It took forever (well, actually only several weeks) while I struggled to get the Facebook shop attached to the Old Sew ‘n Sew Facebook page working. I finally discovered that the lag time between “publishing” changes and actually “seeing” them… Continue Reading…

It’s 10:20 pm. My girlfriend and I are home and the car is unpacked. Hairy Potter is expressing his joy over the return of his people by leaping and dancing and bouncing around the house! The vendor show went well… Continue Reading…

While my girlfriend spent the day at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, selling NORWEX products, I spent the day at Westside Sewing just up the street. These are the folks who sold me my sewing and embroidery machines, have provided… Continue Reading…

Westside Sewing, in Cedar Rapids Iowa is my destination for the next two days. My girlfriend has a vendor show at the Lindale Mall on Friday-Saturday. I’ll take her there and help her set up her NORWEX display. But instead… Continue Reading…

My sweetheart and I watched the Field of Dreams movie earlier this evening and then settled in to watch the MLB game taking place 24 miles west of our home. It is the only baseball game I’ve watched this year… Continue Reading…

I love clever word plays and here are some that I’m going to be putting on Tea Towels in the near future.

My “wandering” today took me early to Cedar Rapids for my sewing class at Westside Sewing. I was grateful for the personal attention given by Kate and Shelley before, and after, class as they answered my questions and gave me… Continue Reading…

There are a lot of changes going on in the Old Sew ‘n Sew’s world and some of them are harder than others. Physical incapacities related to my aging knees and anticipated double knee replacement (one in three weeks and… Continue Reading…

This is a source of great discouragement to me … I’ve been doing it wrong all this time! Bummer!