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Let’s Talk Sleeves

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 Man oh man, sleeves!!! Honestly it’s not super horrible. As long as you keep it in line and it doesn’t slip when you begin your sewing around the seams. If it does then the sleeve just looks all wackadoodle. Yeah....me and the seam ripper are BESTIES!! Ha! One thing I learned is I am just not a pin girl. For some that’s what they prefer but I love these clips. Much easier for me to work with, keeps my sleeve in line when attaching to the main part of the top and I don’t get nearly as many injuries from the clips as I did pins. Yes....blood has been shed.  It had me thinking today while sewing about my dieting journey. I’ve done this before. In fact, the last time I did a real diet I lost more than 60 pounds. I felt fabulous! But I must admit there were some days that I was completely miserable. This time I decided to try something different. So I joined weight watchers. And the cool thing about this plan is that if you slip....the plan has points (seam rippers) in place to catch you a
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The Mess

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 Its been over two weeks since I've been able to sit and sew.  Well.....the actual act of sewing hasn't taken place yet BUT I did get a lot of prep work done tonight. And I can TOTALLY tell. It's my Happy Place and I haven't been in my own personal happy place for two weeks.  "But Kasi....I thought your family was your happy place? Didn't you go on and on about wanting to be a mother and now you are? Is that not your happy place?"  Well of course it is!   But everyone needs their own personal THING.  And what I've learned is that people with anxieties or traumas....they need it even more.  Messes overwhelm me.  In fact (how bizarre is this!) they overwhelm me to a point that I will go full blow out gutting the house top to bottom with everything needing to be in its place and no one gets an ounce of rest until it's done...or..... I sit and stare at it. The mess.  And I'll allow myself to become so overwhelmed by it that I just flat out shut dow
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Hey y’all!

 Kicking off my first post with a video I made on tiktok of some of the items I’ve made recently! My first flea market I signed up for is in June so I’ve got to get cracking on my projects!!! Stay tuned to see more pictures, videos and posts. 
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