Walking Foot

You've heard it all before and if you're like me, I've always wondered what it is. It seems to be something that is so clever and powerful. The sewing dictionary at Sewing Web defines a walking foot as:

"An attachment for your sewing machine that enables smoother sewing when using several layers or fabric. It provides an extra bit of hold from the top that works with the feed dogs below the fabric, pushing the fabric during the sewing process. It "walks" the fabric. It also works well with slippery fabrics that may need control not available with the feed dogs only."

This nifty gadget for your sewing machine works wonders and I just love it! Whether you're sewing thick or thin fabrics, it just makes it a breeze. Indeed, it "walks" the fabric. Thank God for walking feet!

Motivate Me Friday # 8 - I need Ideas

I've started to look at marketing materials and visual merchandising ideas. With a space of 2m x 2m, there's really not much space to play around with so I have to think of a clever way to utilize this very precious space so my "little shop" won't look cluttered. Perhaps just my cute mannequin in the corner, a coat stand on the opposite side, and a banner on the wall with matching coat hanger. What do you think? Less is more isn't it? 

Here's this week's motivational quote on persistence:

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer ~ Albert Einstein
 

Christmas Gift Suggestions

Since today is the first day of December, I thought it would be a good time  to think about christmas gift ideas. Of course, if you are looking for something special for someone special, I would highly recommend a kikay bag! But christmas is not all about material things only. lt also sharing, love and peace. 

While surfing the net, I came across these christmas gift suggestions. I want to give credit to whoever wrote this but unfortunately it was anonymous.
 

Here it is ... Christmas Gift Suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness.

To an opponent, tolerance.

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service.

To all, charity.

To every child, a good example.

To yourself, respect.

Imagine

I'm not what you call a couch potato. I don't watch TV, only sometimes. There's only a few shows that pass my "strict" criteria. When I say strict, I mean not a waste of my sewing time. One of the shows I like watching is Glee. It's not so much about the stories but I like the singing.
For every episode, there's always a song I like and last night's episode it was the song, Imagine.

This song is so popular that it gets really boring. But Glee cast version sang together with the Haverbrook School for the Deaf was beautiful. 

I realized how beautiful the song is with it's simple lyrics and also makes you realized how lucky we are to have the sense of hearing. I wish you could watch the video but Fox took out all videos posted on youtube I guess due to copyright claims. Anyway, happy listening and how about enjoy browsing my handbags on the right while listening :-)