tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73273799498178561292024-03-14T01:34:01.227-04:00Painting with threadsSandra's blog. My hobbies: needlework, wood painting, wire wrapping and paper crafting.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866651039277276650noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327379949817856129.post-15452329723987630092021-02-14T16:56:00.001-04:002021-02-14T16:56:25.250-04:00<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;">
Hello!!! I'm back after such a long absence. It's been almost five years since my last post. I really thought after my dad's passing in August 2017, my daily activities were going to be calmer. And perhaps I'd have more time for posting on my blog. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L_QIH7kyxlU/XVE12lna29I/AAAAAAAATQw/cZib824SacI2W8HXxuKxmh4aB5GlZjHLgCKgBGAs/s200/IMG-20190603-WA0012.jpeg" width="112" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me, leaving Venezuela. Simón Bolivar International Airport.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So much has happened since. I quit my job and planned to relocate to Spain. But destiny had a different plan for me. Instead, I made my way into the UK, on June 4th 2019 I arrived at Heathrow airport. Since that day I've been living with my cousin, his wife their toddler whom I care for a few days a week. And then I fell in love with Tonbridge. All Kent is lovely, but Tonbridge has a special energy, part of my heart will remain after I leave.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">These pictures are from when I first arrived. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's a thin white blanket, but I find it adorable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Well, that's all for now. I've been making some of my crafts, trying to find my ways around here on that subject. For my personal enjoyment, I picked up painting, crocheting and cross-stitching again. For my small business, I'm doing ornaments and some jewellery. 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I'm getting back to crochet. Had been hard to do since the hand accident from 2014, but I've missed it so much!<br />
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As I was working on the backside, was intrigued about the new fashion of making freeformed crocheted mandalas.<br />
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I came up with a placemat and a coaster, a birthday present for my yoga instructor. She was very pleased with it. So I was!<br />
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Have a crafty week!Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866651039277276650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327379949817856129.post-8904237505476573862016-06-10T10:14:00.001-04:002016-06-10T10:14:41.421-04:00Necklaces and circles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi there! I have been experimenting with the sewing machine. Using the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qFIo0EQ4is" target="_blank">flower stitch foot</a>, made a bunch of denim charms, which were completed as necklaces (adjustable sliding knots are the best the for a customizable lenght ).<br />
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Love the flowers, they are like little mandalas.<br />
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I'm on vacation, spent a week in Miami and Delray, now I'm in Houston. I'm staying here for a full month. Was planning to do something crafty, such as a workshop, but didn't find any.<br />
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Brought presents for the girls,painted two bags for my cousin's little girls<br />
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and I've finished the 2010 BAM CAL from Ravelry in two small afghans for my twin nieces.<br />
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They were happy with those, but I washed them and one of the squares unraveled... I need a crochet hook to fix it before getting back home. Don't know how did that happened...</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I don't know if this Maya rock depicts an astronaut or not, but the fact that he's making or having chocolate is so cool!!</span></div>
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Hi fellow crafters and friends. I've been absent for a long time, besides the things of real life (dad's and sister's caring), have been working at school and my small business, mostly sewing. I'm showing a few pictures, but there's a lot more on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SandraFProductosArtesanales" target="_blank">Sandra F. Productos Artesanales FB page.</a></div>
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Slippers are trendy these days, with the cold and people spending a lot of time at home, made a lot and still have a few more to finish.</div>
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Hello fellow crafters! Spring has finally arrive, at least it shows on my planter, small flowers, bugs and it's getting hotter everyday.</div>
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At Sugar Nellie <a href="http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sugar Bowl</a> challenge 114 is <b>Easter or Springtime</b>. I chose <b>Spring</b> for my card. Had a lovely stamp unused, Fifi goes walkies(yep, I know, how have I resist the temptation? lol). And though black is an unusual color for this time of the year, well, I decided to make a statement. That little fairy is so glamorous that I felt it was the perfect background for her.</div>
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<li> Rangers ink pad, color: black.</li>
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<li>Cantek disco glitter gel.</li>
<li>Cantek cold paint, gold.</li>
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<li>Royal Coat, glossy accents.</li>
<li>Craft punchers: Barrilito big flower, generic dot, generic small flower, generic big and small hearts, Fiskars emboss and punch (2 in 1 corner).</li>
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Hi!!! My nieces will be two next May 17th. I wanted to make some pretty cards, like the ones I sent past year, but since they're not allowed to play with those I decided a different approach. I'm sending birthday bags instead.</div>
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To make them, stamped "Delia", <a href="http://www.sugarnellie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sugar Nellie</a> stamp on the bags.Used some Fiskars flowers and an alphabet to stamp their names. </div>
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Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866651039277276650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327379949817856129.post-57259801836971153742014-03-26T15:07:00.001-04:302014-03-26T15:07:37.137-04:30Day dreamer<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello!!! This week's Sugar Nellie Official FB page challenge is anything goes, so I decided to use one of the stamps, still unopened and play with it.<br />
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Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866651039277276650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327379949817856129.post-7377679913710382162014-03-22T12:16:00.000-04:302014-03-22T12:17:14.659-04:30Trinidad<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hey there!!! Let's talk about the good things that did happen. I was in Trinidad since August 6 to September 6 in 2013. It's a very nice Country, though some things are quite weird for me, such as how laid back people are, must be the heat, it is hooooootttt!!!! I always felt like I was in a sauna when we were out. Even at nights is quite hot.</div>
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The whole gang at <a href="http://wikimapia.org/1705050/Siewdass-Sadhu-s-Temple-in-The-Sea" target="_blank">The Temple in the Sea</a>.</div>
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Our feet at <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/05/13/trinidad-hanuman-murti/" target="_blank">Hanuman Murti Temple</a>.</div>
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Me lighting candles at Saint Benedict's church.</div>
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Going to La Brea, tar pits.</div>
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In La Brea.</div>
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Picnic at Fort George, before I melted, 39 ºC (about a 102.2ºF).</div>
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Holding down the Fort George.</div>
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Steel pan!!! Yay!!!</div>
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Loved this festival ;)</div>
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Saint Benedict's convent.</div>
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It's so tiny!!!</div>
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Met wonderful people, ate a lot! Hope I can get to do something fun next summer too. </div>
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Hi there!!! It's been a long time since my last post. A lot has been going on in my life. After my trip to Trinidad past summer, I got back and found my mom was ill with what we thought to be a gastritis due to the medication she was having for her back pain. Long story short, she had metastatic liver cancer. She was in so much pain and we were trying to find out where the primary cancer was to give her the best treatment, but we never did. She passed away on December 10th. </div>
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On top of that I was also in charge of my father, he had a stroke back in 2008, depends on other people to do everything, can't even walk on his own. My sister has a mental disease, she had a crisis and was delusional, for a few years because she refused to take her meds. The house they were living in belongs to my mom's sister, obviously it had to be returned but my sister refused to leave it. On top of that, I had a suspicious image found on my last mammogram, it was tested and they suggested a biopsy.</div>
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I was under a lot of stress, but thank God I got a license at work for six months, my brother is helping my out from the distance (he lives in Houston), also the rest of the family is. My dad is in a home, a nice place where he receives the medical attention and all the care he needs. My sister is hospitalized in a psychiatric facility, run by nuns, she likes it and she will be out in a few months, when she can have an independent life. I had my biopsy and it revealed no cancer but some pre malignant condition. Have to talk to the doctor to see what he suggests. </div>
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Little by little I've got back to crafting, not only for my mental health but also to make an extra income, since we are expending so much with dad's and sister's treatment. </div>
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In Trinidad I bought a new fancy sewing machine, a Singer Quantum Stylist 9960. We named it «La Fucha», because Rafael (Fucho), washed my brain in order to get it, I had my concerns since it was listed as «used», but in good condition. It came with a bunch of accessories, most of it in the original sealed package. It works wonderfully and I'm more than happy with the purchase, a great deal, 157 $ at Amazon (God bless them and Fucho).</div>
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Now I'm working on quilted items, such as baby blankets and bags. The one in the picture is a commission of five. They are due Sunday so I better get back to work.</div>
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Sorry I neglected to write for so long. Hopefully I'll be posting more often.</div>
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Cyber hugs to all my crafting pals out there!!!</div>
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Hi! Two days to go. I should be painting the windows but since the weather is awful, it's raining, then decided to do some other kind of painting instead. Yesterday I received my <a href="http://www.sugarnellie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sugar Nellie</a> stamps from <a href="http://www.funkykits.co.uk/" target="_blank">Funky Kits</a>, they host a challenge on their <a href="http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sugar Bowl blog</a> and this time is "anything goes". So I grabbed the lovely "Bloom" and made a pretty card, which I'm planning to give to my god-daughter Paola on her 15th birthday. </div>
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Well, one of the things I need to take care of is the package with the girls' dresses and owls. There also something for their mom and dad but not made by me. Anyway, I wanted to make a card for them, so they can keep it as a memory of their auntie Sandra. Recently I came across these adorable fairies and bought two of them from a really nice store in my beloved UK, <a href="http://www.mycraftyheart.co.uk/" target="_blank">My Crafty Heart</a>, they were super quick to mail them, the postage cost was perfectly reasonable and they even added a sweet message and a cute surprise.</div>
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The stamps are Sweet Elin by Nellie Snellen. Took me a while to find them but Lisa, from <a href="http://wishcraftcards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wishcraft</a> was very kind to point me to the right direction (you should check her blog, she works wonders!). Ther are four on the set but they only had two, so I ordered these and will order the other two later, when they are back on stock.</div>
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Ok, the cards, I don't consider myself very talented when it comes to scrapbooking, but I enjoy the process, we don't find here in Venezuela many of the things needed for it, so I work with what I have and try to solve the lack of cute papers and stuff creatively. </div>
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I don't have copic markers, used regular Prismacolor and aquarelle Faber Castell crayons to color the images. The accents are made with glittery markers and gel pens, also used glitter paint and glossy accents to give them some depth.</div>
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The cards were plain, using the Fiskars Embossing system did some embossing and then accented it with pastel chalks and a little glitter.</div>
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The flowers on Genevieve's card came as a present with the stamps, they are the cutest things. I'll use some for embroidery. The stars on Evangeline's card are some laser stars bought on my favorite wood paint store in Caracas.</div>
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They might seem plain compared to the lovely cards I've seen out there on scrapbookers blogs, but I love how they turn out, I'm sure little bro and sis in law will cherish them. as for the twins, they will smile and try to chew them (they are at that stage these days lol).</div>
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We were requested to do 10 favors each, but some of the students counldn't make any, so I made 23 owls and 12 candy shaped pincushions. Take a look:<br />
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Also made the matching owl for the other twin's dress. This time I decided to add some more texture so they can explore with their hands.</div>
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And on the mail got new stamps, a set of Spanish phrases and an alphabet set, both having in mind my flourishing business...</div>
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We don't get stuff like this in Venezuela, well, at least on regular stores, and if we find it, the price is usally outrageous. I saw it on ebay, but most stores don't ship to my country, asked the seller of <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/rubberstamporium" target="_blank">Rubber Stamporium</a> and she was very kind, she answered quickly and even combined my shipping to make the most of it ;) I'm very grateful she did and now can make fancy stamps for my customers...</div>
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Also received a long wanted set of WOCS magazines, the ones for Joan Elliot's "A year of blessings", my best liked Angel Afghan. I'm not sure when will I make it or if I'll make the whole afghan or use the angels on individual items. I'll take it easy but I'm so happy... God bless ebay!</div>
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And to end the post, sis Kathe convinced me to set up a commercial facebook page, I did and so far have sold 18 ribbon bookmarks and five therapeutic pillows. You're welcome to visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SandraFProductosArtesanales" target="_blank">Sandra F Productos Artesanales</a> official facebook page, like it and share ;)</div>
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Now I'm off to work on a few things for Paola Valentina, my god-daughter who will be 15 in August, as you know that is important in the latin culture. She's going on a "Quinceañeras Caribbean Cruise", on the meantime her parents and me will be visiting Kathe on Trinidad (oh yes, I'll post pictures). I'm making a set of pretty pouches for her personal stuff and a fancy dress for a dinner party, and if the time and machines are good to me, then I'll make her a funky dancing mini skirt ;)</div>
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Hello friends!!! My hand is still far from perfect, still hurts when I do chores or crafts, but my doctor said I should be testing it and let him know how did it work. My next appointment is by mid July. </div>
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On the meantime I'm finishing the stuff for the show, graduation from my sweing course will be next week, which is funny, today is my Special Education Teacher Graduation Anniversary.<br />
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I manage to finish the other pillowcase dress. The girls saw them and Evangeline applaud lol Well, she does that every times she sees me, maybe because I was determined to teach her to do that when she was 11 months old. I like how it turned out, but still have to make the matching owl.</div>
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Grannies, mom and dad approved them, let's see what the sweet little tots think of them ;)</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">And I'm super excited because a "just because" surprise present is about to reach its destination YAY!!! Remember the <a href="http://blogdesandramaria.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-sal-and-lot-more.html" target="_blank">bag made for my blogoversary</a>? I sent it in May, when the ladies at the PO told me that the mail to USA was back on. That means I can work on the other ones to be send...</span><br />
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Hi there!!! I've been doing my physical therapy and keep getting better. Still will be on medical leave until the 30th. Little by little I managed to finished a pillowcase dress for one of my nieces. Will be working on the other one as the hand lets me. Haven't got the ribbon for the shoulders yet, but I did finish the matching toy ;)</div>
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A black bag, love the fabric combination and the lucky charm...<br />
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A tool belt for a silversmith, personalized with her monogram.<br />
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Most of the monogram was machine made, success yay!!!</div>
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<b>Donation:</b><br />
Two pencil cases, given for a fund raise, one for a girl and another for a boy, let's see who are the lucky winners, they all want it, specially because *ahem* I made them lol<br />
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A spooky ghost for the boy.</div>
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A pretty flower for the girl.</div>
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<br />Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866651039277276650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327379949817856129.post-41106915922518082112013-04-13T21:09:00.003-04:302013-04-13T21:09:52.880-04:30Spring fling giveawayHi! Just heard about a nice giveaway on <a href="http://victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe</a>. You can mention my name if you do enter, that means extra entries for me hee hee :)<br />
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Hurry, the giveaway is next Monday. Sorry I heard about it so late...Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866651039277276650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327379949817856129.post-45812309876312640632013-04-13T20:22:00.000-04:302013-04-13T20:22:46.747-04:30Pillowcase dresses<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hi!!! I've been as usual busy, very busy with the school and everything else. I made two pillowcase dresses I can't resist to show you, these are for a friend from work, she will give them to her 1 and 2 yo nieces.</div>
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I made the upper part of it with a lining, to make it a little more finished.</div>
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Aren't they cute??? I'm working on two more for my own nieces :)</div>
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Hello fellow crafters! As you know I'm taking sewing lessons, Monday through Friday, 2 pm to 6:30 pm since September 2012, the course will end next July. We passed the pattern making part and now we are cutting and sewing. To practice I've made some girl's dresses, to give away, of course some people ask me to make some for their girls, so I'm expanding the business lol</div>
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So far I've made:</div>
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My beloved Necchi acts out from time to time, I've been borrowing mom's quite often, so a friend offered me a sewing machine her sister gave her 20 years ago and she has never used... I had to oil it because the shaft arm didn't move, and also replaced the belt (well, actually it didn't have any). Now it works like a charm! </div>
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Isn't she a beauty? I'm excited because it's easy to use yet offers many possibilities, like free embroidery, it also comes with 40 discs for embroidery, they come out different depending on the needle position, that means 120 decorative stitches! Cool, and it also has several presser feet, including one for making buttonholes, one for zippers, another for button, other for rolled hem and others I don't know what they're for (I'll ask you later on).</div>
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Right now I'm working on the pants and some pillow case dresses (for girls ages 2 and 3). Also started the favors for the exhibition we have to do on July, they used to be the same item, a pin cushion, worked at class but this year the teacher asked every student to bring about 20 of any design we choose. I came across a <a href="http://www.thediydish.com/2010/09/the-diy-dish-season2-episode1-look-whooos-back/comment-page-37/#comment-24225" target="_blank">little owl pincushion</a> and decided to make it. This was the prototype, but some parts were glued, so I decided to enhance that.</div>
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Grabbed my fabric and cut 24 of them...</div>
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The final version is all sewn and comes with a fancy pin ;)</div>
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I'm exhausted but all has been worth it ;)</div>
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Hello again! I'm a bit sad because my machine has been acting up. I even bought a repair manual to see if I can solve the problem (or give the technician some heads up when I can afford to call him). Mom had to lend me hers.</div>
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On the meantime I've been busy with the SAL. It's quite lovely but it's been such a long time I didn't cross stitch that I had a few mistakes, some I was able to correct, other not. Still, I like how it's coming along.</div>
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Had to secure the fabric, I hate when it looses threads at the edges.</div>
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And here's what I've accomplished:</div>
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The Rhodes heart gave me a lot of work, I forgot how to make it.</div>
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I don't know if the Spiderweb roses should have that much thread in them but I do love how they look.</div>
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This little angel, a complimentary design I released past December, went away and I didn't showed it all finish with the ribbon and the cord around it. <a href="http://blogdesandramaria.blogspot.com/2012/10/germans-angel.html" target="_blank">German's angel post</a> has a cool 310 visits so far. I wonder if someone else has stitched him.</div>
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Hi there! I've been missing my crafts, my blog, my embroidery... Let me tell you about the schedule I have these days: </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">5:00 am: Wake up, doing everything we do before going out (brush teeth, shower, coffee, and other stuff).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">5:45 am: go to school, that means walking for about 30 minutes to get to the bus that will take me to work. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">6:45 am: if I'm lucky, I'll be at school, having breakfast before doing all my work.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">7:00 am to 12 noon: work, work, work with my special needs kids, their parents, teachers and any other stuff our dear government makes up (like going to a Carnaval parade).</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">12:40 pm: going to the sewing classes, sometimes I walk part of the way because of the traffic. Other times I have to get supplies before going to class.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">2:00 pm - 6:30 pm: sewing class, these days we're cutting and sewing the patterns we made, for now I've made a dress, the blouse it's almost done, the skirt is half way through and I'm about to cut the pajamas.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">7:00 pm: home, dinner, sit about 15 minutes (no more or nobody will get me up), doing next day's food, preparing the things I need to carry to work and class. While cooking, I'm reading emails.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">8:00 pm: sewing the things for sale, these days I've worked on hot-cold therapy pads, place mats, bags and pencil cases.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">9:30 pm: (if I'm lucky, because some times it's later) much needed relaxing shower.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">10:00 pm: bed! I read a little, say my prayers and at 10:30 lights are out.</li>
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I'm trying to leave at least Sundays to relax. Past few months I went out a lot on weekends, but I need to stop for a while. Saturdays are all about cleaning, washing, cooking and sewing. I need Sundays to make the things I find relaxing. Going through blogs I found <a href="http://kittiesandcrafts.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Haydeè's</a>, she's hosting a SAL for the cutest, girliest sewing kit. I found it past the deadline for the sign up, but she was so darling that she let me join. I'm gathering the materials and I'm hoping to have the first part done by tomorrow, since we're having a small holiday I'll be able to craft (we're not working Monday nor Tuesday, it's Carnaval here). Good because I was missing my cross stitch so much!</div>
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I made a little something to send on the mail to some friends, as a blogoversay treat. But guess what, I was told that "we're not sending packages to the USA because of some problems", they didn't said what the problems are, I think it's outrageous, and scary, we're suppose to be living in Democracy, but there's nothing I can do about it, except waiting to have a lot of money to send them by a private courier, which is more expensive but I don't care, I want to send my treats! Well, they'll be gone one at a time a few months from now :S</div>
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I have a <a href="http://artesaniasdesandraf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">new blog</a>, for my growing little business, it's in Spanish, because my clients are here in Venezuela, though I hope to go International some day ;P One of my favorite products are the therapy pads, the cover is made from polar fleece.</div>
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To end the long post, these are crayons for my special needs kids, made those as a Valentine's treat.</div>
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This is how they color:</div>
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I have a new broadband connection with a less expensive, more efficient plan, so hopefully I'd be able to post more regularly and also to read your blogs!</div>
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Hi there!!! Long time since I last posted. Had been working a lot trying to make my small business more solid. Also took a small break from everything around December.</div>
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In order to improve the quality of my stitched pieces, I bought an ovelock machine. It's a bit tricky to keep it threaded, but now is working smoothly. See how the ORT jar is overflowing with threads??? That's how busy I've been.</div>
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Had to move some furniture around the house, the kitchen table ended up on the craft room <sight calling="calling" i="i" it="it" need="need" really="really" start="start" studio="studio" to="to"> That way I can always have the sewing projects on. It was tiresome having to take things out to the dinning room table and then getting everything back to its place at night... </sight></div>
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On a funny note, the twins finally got their teddy bears (remember I sent them months ago?). But seems Genevieve wasn't happy with the blue one, so she got the green one instead (after useless efforts from their parents to try make her like the blue one). Her mom said "the girls switched the bears after all", well, is a good thing Evangeline is happy with anything lol</div>
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My little brother came to visit us from Houston after 16 years, that was in January. I was pleasantly surprised when he told me: "I know what I want for a Christmas present this year, cross stitched ornaments for our Christmas tree".</div>
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Well, that's completely doable. Instead of choosing a pattern from any designer decided to make it more personal and make it all from scratch... I know, they're professionals and there are lots of gorgeous designs out there, but that adds to the meaning.</div>
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So I came up with this little, not so small, angel, I'm naming it <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/?53nf660ks0c2upm" target="_blank">German's angel</a>, and I'm pleased to offer it as a complementary design for you all :)<br />
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It still needs the finishing touches, but I've decided to wait a few days because I can't seem to make up my mind yet. </div>
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