fabric junkie

went to joanns today. sigh. since we moved away from vernon hills i havent gone to the "big" crafty joanns too much. when the first line of d.s. came out i wasted so much gas looking for it. i promised myself i wouldnt do that again. sigh. i have stayed out of the d.s. group on flickr for the most part just because it would give me the 'i wants" badly. and the money just isnt there for frivalous purchases (did i just call fabric buying frivalous?) i went today hoping to be able to just find a couple of the big florals. those are the ones i really love.
i was really impressed with the hand of the other three, non d.s. prints. supple!

my new girl

my new girl, originally uploaded by chickenfoot.

i am so excited. last month i had to sell my featherweight because to be honest we really needed the money more than i needed a featherweight. i was sad to see my girl go, especially since we hadnt been together long.
recently tho, i had the opportunity to replace her, at a much lower cost with this green beauty. if you know me, you know i heart this green color.
i am just tickled to have her, but i think she needs a little visit to the shop for some cleaning and oiling to make her purr like a kitten..
what do you think of vintage sewing machines? do you love them like i do, or are you a lover of new fangled and schparkly??

dqs10

wowsers. i really suck at this blogging thing, eh? just popping in to say dqs10 is under way. partners just went out over the holiday weekend and everyone is feverishly stalking their partners.
have you heard about the sewing summit? i would really really like to go but i dont know if its monetarily in the cards....but i have a few months to see if i can save up some. its not until october. im thinking if i save enough money by april 1, that still gives me time to get a hotel room. if not, it wasnt meant to be. but i would so love to meet so many of my online quilty friends.

what im doing because im not at market

found a wonderful blog today and it led me to a couple others. there are some really great tutes. go check them out, em ay kay ee, myrtle & eunice, and lola nova.
make sure to check back next week. i am going to figure out how to do one of them there voting thingies so everyone can vote on a name for my new baby!!

Kai no kuchi!!!

photo by pearl incig

I think we need to start a kai no kuchi box phenomenom!! Flossieblossoms posted a link to these little cuties in the scrappy mugrug swap group. Pop on over and check out Idle hands empty brains cute blog and especially this tute. And here is an etsy shop that sells them, pearlsquitledcrafts. Are these not stinkin' cute???

You could use them for so many wee things, thimbles, change, a dinky sewing kit....leave some other ideas here...

boy. its been a long time.

my featherweight without a name, originally uploaded by chickenfoot.

help me name my new baby!! i like old fashioned names...help me name her and maybe you will win something if i pick your name...
i cant wait to try out all the weird feet she came with!

happy mothers day

me and mom getting her transfusion, originally uploaded by chickenfoot.

tho you arent here, i just wanted to say happy mothers day, mom
i love and miss you