Sep 22, 2007 | Post by: Mabelle 37 Comments

Granny’s Sewing Room

The Sewing Room

The one thing I remember well about growing up and looking at all those black and white photographs (dead age giveaway!) was that my (only) sister and I always wore the same dresses. Our two grandmas loved to sew us identical dresses (one of them was a highly-sought professional seamstress before she married my grandpa!) They also loved embroidery and they would sit for hours either in front of their very old sewing machines or on their favorite couches and just spend the entire day with their thimbles, needles and threads! (I always went for and played with their thimbles! LOL!) I remember having all my undies, hankies and towels monogramed too with delicate, embroidered letters all done painstakingly by hand… So you see, I just had to do The Sewing Room. Sewing was a passion both of them shared.

Next guess…

Scrapper4Life guessed The Sewing Room correctly. She’ll get the download link for the Granny’s Wall Flowers exclusive. Guess what the next room will be? All your previous guesses will count for the next room unless you post a new one. I won’t say if someone got it right already. I have started designing the FINAL room for My Granny’s Place (a place one of them loved dearly) I am also seriously considering adding another one because I know both of them would love to see me design the one I have in mind. What’s keeping me from going ahead and doing it is I’m afraid I won’t do it justice. It’s way too close to their hearts and mine. Just keep posting your guesses. One guess per person but feel free to change your mind anytime until the new set is uploaded. Post here if you’d like me to consider designing a room for My Granny’s Place. You just might have a better idea about it than I do.

Here is My Granny’s Sewing Room – the result of more than 30 hours of work (roughly 3 nights). (Both my grandmas loved books – hence it became the first room I designed.)

I confess, I get a kick out of reading the comments that you post and/or the emails that you send my way. (I’ve also added a hugs button in the side panel in case you’d like to click me some!) Next to coffee, it truly is the best way to start a day! Thanks!

37 Comments to Granny’s Sewing Room

  1. Vicki (Chickivaney)
    September 23, 2007 12:36 am

    Love it! Thanks so much!

  2. Vickie
    September 23, 2007 12:43 am

    Thank you so much for another part of this wonderful kit :) Left you lots of hugs. :)

  3. Nita
    September 23, 2007 2:19 am

    I love it! Thanks a lot for sharing it :) Have a great week :)

  4. poupscrap
    September 23, 2007 4:38 am

    What a wonderfull work!! Thank you very much for sharing.

  5. bl
    September 23, 2007 9:02 am

    Beautiful! Thank you very much.

  6. shell
    September 23, 2007 9:03 am

    Wow this whole kit is just stunning. Love your awesome attention to the tiniest detail. Thanks so much!

  7. Scrapper4Life
    September 23, 2007 9:40 am

    Dear Mabelle,

    I was so excited to find out I guessed correctly. This is the first time ever I WON something. Thank you so much for your generosity and the new one is even more stunning than the others (if that is possible). I just adore the embroidery detail, it is gorgeous!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with us all and I know I will be using this soon to create a layout. I will email it to you when I have it done (next weekend most likely). Many (((HUGS)))) your way

  8. Sindy
    September 23, 2007 11:02 am

    stumbled across your site and was so glad I did! Absolutely beautiful work! Thanks for sharing.

  9. loner
    September 23, 2007 11:31 am

    :smile: Beautiful so much rich color !! Thank you for this gorgeous kit !

  10. Sun
    September 23, 2007 12:20 pm

    Wow!! Loving kits!!!
    that orange and purple!!!

  11. Rose
    September 23, 2007 12:29 pm

    Thank you for the beautiful Sewing Room mini-kit. It is beautiful. :grin:

  12. Lunelle
    September 23, 2007 12:52 pm

    Hi!
    Thanks for this new room. I jusl love it! The green handcrafted paper is my favorite one. I realy thank you to add a shadow on the bling pin, I’m not able to do it myself. :lol: Maybe it’s time for me to be a big girl and find a tutorial somewhere… :roll:

    So if I understand the rule, I must post a new guess if I want Dinning Room to count, I must add another guess. Well, I don’t know the word in english, and can’t find a translator, so I’ll describe the room and hope it will count. :lol:
    This room is made with glass walls, it’s full of plant and flowers and somtimes there is a fountain it it, a kind of jungle inside a house.

  13. Fran b
    September 23, 2007 1:00 pm

    Love your rooms!!TY!!!and fun stories!

  14. Lily
    September 23, 2007 3:14 pm

    I LOVE all this stuff it’s SO GORGEOUS!!! Thank you SO much for these incredible kits! Sharing your time and talent is such a giving spirit, and besides thanking you on my own, I would like to say thank you on behalf of anyone that doesn’t bother! God Bless!!!

  15. Sharon aka Scrapcat4914
    September 23, 2007 4:12 pm

    GORGEOUS!!!
    TY so very much for another wonderful addition!!!
    Neither of my Granny’s did any sewing but being raised on a dairy farm, when we got some feed in the very decorated fabric bags my Mom would take them and make skirts for us than I hated them but now I wish I still had that lovely material!!!!
    I’m sticking with my guess for the Kitchen!! LOL

  16. Ileana
    September 23, 2007 4:41 pm

    Thanks for sharing your beautiful work! I really appreciate it. As for a guess, the kitchen or the dining room.
    Thanks again. We are blessed that you share your hard work so generously.

  17. cla
    September 23, 2007 4:42 pm

    Thank you for sharing your work and creativity

  18. Glenda
    September 23, 2007 5:50 pm

    Well, I got one of Granny’s rooms – that’s better than none. Thanks for sharing. I may have something else, come to think of it, anyway, thanks so much.

  20. Michelle
    September 23, 2007 6:55 pm

    :idea: Could the next room be her pantry? That’s always been my favorite room in her whole house because that’s where she stashed a week’s worth of her baked goods after baking on Saturdays. Her canned jam was also here as well as my Grandpa’s Deer Jerky. Of course the dining room is where we’d all eat together but if she was giving me something extra special, I’d just meet her at the pantry, then run outside with a mouthful of heaven. lol Thank you for all of your room kits. They really are just awesome and I love to reminisce about similar stories after hearing yours.

  21. scrapgurl14
    September 23, 2007 7:53 pm

    wow the sewing room kit is really pretty! I love the purple paper most and the moss green ribbon! Thanks so much for these beautiful kits!!!

  22. KimberlyRose
    September 23, 2007 8:39 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing!

  23. Mar
    September 23, 2007 8:51 pm

    The embroideries are stunning. Keep up the good work. I’d go for the Dining Room, too.

  24. Monica Inspired
    September 23, 2007 10:27 pm

    This is absolutely AWESOME – I’m not surprised that it took so long to design, it is so cleverly created, perfectly co-ordinated and of outstanding quality. Thank you for sharing all your superb designs with us all. You are an incredibly talented designer with a warm and generous heart. I do realise that you use much of your precious time in making gifts for us and I truly appreciate your generosity.
    I wonder if the next room could be Granny’s Kitchen. I remember my Grandma cooking lovely stews and treacle sponge puddings wrapped in muslin. Oh the happy memories.
    Hugs and Blessings. :) Mo

  25. Erica
    September 23, 2007 11:37 pm

    :idea: Can’t wait to try the Sewing Room!!!

  26. Gaye
    September 24, 2007 12:24 am

    Hi Mabelle! Honestly, I’m always looking forward to the stories behind your digikits more than the kits themselves. haha! Reading your stories reminded mo of my grannies as well. My guess is dining room.

    Thank you! :grin:

  27. Fishinmom
    September 24, 2007 2:37 pm

    :razz: Hi hon – I absolutely love your work!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Just wanted to let you know I’ve tagged you!! LOL! Sorry!! Check out my blog to find out what you have to spill your beans about!!

    Hugs
    Kimberly
    http://fishinmom.blogspot.com

  28. malacima
    September 25, 2007 8:00 am

    thank you!!!absolutely beautiful!!

  29. Paula
    September 25, 2007 8:31 am

    My Grandma’s favorite place to be was in the Kitchen!
    Thanks for the great kits and the memories they have evoked.

  30. Barbwire
    September 25, 2007 2:46 pm

    I think the next room is going to be the “cooking room” or kitchen where all grandma’s created such wonderful pies and stuff. LOL

  31. Colette
    September 25, 2007 6:55 pm

    The sewing room is so beautiful, thank you, I am going to go for Granny’s Bedroom next as it was always one of my favourite places when I was a little girl.

  32. Anne
    September 26, 2007 3:51 am

    Thank you so much these are just gorgeous, love them

  33. cefalu
    September 27, 2007 6:17 pm

    I have just found your site and I love this Granny series. I have gotten all of them except Granny.s Reading Room. Is there a chance you will give that one out again?.I am scrapping my genealogy and it is just beautiful.

  34. grammy201
    September 28, 2007 9:37 am

    Just came across this kit; it looks absolutely stunning! As I was reading all of your posts it brought back some wonderful memories for me. I have a beautiful old quilt that my granny made and I often use it to cuddle on the couch while watching TV and sometimes I just use it to feel close to her, she was a wonderful person.
    Thank you for sharing your talent and hard work with us and thank you for bringing back many memories and putting a big smile on my face! Hugs

  35. TexasHeart
    September 28, 2007 2:30 pm

    All I can say is WOW! Your creations are beautiful. I just happened upon your blog by chance and am glad I did! I so love nostalgic and antique things. Your My Granny’s series is wonderful. It has made me think of my own long gone grandmother and how wonderful it was as a child to visit her house. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing it. Sorry I have not found you sooner as I can see how lovely the other parts to your My Granny’s…kit is. I will visit regularly now! If it is not too late to guess…how ’bout My Granny’s Parlor?

  36. coleflower
    October 2, 2007 5:04 am

    EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  37. Carola
    October 8, 2007 2:30 pm

    Beautiful and so warm looking set.
    My grandma would have liked the colors too…..LOL
    Unfortunately I didnt get the set in time :cry:

    Keep up your lovely work and I will surely sign up on Feedburner…..dont want to miss anything else.

    Hugs
    Carola