sewing can be so solitary and so it was nice to have company as we worked on our projects, and discussed our sewing ideas, challenges and adventures. The time flew by and each of us accomplished quite a bit.

We've already set the date for our next get together. Take the time to set yourself a sewing play date with some sewing friends. You won't regret it.

Monday, November 1, 2010

It's not paranoia if the world really is out to get you

First the printer, then the computer, then the telephone. The printer won't print because it thinks there's no paper in it, even though there is. The computer attacked by a particularly nasty virus stops functioning and then crashes. All diagnostics say it's fine, but it won't boot. The telephone connection is broken because it relies on the modem in the crashed computer.

In the meantime I am borrowing a computer to get my emails, post on this blog and on facebook, etc. Yesterday, I decided to go onto the Internet and get ideas for pumpkin faces to carve for Hallowe'en and boom, that same nasty virus attacks this borrowed computer. Arrghh!

We caught it in time and it's been cleaned up but it took me out of business for several hours. Now I am really paranoid because maybe, just maybe, the world is out to get me.

Colouricious - A source of unique stamps

I was exhibiting at the Creativ Festival last month and since it was a very busy show, I didn't have a lot of opportunity to walk around. However, my friend, Joanne Thomson of Joanne's Creative Notions, pointed me to the Colouricious booth because she knew I would very much like what they were selling. And she was right!

Colouricious came all the way from the U.K. to sell hand carved wooden stamps from India. If you were at their booth you would have seen the table cloths with lovely decorative borders, all hand stamped. They used Colour Vie paints, which is a Canadian company, for stamping on fabric.

I can't wait to try these stamps out.