Saturday, March 01, 2008

I got mail!

First off, thank you for your kind responses on the "homemade" topic - I appreciate all your insight!

Well nothing perks a girl up more than a good mail today! Today I hit the mother load with my new Ottobre Woman, new March Burda WOF, and a journal from Ottobre that was sent to me as a gift from the staff for sending in photos of garments I've made (they are such a top notch company, if only every company was as wonderful as they are!).


Yesterday I went to the big Sewing Expo in Puyallup, Washington. I had a pretty fun time, tho I feel like year after year it's the same old stuff and there is lots of quilting and machine embroidery stuff which isn't really what I'm interested in. I did get to attend Sandra Betzina's seminar on unlined jackets. It was fun and she's always a hoot to listen to - she's just so down to earth and practical! I also met a fellow PR member Diane E. She's from California and came to the show to help Sandra in her booth at the show (they are friends and I'm jealous!). Diane is so fun and I wish I would have had more time to chat with her. I also bumped into another PR member Cathy - we shopped together in Portland this past fall. It was fun to see her again and hopefully we'll have another shopping adventure in Portland fairly soon.

I'm so proud of myself too because the only thing I bought at the whole show was a set of Kai scissors. They are awesome and I got the whole set for $45 (I think that was a pretty good deal). I'm excited to finally have curved tip ones to cut jump threads when I embroider stuff. The other two pairs will be very useful too of course.

I had big plans of sewing today, but instead we went to town to run errands and were gone far too long. It's now time to get dinner started, so maybe after dinner I'll get myself in gear for what I will do tomorrow. Only 12 days until I leave for the big LA Pattern Review weekend and I still have things to make - ugg, why do I leave things to the last minute????

5 comments:

Rhoto said...

"Only 12 days until I leave for the big LA Pattern Review weekend and I still have things to make."
Hi Melissa!
Do you HAVE to "make things" to participate in a PR week-end??
Soft hug,
Rhonda in Montreal (PR)

Melissa said...

Nope, you don't have to make anything to particpate Rhonda. I just want to make some new things to take with me, particularly a blouse I have cut out. Tick tick, time's a wasting! ;-)

Anonymous said...

OOOOh, your goodies in the mail means that mine should be arriving soon!

I like the scissor set, I recently read about this brand (on Gorgeous Things blog) and had never seen it before. Thanks for sharing.

Christina said...

Ooooh, I have always wanted some Kai scissors... Can you believe I have never been to Sew Expo. You were very good to limit yourself to the scissors! I'm sure you're saving up for LA like me :)

Melissa said...

Oh Stacy & Christina, you *need* to get some Kai scissors! They are marvelous!

I can't believe you've never been to the expo before Christina. It's pretty fun - you should go some year since you live so close. Can't wait for that LA trip tho!!!! :-)