I'm inspired

Yesterday, the kids and I went to AWON, Kathmandu's big Christmas bazaar. So many crafty things and beautiful scarves. I didn't feel the need to buy much but I did feel inspired to pull my creativity back out. It's amazing how creatively talented some Nepali's are.

So here is what I did buy. The baskets are made from old potato chip bags - how cool is that!
I think I will own 100 scarves by the time we leave. And I bought lots of ornaments for our Nepali Christmas :-).

I plan to buy some Tibetan fabric soon to make some wall hangings. Many more projects to come.....

Recent Projects

Somewhere along the way I picked up this book, no telling where or how long ago but I found it when I was unpacking my sewing room. It looked really interesting and since I have never taken an official sewing class I decided to do the projects in order and learn all of the little tricks to sewing that I never learned. It has been great. Sometimes in life we all should slow down and go back to the basics. I've learned things about my machine that I probably should have known long ago and I'm only on the 4th project.

So Project 1 was to create a stitch sampler. I won't bore you with that, it was a little tedious but I'm glad I finished it. Since I am mainly a quilter I have little use for special stitches. I was pretty surprised by all the stitches my machine produces. There was also an applique project.

Project #3 was a free hand stitch. The purpose is showing you how to release the foot and self guide. I never knew this was possible....

Project #4
A simple napkin with pretty corners. This is another thing I never would have thought to make, especially since they are so cheap these days but I enjoyed making it and plan to make many more since we are a place mat and napkin fam.

Next project is a placemat - not sure when I will get to that. But I will try to remember to post.

Almost settled.....

It's been forever again! I kind of forgot about my blog but I woke up this morning with that crafty bug and decided to finish organizing my craft room - and it's done! Finally! It took a minute, especially since our landlord had to repaint our entire house last month.

My craft room is no where near as fabulous as the one in Georgia, but I like it. It's on the third floor and has a ton of windows bringing in lots of natural light. Unfortunately I don't have Himalayan mountain views, but I can see the foothills. The room is very white - a little hospital-ish. Slowly I am adding color.

Greg decided this room needed a sitting area so we could enjoy the room together :-).

And of course Jojo is always close by.
The room is huge. Unfortunately, I won't be able to put up a design wall because Nepal has a monsoon season and the houses are made of concrete so they are moist half the year.

Jojo - almost 3!

I realized the other day that I have not updated my blog in months, well almost a year. Truthfully, I have been to busy to sew or even think about anything left brain. We have been planning our move to Kathmandu, Nepal for the last year and my sewing room has turned into our sorting room. Everything related to sewing isn't really visible and all of my tables have been moved to the garage to hold yard sale items. I hope to get crafty again once we get settled in Nepal next month and I hear they have amazing fabrics and threads so I am really excited!
So instead of updating with a new photo of my creative works I decided on a picture of my goofy boy Jojo. He will be 3 years old next month and if you have had the pleasure of meeting him this picture is perfect. Jojo has truly been the best addition to our family, he still entertains us daily. He ended up being a runt, but thank goodness because we are paying his fees to get to Nepal and it's by weight. He currently weighs 110lbs.