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Congratulations to Dorothy D. who were randomly chosen as the winners of Free Stuff Friday and the Clover Stack N Store Bobbin Tower and the Clover Soft Cushion Rotary Cutter!

The Clover Stack N Store Bobbin Tower will keep your bobbins organized! This innovative tool neatly organizes up to 30 bobbins. It can hold any type of bobbin and secures threads — no more tangles! Conveniently see all your thread colors at a glance. Nancy Zieman – This tower has 6 layers of bobbin holders, and each layer can hold 5 bobbins. There are 3 Green and 3 Yellow layers, and the layers can come apart if you want to travel with them. It is approximately 3 1/2″x 2 3/4″. Clover Soft Cushion Rotary Cutters are designed to cut fabric with just the right amount of blade exposed, whether held upright or at an angle. These blades have a practical soft-cushion handle that fits right in your hand. Convenient for both right and left hands.

Dorothy’s winning answers to “What craft supplies do you collect? ” was…

“I have an enormous collection of fabric, started nearly forty years ago, anything you can think of- except something I need for my latest project!”

Welcome our Sewing Contributor Jessica, from the blog “Life Sew Good”.  

My first sewing kit was purchased at Bi-Mart, a reward for “being a good girl” at a doctor appointment when I was about 7 years old.  Sadly, I can’t remember if it got any use.  Strike one.

In 4^th grade, I joined a sewing 4-H club.  I made a red and white polka-dotted elastic waist band skirt and entered it into the 4-H fair.  I earned a red ribbon.  In my eyes, the only good thing about a red ribbon was that it matched my skirt.  Only a purple (champion) ribbon would have been acceptable.  Strike two.

As a freshman in high school, I took Home Ec.  I had the misfortune of being assigned to an ancient sewing machine that was only good at one thing:  breaking needles.  After shedding many tears, I finally had a seam I was proud of, only be told by Mrs. Garboden that I wasn’t supposed to sew that piece.  Strike three. 

Obviously, sewing and I did NOT get along.

Until . . .

I saw a segment on making baby booties on a morning talk show. 

I had just had a baby.  Surely I could make baby booties, right?  As it turns out, I could! 

And not only so, I could make skirts, dresses, pants, and other fun things.  In just the past couple of years, I have taken a great interest in sewing, which in all honesty is the outlet for my real addiction:  buying fabric, ribbon, buttons, and other great decorative pieces. 

My name is Jessica.  Like many of you, I am mostly “self-taught” or tutored by sewing bloggers.  I love learning from other creative types!   As a mom of 2 beautiful girls, I am often inspired by them to create things that fit into “my world.”  I love making garments, which is why I am currently in a fashion design program in pattern making, which I’m sure you will hear more of later.   

Unlike many bloggers I love, my motto is “well it’s good enough,” meaning that I love great things, but I’m not a perfectionist.  I have the freedom to be who I am without feeling like the end product needs to be absolutely flawless.  Beautiful, functional and efficient are my priorities! 

 Whether you feel like you’ve struck out in the sewing world or you were born with a needle and thread in your hand, hopefully I can inspire you in your sewing adventures.  

Be back soon,

Jess