Itchy to rearrange!

I'm getting itchy to rearrange my sewing room - again! I have a layout in mind, but it will require the purchase of either a length of countertop from Lowe's or a piece of white melamine like my scrapbook table. Not in the budget for this month or next, and I really need to get rid of some of the clutter in there before I do this anyway. LOL - such as bins of fabric and assorted stuff I moved from the spare bedroom when it became the master bedroom! So, I am setting a goal of May 1. One of the goals of the new layout will be to get my ironing board set up - right now I have a pad on a dresser. I have an older steam generating iron but to be perfectly honest I'm not in love with it. I think I want to go back to a regular iron, one with an auto shutoff. I'm too scatterbrained - yesterday I left the steam generator iron on all day, after having sewed for a little in the morning. That scares me!

I sewed two more tote bags yesterday and this morning sewed up a pair of fleece pjs for DS out of the Steelers fleece - maybe he can wear them during the game to bring them luck today!

Progress

The tree is up and we even got out the Christmas village this year! I haven't had it out for about 4 years for various reasons, so DS is enjoying arranging and rearranging everything. It will give him something else to "play" with during the long 2 week winter break!
I finished the 3 fleece blankets today while watching the football games. Those poor Arizona Cardinals could have used fleece blankets up in snowy NE, as the Patriots were whipping their butts in the snow and sleet! And the Redskins snapped their losing streak, but too late to make it into the playoffs. Oh well, there's always next year.
Hopefully I remember to snap a picture of the one fleece blanket before I mail it to my friend tomorrow. I like the print and have enough leftover to make myself a scarf!

New Friends and Fans

Look at my new sewing room friends!

I've been wanting to get African Violets again, and the sewing room has great morning sun! I have a couple of prettier pots to put them in, but they sure do make me smile!

I'm hoping tomorrow I can spend a bit of time sewing during one of the football games. DH bought me a bunch of tops and jackets for Christmas so I want to perfect my pants pattern in PMB so I can start cranking out pants to wear with them!

This is who I'll be cheering for tomorrow:It's pillow I made for a co-worker's daughter who is a big Patriots fan. I started watching them, and I am so impressed by Tom Brady I've become a fan too!

In the sewing mood at last!

We are just spending a quiet day at home, DH working on a paper for his class, DS playing on the computer, me hauling more stuff from bedroom to sewing room. After lunch I decided to take a break and go grocery shopping. As I pulled out of our driveway, my truck mysteriously turned to the left instead of right and I found myself at JoAnn Fabrics (about 5 miles from our house)! The Veteran's Day Sale was calling to me. Lori had interviewed someone from Simplicity on her podcast and it piqued my interest in their patterns again, and they happened to be on sale, 1.99 each. 8 patterns hopped into my basket, two for doggie accessories, one doll clothes pattern, one car organizer, one electronics items totes, fabric bowls, an apron, and one pants/skirt/tops separates. (I have to figure out the linking to the patterns on their website yet). Remnants were on sale at 75% their marked price (which is 50% off the regular price) so I dug through the bins and came away with 7 or 8 remnants for doll clothes, and one 2 3/8 yd piece of 60' wide suede-like home dec fabric in a rust color. That last one would have regularly been $52 but I got it for $6! I'm not sure what it will end up being - a skirt, a vest, pillows for the sofa, etc. We'll see. I also bought 5 yards of a teal moleskin for the pants and top from Simplicity 4886. That might be the inaugural sewing project for my room!
I did the grocery shopping, watched the Redskins lose another one in the 4th quarter, and now a pot of vegetable beef soup is on the stove while I watch/listen to the NASCAR race. I have to get the cable run into the sewing room so I can watch TV in here!