In a Galaxy Far, Far Away... I am Cooking Something

Was it only a week or so ago when J. and I wandered JoAnn Fabrics, and I selected the fabrics for this reversible apron? 

Per J. the nature/galaxy apron is completed & en route to Chicago. If I didn't know J. I'd be surprised by how quick it all happened.  

J. might think I am psychotic for remembering a line from a poem that she wrote in college, but if i recall correctly she was lamenting loneliness, or the heaviness of something or another as creative writing majors like to do, and there was this phrase:

"tremendous dinners." 

Tremendous dinners. Hmm...  I am looking forward to (attempting) a tremendous dinner that will live up to the galactic powers of this very special apron, made by a dear friend, to whom I offer tremendous thanks.   

Obama, Can You Help this Sewing Mama?

J. is a stay-at-home mother to two young girls.  She works part-time in the box office of a local theater. J's husband is a sales representative at a retail store. 

The downturn in the economy has affected J's family, though she'd prefer to keep hard times out of this post. 

"Everyone has a sob story," J. says.   

J. recently joined the YMCA for the free babysitting, exercise, and chance to clear her head. 

Sewing, and working on crafts also clears J's head.  She's crocheting a miniature village for her daughter, working on a new reversible apron, and a quilt for her husband, which contains squares obtained after posting a call for fabric on Freecycle.  J. has made children's outfits, blouses, capes, felted vegetables, mushroom houses, and rocket ships.

There's an Obama/Biden bumper sticker magneted to J's refrigerator.  J.  has hope in the new leadership, and believes that the economy will improve soon.  

To help supplement her family's income J. has decided to moonlight at her sewing machine, in hopes of finding homes for the stuff she stitches late at night when everyone is sleeping. 

After a deposit on materials, most orders can be crocheted, stitched, or hand-crafted at $10/hr. Reversible aprons are J's favorite project. The fabric is pre-washed/shrunk, and stitched on a vintage Singer machine. Other patterns are available, as well as one-sided aprons for toddlers interested in helping out in the kitchen. 

Aprons would make a unique bridal shower, or bridesmaid gift. Please email ginandjuiced@hotmail.com 

 

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