We are off on a joint family vacation to Vienna & Budapest (since they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving where we live) but couldn’t leave you without our lists of…
Crafty Things We’re Thankful For:
Adrianna
1. This rotary cutting guide. I tried to think of my #1 favorite sewing tool (besides the machine, duh), and although this is kinda boring, I think I’ve used it for 99.9% of my sewing projects.
2. The ability to sew a gather by upping the tension and lengthening the stitches. There’s nothing I hate more than “distributing gathers evenly”. (not possible, in my opinion)
3. Susan’s serger
4. Anna Maria Horner and the bolts of dobby dot I am about to own and hoard
5. My husband, for letting me stick my crafting room where the dining room should’ve been, for installing an overhead light without me asking because he noticed my craft area was dark, for not raising a single eyebrow on those weeks when I get a package of fabric in the mail every single day, and for gushing over my finished projects in a way that is both sincere and appropriately over-the-top. (um, and manly. I don’t know if he’d appreciate me saying “gushing”.)
Susan
1. Artbin Super Satchel boxes. I love the thread one and the general-purpose one. Organization makes me happy.
2. Crafty blogs and Etsy. What a wealth of inspiration and wonderfulness.. I love being part of producing a blog and I love reading what others are doing. I feel like some creative sanity has returned to my life, and my role as a wife and a mother seems to fit a little more comfortably after fitting some of the ideas I’ve learned from others into our family routines and creative tasks. And thankful that Adrianna dragged me down this road, kicking and screaming a bit. Or at the very least, rolling my eyes.
3. A dress form. I couldn’t have done this without it, and am excited about doing more garment work after the holidays.
4. A serger. I didn’t get a fancy, expensive one. Just a basic one. And wow, am I amazed at what it can do. It was scary to try, but inspiring to think of what’s next.
5. Both a husband that is supportive of my creative efforts (without complaint when dinner isn’t as exciting as it could be or… um… is preceded by a paper menu and a phone call) and two silly girls who brought the color pink into my life in a major, major way. My favorite color used to be red… and then I had a baby girl. And now I really know what I was missing, and I thank God for it.
Happy Thanksgiving, one and all!
star.originals.stuff says
Happy Thanksgiving!