A Long, Fabricy Weekend

The OFFICIAL start to summer.... Memorial Day Weekend.  

I'll admit, I am guilty of thinking of Memorial Day weekend as a long weekend for fun and play but I do know it is really about honoring those men and women who died while serving our country. 

So, In honor of  all the men and women who have served and are currently serving our country.

I did also managed to have some fun with fabric!

Saturday one of the Needlers, Miss Nancy, and I took a field trip to explore a shop were neither of us had been previously.....Pink Sand Beach Design Studio in Torrance, California.  It is a small-ish shop with a lot of batiks, but a very nice place to visit.  Miss Nancy and I were on the hunt for fabrics for Miss Wanda (putting together another care package for her) and fabrics for a baby quilt I want to make for a friend's daughter.  The ladies at Pink Sand were so friendly and helpful!  I will return to this shop, even though it is a bit of a drive from where I live.

Then yesterday, Monday, my long-time-friend, Miss Peggy, and I drove to San Diego to take a sewing machine to a woman.  This does require a bit of explanation.....

I don't believe in accidents.  I believe in divine providence.  Last week I was looking on Craigslist for a collapsible wagon (football season is coming up....we hope....) but I didn't find what I was looking for.  On a whim I searched "sewing machines"  just to see who was selling something wonderful I just might absolutely HAVE to have.  Up popped an ad from a woman living in transitional housing and wanted to borrow a sewing machine to make masks for the people living where she lives.  I contacted her and the adventure began.

Long-story-short....Anastasia has been gifted ... along with sewing supplies and fabrics and even elastic.... oh, I forgot to mention.... Pink Sand had packets of elastic (enough to make 6 masks) they were giving away....one to each customer....

Both these machines have now been gifted.
I'm down to only three machines.

The woman we met was very nice and VERY appreciative.  It felt good to do something nice for someone.

To read about the Machine Family, click HERE

And, now, it's back to the work-a-day life.....