What I won!

This picture deserves a post of its own. This is the bag I won from http://mushywear.blogspot.com a few weeks ago. She is a wonderful seamstress from Hawaii. Please go check out her blog.

It is beautiful.  Thank you!

Take Care, 

Erlinda

Figured it out & What I took to sewing club

Well I tried Chrome and was able to post pictures. I don't like Chrome, some of the blogs I read don't load up. Oh well, here is some of the things I made for sewing club. 

 Paisley Elephant and a head band.

Boys PJ's, size 4. Print is from the challenge I got for Christmas.

Girls PJ's, size 4.

Not much else going on here. Its cold and I am just busy with work and driving the kids around. 

Take Care, 

Erlinda

Help with posting pictures

How do we post pictures on blogger? Can't get it to work?

Thanks,

Take Care,

Erlinda

I won!

I won the give away at http://mushywear.blogspot.com/. Thank you, I love it.

*haveing problems inserting pictures to show you. I will keep working at it.

Take Care,

Erlinda

Ending the Year with Snow

Here in Albuquerque we don't see much snow, but we got a dusting last night. It is very much needed and its Beautiful.

 

 

 

Three of my kids decided to play in it before it is gone. 

 

 

My Christmas wreath this year on my front door.

 

 

 

Snow on our front gate.

 

Christmas went by fast. We spent it up in Taos with family. There was more snow, but no playing. It was visiting with cousins from VA.

 

There has been sewing done here. Just need to finish hems and put elastic on pants.

 

Take Care and Happy New Year.

 

Erlinda

 

 



Prayers

My prayers go out to the families of those who lost their lives on Friday in Newtown.

I work in the school system here in Albq. as a special ed. teachers aid, working with kindergarten and first graders.  I can not imagine what the students and staff members went (and are going) through.

Today at school, the kids were scared. All doors were keep locked to put parents at ease. We tried to keep our regular schedule, but it did not work. The kids needed a lot of TLC.  The kids keep close and kept looking around. If one student was not is sight (bathroom or other pull out) the others would ask about that student. None of the students wanted to go into the hallways (bathroom, pull outs) alone, "just in case". So we staff members did a lot of walking students to the bathrooms, speech, office, OT/PT and nurse.

Kids understand a lot more than we adults think they do. I will continue to keep my babies at school safe, even if that means skipping my breaks and lunch and walking to the bathroom 40 times or more a day. I will hold their little hands when they need me too, I will give them a hug if they ask for one, I will check and double check a room or hall way for strangers if they ask me too. I will do everything to keep my EGR babies safe.  

My heart goes to the students and staff  Sandy Hook Elementary on their first day back to school. It will be a hard one for them and even harder for the parents.

Take Care,

Erlinda

Challenge

At our sewing club luncheon, one of the sewing members gave all of us 1 1/2 yards of this fabric. We are to make something for the kids and see how many different clothing items we come up with. There are 10 of us. It will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with.

 

Like sewing with pieces of donated fabric is not  challenging enough.

 

 Here  is what I am thinking: two pajama tops one for a girl with ruffles on the bottom with red bottoms and a t-shirt style for a boy with blue bottoms. Yes, I know, I have to go buy the red and blue fabric for the bottom of the pj's, but in my defence I now have to make an outfit every time for a girl and a boy. We have been short on boy clothing items, so I need to increase sewing in that area, and sewing girl clothing is a lot of fun.

 

 

I won't get to these till after Christmas (I think).

 

Gotta go, only 8 more days till winter break. Then 2 weeks off...........

 

Take care,

 

Erlinda