155,348 STITCHES FOR IZZY = $664.18
In support of my dear friend's daughter, Izzy, and her fight against cancer, I'm donating 100% of my sewing profits to the Mattocks family. You can follow their story here...
Please let me know if you're interested in purchasing an item. I welcome the opportunity to sew, pray, and support an incredible family!
AND SEW IT BEGAN...
On my birthday, of our second year of marriage, Mr. Obvious bought me a sewing machine. To say the least, I was not impressed! It remained the root of some tension in our marriage for some time...at least a year (we were young and stupid). A while later, after the dust settled, I passed by the sewing store where Matt had purchased my machine. The sign on the window said, "Free sewing lessons." I jumped at it. We were about to move into our first house and I thought it couldn't hurt to put the machine to use. After one quick lesson, I was hooked! I made chair covers, pillows, curtains, quilts, pajama pants, and a few things that never turned out quite right :)
Shortly after moving into our new home, I made a trip to Hobby Lobby to buy some fabric for a project. The woman who was helping me was quite chatty (as am I), so we had a nice discussion while she was measuring and cutting my purchases. She told me that ever since she was a young girl, she used her sewing time as a prayer time. She prayed blessings over her projects, whether they were intricate quilts, hemming her husband's pants, or sewing initials in her son's underwear! This woman became an inspiration to me in those few short minutes and I vowed, at that time, to do the same thing while working with my machine...since then, I have referred to it as my love machine (next to my husband, of course).
About 10 years later, I added another machine to my collection and can now, also do embroidery. Now, I'm no expert and sewing simply remains a hobby of mine. There is little time during the day to work on my projects, so I have lots of sleepless nights under my belt, as that's when the house is quiet and I can sit for hours...praying and sewing.
My kids each have a few pillowcases that I've made with their names on them and I know each night as they rest, they're surrounded in my prayers. I've worked on a few projects for friends and have prayed the same things while sewing for them...peace, joy, love...etc. I've even worked on a few things for people that I don't know, but the prayers are the same.
There are only so many things in my house that I can put our names on and my friends may be getting tired of getting embroidered gifts from me, so if you see something you like or have an idea that you'd like me to try, I'm always up for starting a new project!
