Happy Mother's Day and The Sewing Machine Accessory Bible Book Review

Dear Friends,

Happy Mother's Day to all you sweet moms.  We put in thousands upon thousands of hours raising our babies and I must say, we deserve a special day in which to receive a bit of pampering.  I hope you are all being treated like queens and getting the royal treatment.  Despite all the sacrifices we do for our children, what a blessing it is to be a mom.  I am so grateful for my three.

 

This morning Mike and I walked to a favorite breakfast place and shared an order of biscuits and gravy along with a great cup of coffee.  The walk is just over 5 miles round trip so I certainly got my exercise in.  I love going for walks with my hubby so this is a treat to spend time together just the two of us.

The beautiful roses are from my son Timothy.  They smell so good.  Timothy knows I LOVE flowers!

 

Mike has driven with him up to Santa Fe for his rugby game.  I'm staying home and resting this afternoon.  Sore throat is there but much better today.  Several of you e-mailed me that you were praying.  Thank you!  Prayers answered!!!!

Emily came up with this clever gift.  She gave me $20 in a jar in $1 bills.  I just cannot lose those 20 stinkin' pounds.  The scale is stuck like glue on my current weight.  Yes, I could try harder, but I really LIKE food! 

 

For each pound I lose, I am to move one dollar to the other jar.  The jar with the money in it says "pounds to go"  The currently empty jar says "pounds lost".  When I have lost all 20 pounds I am to spend the $20 on myself.  I love this!  This is real motivation now as I can't let her down and a bonus for me when the weight is off!  The jar on the left better not stay empty for long.

And from my Air Force girl Katie, I received the best gift, a phone call with lots of love.  Love is all this mama really needs.

Now from Mike, he did get some direction as to what I would like.  He got me this book, The Sewing Machine Accessory Bible by Wendy Gardiner and Lorna Knight as well as a couple of specialty sewing feet I had asked for.  I thought you might like to take a little look into the book.

The bias binding foot you see in the picture is what I used on all those boy scout neckerchiefs.

One of the specialty feet Mike got me was an adjustable binding foot for larger size bindings.

 

 The other specialty sewing foot Mike got me was a cording foot which you can see above.

 

Mike and I have always been do-it-yourself kind of people when it comes to many things.  We have gutted a house, done electrical work, plumbing, tiling and much more.  One of the things we say is why pay when we can do it ourselves and also that it is best to have the right tool for the job.  That is the way it is with these specialty feet.  They do a great job for the technique the are made for.  It makes life a whole lot simpler to have the right tool for the job.  Plus, doing specialty items in sewing is just plain fun!

 

Let me give you just a brief overview about the book.

First off, the book is such a pretty book to look through. 
Chapter 1 is the Essential Kit
Chapter 2 is Basic Feet
Chapter 3 is Specialty Fabric and Technique Feet
Chapter 4 is Pretty Edges
Chapter 5 is Fancy Stitching and finally
Chapter 6 is Buyer's Guide
With each foot, it first talks about what the sewing foot looks like.  Then it goes into how the foot works.  Then there is an "ideas file" which shows other effects you can get from each foot. 
I really like this book and should go over to Amazon and give it a 5 star rating as honestly, it is just well done.  It will certainly remain on my shelf as a reference that I know I will look at again and again.

Finally, to finish off my day, after Mike and Tim get home we will be going to church this evening.  Thankfully our church as numerous options as to when we can attend so when our schedule is thrown off, like with the rugby game today.  Then I'm sure we will be eating out tonight and I won't be cooking.  My favorite food when we go out.....Sushi!  Yum!!  {Yes I could cook myself.  There are times when we do make exceptions to the DIY attitude we have!}

Happy Mother's Day and love and blessings to you all,
Nancy