I have been blessed with a new "job". I'm sewing Teachers/Staff Shirts for a local Islamic school and I'm very much enjoying it.

One again, God has "opened a window" and also taught me a lesson that I should have remembered. I didn't have the funds to go run out and buy a new pattern without any previous cutting so after praying and REALLY thinking about it I just made my own and , Al'Hamdulilla, they came out great! :-D

I forget to have confidence in my own "God given" abilities sometimes and then he reminds me to "just get on with it girl! "

So, Insh'Allah, I will be posting more of these. I'm very happy doing this. I won't get rich, but it is fulfilling and useful too. It also allows me to afford grand baby gifts :-D

Until later...

That Chair I've been trying to finish

It came out really nice, It just took me for ever to get a good hot day AND the time to paint it.

I'd had the covering ready for quite a while.

I just wanted to update my "Crafts" section

Just a couple Wedding Pics

The Beautiful Bride and Groom

Of course I'm quite biased, but that's a Mom's job :)

I was so busy taking pictures with both of our cameras that I didn't have the chance to cry.

They are so happy, I wish my Mother could have lived long enough to see this. Erica looks so much like her.

Because of were I live, I have dial up so I can't do very may of these, but if you know us you can go to Erica's "My Space" page and see them all. I think they are listed under the Frith Family now. :-D

Pictures of the next batch of grandbabies

The first is of my Daughter and her Husband, as of October 11, 2008, at almost five months. When I get a picture of an ultra sound I'll post it too :-D

The other on is of my Son Jacques and his Significant Other, Chenoa and their little Jude. It's hard to see, but he must have liked the sensation of the sound waves because he pushed his little face right up to it.

More later, :)

Update on last post

This is much better. I tried a new stitch from my Mother's stitch book and like it pretty much. My aim was to have functionality and beauty. It remains to be seen if I accomplish both :-D

The Jacket !@#$%

I have been doing a LOT of sewing lately due to my lack of funds and needing appropriate clothing to go to the Mosque in.

Most of my work comes out really nice. I tried a new pattern this week and MAN! It came out sooooo large I have to say that I was really surprised and disappointed too because the material was on sale at Wal-Mart for $1.00 a yard and it's really great. It's a deep forest green and a little stretchy. I didn't realize it was until I started to work with it, but that's not why it came out so big.

The reason is that I actually followed the pattern and cut it to the right size, but then I didn't sew it at the called for 5/8" margin. It's just such a waste of material and these days it has become less expensive in many cases to just buy what you want and make do even it it's not quite what you want. (if you can sew it'll make you crazy)

It doesn't look very flattering in the picture, but it's really nice and has great shape if you really are a size 18, which I'm not, but the measurements matched my measurements, a size 8-10. When you sew you end up using sizes that don't match up with the store sizes so you have to get over the "number" thing and just get a match with the measurements. Anyway I'm very disappointed, but its quite pretty, maybe I will find someone that it fits :)

In the mean time I'm going to cut the pattern down a couple of sizes and try again ;)

Trip To Alabama - Sept. 5,6 & 7of 08

I started knitting this one just before leaving for AL and didn't like it so I started the next one Thursday this week and like the look of it much more.



These were both done in Red Heart, Blueberry Pie yarn. The knitted one also has Red Heart, Navy blue and it's double strands, using US 10 circulars, but it wasn't what I was trying to achieve so I used the Blueberry with a US "G" hook and got what I wanted.

I'm trying to make a prayer rug. After I get the crocheted one more rectangular, I'll start doing shells around it to enlarge it over all. I'm not sure yet, maybe shells. I've re-found a crochet stitch book of my Mother's and may try something different.

I've crocheted since childhood and sometimes feel that it's old hat, but then when I can't achieve what I want with knitting needles I fall back on the much easier to manipulate crochet hook. It probably feels easier to manipulate than needles because I've only had a couple of years doing the knitting. I taught myself from books and CD beginning in 2006 and seem to learn something new every day.

I plan on finishing the knit one and just making a small layette or lap cover. I hate it when I start something and then don't finish it.

I must say that I am pleasantly surprised how soft the "yarn" is considering it's that darn acrylic stuff, but this one really is. After you've used natural materials you become a bit of a snob. The way it feels when it moves through your fingers will really win you over and you become much more sensitive to different kinds of textiles.

As I progress I'll update the photos.