Hubby is home, and I'm back to sewing!

After 4 weeks in the hospital and 1 week at in-patient rehab, hubby is finally home!  Yes, he was supposed to be in rehab for 2-3 weeks, but he insisted on coming home after 1 week.  He will be doing his rehab at home, with a therapist coming to the house.  He's still pretty weak, but not as weak as he was.  He is still having to walk with a walker, and he has a wheelchair for when we go somewhere.  It's just going to take some time to get his full strength back.

Here are a few of the wristlet and key fob sets that I've made this past week. They each have a cellphone pocket on the back.

 

This Peace Sign set is sold!

This stars wristlet has a matching key fob, but I took the picture before I got the key fob made!

 

 

The next photos are horrible, but I made this set at the last minute to donate to a fundraising auction.  I didn't get a chance to make a decent picture before leaving for the auction, so I had to take the picture at the auction, where the lighting was less than ideal, plus I had to use hubby's cellphone to take the pic!

Front of the Ole Miss wristlet

 

I used a coordinating fabric to make the cellphone pocket on the back!

 

I'm working on a custom order tomorrow.  It will be a Breast Cancer wristlet and key fob.  I'm hoping it turns out cute!

 

Have a great week!

Peggy



Well, Hubby is doing much better and has regained ALL his kidney function!  YEAH!  His strength, however, is being really pokey about coming back, so he is now in rehab for the next 2 to 3 weeks.  He will be having therapy 3 hours per day at the hospital's rehab center as opposed to 1 hour per day at the rehab facility (nursing home that provides rehab) they originally wanted to send him to.  His doctor who is monitoring the bone infection in his foot wanted him in the hospital facility so the doctor can keep an eye on his foot.  So far, his foot is looking much better, but those bone infections are nasty lil' critters, so it's best to keep a close watch on 'em.

I won't be able to stay with him at the rehab center, and finances dictate that I not burn up all our money traveling an hour there every day, so I will be getting back to sewing in a couple of days.  I just need to take care of a few household type things (like DIRT), first!

Enjoy your weekend!

Peggy

An itty-bitty tick...

...can fell a grown man!

Yep!  You read that right!  A teensy-tiny tick put my  250-lb. husband into ICU for 4 days!

My hubby was sick all day last Friday.  In the wee hours of Saturday morning, he was unable to get out of bed and threw up on himself, although not quite on me.  Enough got onto my arm that I woke up.  I jumped out of bed and rushed around to help him to the bathroom.

The poor man could not even sit up, and I could NOT pull him up!  I got a pan for him to be sick in and a fresh t-shirt, and washed him up as best as I could.  I tried once more to get him up, and he was able to get to his feet, but could not make it all the way into the bathroom.  Got him back to the bed just before his legs gave out, and he fell back into the bed.

I called an ambulance.

The EMTs couldn't figure out what was wrong, but agreed that he should go to the hospital to get checked out.  Hubby said he wasn't going to the hospital.  We argued for a few minutes before I told him that if he stayed home, he'd be lying in the mess he made because I could NOT help him up.  One of the EMTs finally talked him into going to the hospital.

We got to the hospital just before 5 a.m. and were in the ER until after 2:30 p.m.  Late in the evening, after getting him settled into a room, I went home to get his PJs and toiletries.  Since it's a 47 mile trip to the hospital, I was going to sleep at home and go back in the morning.

Sunday morning, a nurse called me and told me that his blood pressure had dropped dangerously low and that he had experienced some confusion, so he had been moved to ICU.  I hustled myself out the door and to the hospital.

He was a little better, and was stable by the time I got there.  However, his kidneys stopped functioning.  He has had 3 sessions of dialysis now, although his kidneys have started working again.  The dialysis is to help rid his body of infection caused by a tick bite.

Oh!  And, he has an active bone infection in his foot!  He is a diabetic with neuropathy in his feet, and has had two occasions where he had injuries to his feet that resulted in both a staph infection and the bone infection.  Apparently, the tick bite woke up the dormant bone infection!

It's been a long, rough week for my sweet hubby, and I'm kind of pooped, too!

Needless to say, that is why there has been no sewing or vinyling going on this week!

As soon as I get him home, the ol' sewing machine will get going, as I have three orders to fill.

Have a blessed Mother's Day!

Peggy

Wizzie to the Rescue!

After I finished the wristlet in my last post, I quilted up a few more pieces of fabric to make some more wristlets.  I picked up the right ribbon to make the matching key fob to the tulip wristlet, and set out to get that made.

Ummm....a slight problem!  It seems that my embroidery machine did not want to turn back into a sewing machine!  I have a Brother PE-850 that has an embroidery attachment to convert it into an embroidery machine.  When this attachment is on the machine, the feed dogs drop down because they aren't needed.  When you remove the attachment, the feed dogs are supposed to pop back up for use as a sewing machine.

My feed dogs didn't pop up!  Grrr!  I removed the cover plate, brushed out the lint, and removed a couple of errant loose threads, ran the air duster over the innards of the machine, and then oiled the mechanism.   Didn't work!

What to do?  I was going to drop off the key fob today (I had already dropped off the wristlet), and I needed to get it sewn up!  I looked over in the corner  and spied my sadly neglected, 42-year-old Wizard sewing machine, which hasn't been used in about 12 years.  So, I pulled Wizzie out of the corner, wiped her down, oiled her up, adjusted the tension, and she sewed like a top!  I got the key fob sewn up in record time!

I'm pulling Wizzie out of retirement.  I figure that I can save time by not having to switch my Brother back and forth between embroidery and regular sewing by just leaving it set up for embroidery and putting Wizzie to work for straight stitching.

Wizzie has been too good a sewing partner for me to just ignore her.  I made countless things for myself and my children on her.  Sewing on her this morning brought back lots of sweet memories!

So, even though I still need to work on those darned ol' feed dogs, I am so glad to know that Wizzie still sews so beautifully and that I still have her!

Have a great weekend!

Peggy

Another Wristlet

I  whipped this little wristlet up yesterday.  The fabric has tiny red, yellow, and blue tulips on a navy background.  None of the felt flower buttons in my stash worked as décor, so I digitized my own appliqued and embroidered tulip to adorn the front and added ric rac as an added touch.  I still need to make the zipper pull and key fob, but I think the wristlet turned out pretty cute!

Have a great hump day!

Peggy

Personalized I-Phone Case

 

Today, I personalized an I-Phone 4 case for a customer.  Since chevrons are so popular these days, I designed a circle with a chevron pattern in the middle, and then applied the monogram in a contrasting color.  I have a few of these cases, but will get more when I see how well they sell. 

 

I have a couple of different designs worked up and will be working on more.

 

I am offering these cases for $6 each, plus actual shipping.

 

Have a great weekend!

Peggy

Fobs, Fobs, and More Fobs!

It seems like I'm covering myself up in key fobs!

 

These are but a sampling of the key fobs I've made!  My daughter has sold a bunch of them for me!

 

Basic key fob is $5, plus actual shipping.  Key fob that is monogrammed directly onto the key fob $7, plus actual shipping.  Key fobs with covered monogrammed buttons or handmade flower trim $8, plus actual shipping.

I'll post individual pictures of what I have in stock later.

Peggy