success

Booth

Well, one of the ladies in our group may go her own direction and I am so proud of her. She is finding her niche. That said, I’m panicked. I am going to make the leap to a different place. I’m terrible at staging, I’m afraid I will fail and I’m not ready but weContinue reading “Booth”

Booth Prep and Life

I am making progress with a quilt for the booth. Also have a bunch of bags to sew and figured out how to make another style of purse. Also did tons of cleaning out of Christmas items. It is going to be a long process. And emotional. Got rid of bio mother’s Christmas dishes today.Continue reading “Booth Prep and Life”

Upstairs Work

My daughter and I spent more than three hours upstairs cleaning today. I have a plan up there. Fabric is being sorted by theme and, later, will be sorted into sub categories. We trashed a bunch including a broken fan, a cross stich book marker I started 30 years ago and a ton of scrapbookContinue reading “Upstairs Work”

Work

Today, I cut out some of the sweaters for the ugly sweater quilt, cut out patches for a Christmas tree quilt, put some fabric in order and developed a storage plan and cut out a stocking for the mermaid stocking that is going to be part of the legends and lore series. It was goodContinue reading “Work”

Survival

Someone asked me the other day how I survived with mom and my answer is simple; my dad’s aunts, Uncle Ben and Aunt Evelyn and my beloved Aunt Dot. Today, though, I was thinking of Uncle Ben. I wasn’t allowed to meet him until I was seven or eight and then we would go outContinue reading “Survival”

Mindset

Before I started “Joyful Dog Quilts”, a friend and I discussed commission work. I said I would never do it because it makes me nervous and stressed. Well, last night, my cousin asked about bags. My first reaction was no but then we talked and I have an idea what to do. Labels were theContinue reading “Mindset”

Oh no!

My work computer bit the dust. I am struggling with just my phone so I had to make a quick decision. I ended up buying a computer on a 12 month interest free as long as it is paid off. I needed to take a leap of faith and am going to use it toContinue reading “Oh no!”

Today

I remember why I left social work. It is just too heartbreaking. I’ve done enough of it in my life. I will continue to support the family but I won’t work with other families. I just can’t. On a more positive note, my prototype market bag got so much positive feedback, I am going toContinue reading “Today”

Prototype

Today I finished a market bag. Tomorrow, I will make notes about things that need to be done with the pattern for next time. I have always thrown things together and worry about quality later. If something wasn’t done well and no one wanted it, then I fulfilled my prophecy that I would fail. I’mContinue reading “Prototype”

In my “Make Money Blogging” book, he says to act like you are successful before you get there. Yesterday, I organized the icons on my phone. Today, I was in Joanna’s (fabric store) and carefully picked out items I needed. In my head, I had a plan, a place where it will go when IContinue reading “Success”