Tuesday, December 30, 2014

New Years day before? Give, donate, NOW! MOST IMPORTANT DO SOMETHING PERSONAL FOR SOMEONE OU CARE ABOUT

It is the night before New Years
and I am writing of promising deeds
to diet, to sleep, to donate to others needs?
Yes! to all, and to all a good night
but not the night where we decide our ongoing, always ongoing, fight...
to do for ourselves, to starve and exercise or just do what is right
Give, give give give, just do
But to who
I choose the ones who are close, the ones you see, and you
must decide but just do.

I went to NYC this weekend and saw many in need,  the homeless sleeping in Central Park in the area commemorating John Lennon, my favorite artist, in Strawberry Fields, a quiet zone of contemplation with my son, Lucas, and daughter in law, Nadine, and grand children Elexis, who turned 9 that day and this was her first wish for her birthday and grandson, Nolan, all sat and listened while a homeless person sang, Strawberry Fields" forever...... to the crowd and all were moved.  We can't solve the problem but we can add some help to our local area.

I took my youngest grand daughter shopping for a Christmas dress and as we were leaving the store a Salvation Army Volunteer was ringing the bell.  I gave her some money and at 5, she was thrilled to have real cash in her hand, until l I asked her if she had wonderful parents, a great Memere, me!  and a nice home and toys to play with?  Her big eyes grew larger, pooled with uncertainty and I asked,  we should give to others who do not.  Scared as she was of the volunteer,  she placed the clutched money into the jar.  As we were leaving she looked back, as the volunteer kept ringing, and, I realized that donating, and giving, should go on all year.
So I ask all all of us, not just you. but me too, to try to give always, every month, overytime you realize someone just needs the money, the time, our precious time, that is so needed, give the fabric, the tools, the WHAT that is needed.
If we don't help ourselves and our family, those all around us, who will?
So not everyone in need needs money from us.  Some just need a nice thought.  So sometimes, just sometimes, buy someone a coffee, in line behind you, maybe, maybe, buy someones's purchases behind you, smile at the the person next to you or say have a great day to the next person you meet.  If you were  that person who  receives such a personal gift, would your day be merry, would you smile, would you think, that maybe, maybe, that was the greatest gift of all, the unexpected, the surprise, the one that made you smile and be grateful, the one that said, pass it along, maybe, maybe.......................
Happy New Year
Jessica
the Selvedge Queen

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO AT THIS TIME IS TO GIVE TIME, yourself..... TO SOMEONE, anyone, WHO HAS BEEN WAITING  FOR SOMETHING TO GET FINISHED, TO SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ESLE WANTS BECAUSE,  MONEY IS EASY TO GIVE SOMETIMES, BUT TIME = ETERNITY!
Please give the time to someone you love because we have been waiting for "pretty soon now"forever!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Happy Holiday Eve!

Happy Holidays to all and to all a great night and hope all projects have come to an end!  I finished all I started and then some at 8:45 PM.  An early night compared to other years!  I made a Grinch vest out of a recycled flying cupids vest I made 10 years ago because I never wore it, ugly as  anything you can imagine.  I made this as President of Material Girls Quilt Guild of Central Mass for our Grinch party!  Everyone entered the spirit of the Grinch who learns the real meaning of Christmas.  One, not found in  packages, presents but in your heart!  it was a great times!

Have you been sewing.......

Twas the night before Christmas and all thrue the sewing room
Not a rodent was stirring, not under the vacant moon
I, in my fuzzy leopard PJ's with thread all attached
wondered, did I finish, is it done, does it match???
When, what does my wandering mind focus on?
I am done,  have I finished, please, tell me husband Don?
The  8 stockings, 18 pillowcases, to wrap presents for us and our guild
the 2 ties for Nolan, I am finished until
he asks for another, Aliens, the theme
and I think, can I make it without making a scene?
I do, then the American doll dresses, 3,  that  to buy cost so much
I decide, how!, can they cost so much?
Until I spend a  morning, mourning my time
that it took me to create them, I hear the bells chime!
So I embroidered 4 bags, 12 monogrammed shirts for all ages,
my husband, the Don, wrapped presents for all and now these pages
are about what is done, finished, completed did I complete?
the 2 stockings for grandson Mason and grand god niece Katelyn? I'm beat!
the 18 pillowcases to wrap all the presents I made
I want the holidays to be merry and there's still another day!
but the best things I created are 6 awesome Dragons
for 5 and 1.50 grandchildren, I love and well I just love Dragons!
I created a Christening dress out of my sisters 40 year old wedding one
and lo and behold a new Princess has begun
I made 2 bags for folding concert tables for a friend
in the middle of a crisis of how to finish all and then
another friend asked for me to decapitate a dog,
off a holiday stocking, and replace it by by decapitating a stuffed Snoopy, and attaching his head to the stocking, and to my Blog
I must finish, but I used the decapitated head of the dog
for my Grinch deconstructed vest, as his dog Maxxxx, I remade it and  I lite up the room
as good cheer and fun times and the spirit of holidays, Boom!!
I realized that Christmas is a wonderful time to get rid of fabric from my fabric room
Sew merry holiday to all
New Years, be great, for all and have a ball!

I will just be sleeping!
love ya! Jessica

ps: as I write my almost 1 year old grand son is running!
and his cousin, whatever she/he is is coming.......I made grandson Mason be a model b for God niece Katelyn's Christening dress out of sister 49 year old wedding dress!  Then I I made 2 bags that created self wrap so, use all your fabric and wrap!  No paper, please.....



















I cut up all my Grinch Tshirts that , of course, did not fit!

Merry holiday to all and to all spend the rest of your holidays followings the sale! oh sh.t!
I forgot, PEACE, Love, Life, I admit
is so much better than all of the above........