Amaryllis

The Amaryllis looks beautiful even amongst the weeds :-)

Travel Pillow Sham

Several months ago I made a couple of shams for my travel pillows.  One is for travel and the other stays with me every night.

I drew up a plan...

Next time I will probably study my sewing machine a bit more and make the seam allowance a bit smaller.  I might even get creative and quilt one.

This is the front of the sham..

This is the back...

This is the reason the pillow is so flat..

I found out years ago after I had knee surgery that a pillow kept the pressure off my bad knee and my bad back. I place the pillow between my knees and ankles.  I can turn over with it easily.  I seldom sleep on my back.

 I really should put my pillow in the dryer for a fluff.

Janome Sewing Machine

A few years back I wanted to replace my cabinet sewing machine with a portable sewing machine.  I mostly just patch things now, but sometimes will make something.   I wanted a machine that did basic sewing and could easily be stored out of the way.

We went to our local sewing machine store and I test drove several machines.  The sales lady explained all the differences between them.

The option that sold me on the Janome Sewist 500 was the needle threader.  Just put the thread so....

.. and release and voilà! it is threaded.

Now if I could only learn how to use all the stitches this machine can do.