Here she is the newest softie on the block ~ and she’s wearing my fabric as an apron/skirt!

I’m still experimenting with finding my own voice and style in the softie world and so far it is a mix of hand embroidery and machine sewing combined with several fabrics with ribbon in a loose pattern ~ keeping the overall design of each softie unique, simple and clean. Which brings me to my other exciting turn of events...After 6 months of researching and looking, I finally acquired my first real sewing machine, a Husqvarna Viking!!!! Quite a step up from my tiny toy machine that tipped over if you sneezed, I feel like a whole new world of creativity has opened up to me and that’s one reason my blog posts are filled with so many exclamation points these days!!!! I feel like there is some new direction in my creating that is just waiting to be discovered. Thanks for joining in all the enthusiasm with me :)