making the transition...

It's that time of year when the transition between Winter and Spring can be a little challenging in our wardrobe department.  So this month is being devoted to making Transition Scarves that will help ease us into the bright and cheery days of Springtime!

These pieces have already found their way onto the shelves of Pure Grace Designs,

and onto my own shelf as well!

A Soft Place to Land...

My Little French Sewing Room has a new addition, a lovely, soft, comfortable easy chair where I can sit  and do needle work and enjoy the sun as it streams through the window.  

I've always wanted a comfortable chair in this little room, and when blessed with a monetary birthday gift this year from my extended family it was a very appreciated birthday wish come true.  I had an old wooden stool that I had picked up at the Thrift Store ages ago, just dabbed a little Sharpie Black Felt Pen on the nicks and...voila!  A practical and convenient table for my tea and thimble.

I don't do a lot of sitting down these days it seems, but when I do, this lovely little easy chair is a simple comfort indeed!

Hmmm... now where is that Thrift Store foot stool that I was going to recover ... it would be a perfect height for this chair...

 

Sew Done!

Finally... my Little French Sewing Sewing Room has been completed!  

I am looking forward to sharing it with you in the days ahead - and also sharing with you those things that come from it.  My prayer has always been, in whatever I do, that it would be a blessing to others in some way... may you somehow be blessed.

I still have a few things to add, pictures to frame, Abigail (my dress form sewing mannequin) to redress and a few other things here and there.  I find that any room that I have in my home is never 'done'.  They are always evolving in some way or another, I anticipate that my Little French Sewing Room will be no different.

So, here are a few, quickly taken pictures, to give you a flavour of the delightful place that I now have to create in...

The drapes were easily sewn together in a few hours...

 and the 8 foot long table will soon have one more matching chair;

perfect for two sewers to sit, side by side (my daughter-in-law has asked for sewing lessons);

or just plain room enough for me to zip from one machine to the other!

The more than generous baskets hold all of my ribbons and trim, serger spools, and larger items, 

and are within easy reach...

The 'peg-board' is an old picture frame that I had painted black.

It is padded, with ribbon criss-crossed over the fabric, and further enhanced with vintage buttons.

A perfect place to pin my patterns and notes!

The dresser was purchased at a second-hand shop for $30...

it was the 1930's style mirror that originally caught my interest.

It too was painted black, 

and given new white knobbed handles.

It has lovely, long pull out drawers which easily houses all of my fabrics.

And the two side cupboards are generous spaces for extra storage of materials, such as linings, batting and quilting squares.

Not the best picture... but there is my little chair!

It sits beside a wall stencil of a little table...

a chair that's just ready for you to pull up and sit down on, 

whenever you drop by!

Good Things...

Good things come to those who wait... and this week I am definitely a recipient of a good thing...

my Little French Sewing Room is finally under way!

 The plumber (my brother-in-law) was in today dealing with this...

My husband and youngest son have been dealing with this...

and this...

The drywaller will be in tomorrow to deal with this...

And this...

And so I was inspired to take this...

And do this...

Last Summer I had found a little wrought iron chair that was regularly priced at $30.00 on sale for $5 (hard to resist!).

I made a little black and white polka-dot cushion for it with some material that was purchased while checking out a fabric store with Linda last Fall, and used some lovely left-over ribbon that I had tucked away and voila!... a perfect little chair for my new Sewing Room!

Fun!

My Little French Sewing Room is presently in the remodelling stage - all the elements are just waiting to be put into place. I began the black and white theme a few years ago, little places here and there throughout our home... I am looking forward to sharing this Little Room with you and all that will come from it!

Stay Tuned!