By the time I get to the point of doing this, and being good at it, it will be time for the NEXT winter season to be here. Yeah, I’m a slow learner in things like this!

As it is, I have a pile that is continuing to grow of things the guys are asking me to fix for them. I haven’t had the time to actually get out the sewing machine with this new job. But I will have to get to it eventually as they are running out of jeans. What is it with the jean manufactures not making jeans like they used to!!? Out of the 5 pairs of jeans in the pile, each need to have the pockets resewn!

I still get the heebie jeebies when I get out the sewing machine after I had a needle break off and go through my eye. You would think that after all this time I would be over it by now, but that fear when I was in sixth grade comes back like it was yesterday. One day, I will be able to sew with ease and no care in the world… or at least I hope!

I have some scrapbook stuff that I am going to try and make a cute card. I am rusty on this, as its been a while since I have scrapped. I have a pattern for a small purse, that I would love to find the right material with Minnie on it to make her one, just not sure if I want this to be my first sewing project like this.

It would be the smaller one at the bottom. She could use it more so as a diaper bag for her babies, as opposed to a purse. I could fill it up with cute little things I find from Toys r Us! Oh the fun of shopping for little girls!!

Samatha over at Sew N Time made it for me. I wish I was this good at sewing, as I would love to make a few more in different colors! I am going to have to do some practicing to be this good!

I want to try my hand at some sewing projects, as I want to learn more about my sewing machine, and if I have to take some classes then I will. I saw some “adult bibs” at a craft show this past summer, so I want to try and make a few of them to have on hand when we are at the inlaws for family dinners when spaghetti is on the menu, so the towel/bibs don’t have to come out.

I am thinking about getting my inlaws some barska binoculars, as the ones they have now don’t do a great job for them. They are really into bird watching now, so I think this will be a great present for them.

For both my hubby and father inlaw I want to make some golf club covers. I have been talking about doing this for a few years now, so this is the year I will get them made! (I hope!)

I have lots of projects going right now, from knitting to sewing to making up new concoctions! The knitting projects seem to be a never ending, as I keep starting and stopping them. Trent thinks I will never finish the sock monkey for him, but I will just to prove him wrong! I hope the one baby item I am making turns out like how I have it pictured in my head.

This is the before

and the after

I had leftover fabric, so I made a cushion for my folding chair. I want to get some white fabric and make a slip cover to go over the folding chair to make it look a little cuter, but with that, I think I will need some sort of pattern to go by, as winging it, isn’t an option. I want it to look good.