Stitching and Stars

 

Just a peek at what I have been up to.  More dream catchers coming soon to Vintage Marketplace.

Also, more vintage embroidered hankie banner garlands.
Worked on these while the boy did therapy today.

Tonight I hope to sit and watch baseball and stitch some more on my vintage aprons.

I still need to focus and get an idea of what I want in my booths for my up coming fairs. 
There is just so much I want to work on but it is all jumbled right now.
I start on one thing and with jumping from the boy and his activities, time allows only for me to continue on easy take along pieces.  Hopefully I can get it together here soon when the fall semester starts him back on full school. 

I am kinda staying away from hats and scarves.  Seems everyone and their mom can crochet now and the fairs last year were over done almost 26 booths just hats and scarves.  I need to keep it fresh and different.

My New Passion

I have discovered the joy of embroidery again.
It is my new passion.
This summer has just been a lovely one with simple days of staying at home and playing pretend, which is not only great for my boy but it makes my mind come up with all sorts of things to make for our days of pretend play.
Using all things I already have, no money spent which is a good thing now.
So as I make things for him, I jot down the ideas I work on at night for myself.

I started with vintage hankies and  haven't stopped.  I am in love with how they are turning out.  So many possibilities and this is why I had a stack of vintage hankies sitting and waiting. :) 

I also have a stack of vintage slips and aprons waiting to get stitched

 This is such a great take along, as we sit in therapy waiting for the boy I can ease my nerves by embroidering.  I watch my husband as he fidgets and say "you really need to get a hobby for when you wait"  It makes the time pass so much easier and faster.

I have so many ideas flowing through my head.
Thanks to a special someone out there in blogland that felt my frustration of not finding embroidery hoops and they magically appeared in my mailbox.
I can't thank you enough for keeping my imagination going and supplying me with them  I started on some dream catchers but they will be a bit different than all the others I have seen out there.  You will just have to stay tuned. ;)

I also have to say that I am thrilled that I have heard from moms and grandparents of newly diagnosed Autistic children.  It makes me so happy to be able to reach out and help others.  Telling our story so as to comfort others and let them know you are not alone.  It took me a long time to talk about it all and now that I have shared it is helping others share.  This is one of those things that you can't do on your own, it takes a village of help and support around you.  Something we are just now getting after a year of searching.

So I am hoping that others don't have to wait as long as we did.  There is hope and the earlier help is given to the child the better,  they will have a better chance of coming out of the haze and live life.  As Temple Grandin says "Different Not LESS"

In Search of....

Yesterday we headed out in search of...vintage embroidery hoops.

I have not been thrifting or antiquing in a VERY long time.
It used to be fun and I could find just about everything I was looking for in one good full day of thrifting.
Well, I have been out of the game for awhile and it seems things have really changed.  Gosh, the thrifts are quite disappointing and sparse here.  Not to mention the insane price hikes.  When did it become cheaper to shop for new goods at Target than bad conditioned used goods at a thrift??

It just seemed to get me in more of a grumpy mood than a good scavenger hunt mood.  By the end of the day I came home empty on gas and empty handed.  I captured how I felt in this photo of my fatsy last night.
So I give up.  I will find a new way of doing the project I wanted to accomplish.

Today I will stay home and organize some more goods for Etsy and make a few things too.  On my desk are a few jars that need sewing and accessorizing.  Maybe a swim this afternoon to relax.

For now coffee....