Taylor Made Designs

Shower Them with Baby Cakes

 

Linda recently sent my a photo of the Baby Cakes she made for a wedding shower.  She used irovy, champagne and white fabrics.  The little heart tag says "dum dum da dum".  How cute is that? 

At the end of the shower she put each Baby Cake in a clear plastic treat bag, tied it with a bow and gave one to each guest.

 

Here is Linda and you can see the bags in the background.  Well done.

Here's a little tip I passed along to Linda because she wrote me that she was also going to make the bride a Retro Apron.  Embroider the bride's new last name on the pocket of the apron.  Mrs. Whatever.  If it is a shower gift, it will probably be the first time she sees her new name written out.

Bye for now

Cindy

Dumb Mistake

Wait until you see what I have done to my beloved Rowenta Master Steam Generator superpress iron!  So beloved that I recently sent it off to California to be fixed to the tune of $90.00 because it was made in France rather than in China like the new ones.

  

See the gaping hole where it should say "Rowenta"?  Here's what happened.  This particular iron takes about 7 or 8 minutes to warm up.  I have it plugged into a surge protector that is on the floor.  When I want to turn it on I just flip the switch on the surge protector and go about my business until it is ready.  On this particular day, there was a lot of stuff piled up on the ironing board.  (You know how tempting a large flat surface is for temporary storage.)  The iron was not sitting flat on it's plate but rather a little askew with part of the iron on the plastic!  I did not discover it until it was too late.  Now to my surprise, that portion of the unit holds the electric not the water which is good because if it were the water tank you would not be able to get up enough pressure for the steam.  So the iron still works and husband will cover the scar with I don't know what.  Live and learn.

Bye for now,

Cindy

In The News...SewNews That Is

 

In the current issue of SewNews you will find me in the Designer Digs section.  It is a very nice article but I wish they had made the pictures of the studio larger and the picture of me MUCH smaller.  Below are a few more photos of my studio/office where I spend the better part of most days.

 

The desk is made of unfinished cabinets from Lowes.  William, my husband, painted them for me.  I had an outside handyman (as opposed to my in-house very handman, William) hang the upper cabinets and I ordered the desk top to fit.  Very important feature is being able to see the TV while working at the desk, sewing or standing at the cutting table.

 

This rolling ironing board is one of my favorite things.  The space is a little tight and there is a lot of stuff stored in those curtained closets so it is nice to be able to easily roll the ironing board out of the way.

Bye for now

Cindy