Friday, October 3, 2008

Friday Favs

So...I am starting something new today! Every Friday I will be doing a "Friday Favs" post. I will highlight one of my favorite things. I always love it when people say things like "This is my favorite recipe!", or "These are my favorite socks!". To be deemed a favorite, something must be pretty darn good.

So, here is my first Friday Fav...........

My Janome Sewing Machine! Here is a pic of it in all its sewing machine glory:



My wonderful husband surprised me with it this past fall! MissyMiss was in on the surprise and was so excited to give it to me. About 3 years ago, I decided that I wanted to learn to sew/quilt. I bought an inexpensive Brother machine from Wal-Mart and taught myself. Once I got really into it, I thought about an upgrade....and then my wonderful husband surprised me with one.

See the table the machine is sitting in...also a surprise from Hubby...for Mother's Day. He is so thoughtful...sometimes. :)



Below is a pic of my cutting table. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.


This awesome cabinet I got at a garage sale for $20! It is from Pier 1...it was marked $35, but they were starting to close up and I offered $20 and got it! It works great for organizing all of my little stuff and my scraps.


This is my fabric cabinet. It is a reproduction icebox that I got at a local furniture store...I LOVE it!






This is the cabinet opened up. Look at all that fabric!!! Sometimes I just open it and stare at it all. If I am having a bad day, it makes me happy just to look at all of my fabric...seriously.



This little shelf has all of my sewing/quilting books. Nothing fancy either...


Well...that is it for today. Tune in next week for my next Friday Fav!

4 comments:

Dustie said...
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Dustie said...

I love your favorites!! That is great. I just told my husband I want to take a sewing class. I know all the basics, but want to learn how to follow a pattern, maybe even quilting....seems like such a fun hobby and the possibilities are endless!! Thanks for sharing your favorites!

WendyBird said...

Hehehe, I'm a closet quilter. Meaning all my stuff is shoved in a closet because I have no where else to put it :-)

Tanya said...

What a great idea for a Friday post! My favorite sewing machine is my Bernina. It's 30 years old and I love it to death. I've been sewing since I was 13. You pic of all the fabric-ooh, look at all the possiblilities!