Sewing Machine

My daughter has a brother basic model machine and I was not very comfortable with the speed of that and was looking for some other good one for sometime now.When I went to visit my son in Florida I visited an acquaintance through my blog who also lives in Florida.She and her husband were very nice and courteous to us.We never felt like that we were  meeting them for the first time.She has a Brother machine and it was loaded with features which I couldn't resist.So I was searching the net for a good deal for the same.Last week when we went for shopping I saw that machine in Wal mart and It was in the clearance and WOW! it was a steal.I GOT IT!The machine is very nice and has an extension table too....I tried all the decorative stitches and as usual some are not that good but many are very good and can be used  in dresses as decorative stitches.

Frock

This material has been there for quite sometime and I was waiting to use it the best way possible.Now it was just enough to stitch a frock,and I planned to stitch it.I bought the lace in JoAnn fabrics during the memorial day sale.I will also post the pictures of the laces I bought along with this one.Bought some buttons too.Here I used a square button and I am happy to see the end result.Waiting for your comments as it encourages me a lot.

Back after a long break.

I was really really busy with my grand children and I was not able to do any embroidery.But managed to stitch a frock for my granddaughter TARA.As Deepa wrote in her blog about thrifty moms,I too do the same .Saving all fabric pieces remaining to use in the future.This is one such piece which I stitched for my daughter 6 years back:).After long long time I am stitching a frock.Waiting for your views and comments..I will soon post a picture of the little angel wearing the dress....

Rangoli

Here is something interesting that I want to share with you all.I was very impressed when I saw this.The basic drawing was done by my brothers son in law and the rangoli colouring was done by his sister.Don't you think this is a stunning piece of work?

From The US :)

We arrived in the US  and are having a great time with our daughter and grand children.My first grandson (Rishi)is turning 5 this 20th and he remembered us  and instantly sprang into my hands.The smaller one(Tara) is just 1 1/2 year old  and had problem in relating to  us immediately as she was just 4 months old when we saw her last..It is so nice be back with the kids.We both are enjoying the stay here.We are leaving to Florida after the B'Day and will be with our son for a month and there also is a cute little boy(Tarun) who is only 7 months old.Our hand will be full throughout the trip.If I find some time I want to practice Aari embroidery and do some bunka too.I also got materials to stitch some frocks for my grand daughter.Let me see...how it goes.But surely will find time to go through all the blogs :).
We went to the Sewing and Quilting Expo and saw a lot of Gadgets mostly for quilting.I went to this Expo during my last visit too but this time I didn't find many sewing machines which I was interested in.Any way I am thinking of buying a machine which will do chain stitch and embroider alphabets too.

Framed Bunka!

Finally I got the 'Bunka Pansy'framed.Even though I completed this long back,I was very reluctant to leave the embroidery in the shop for framing.And finally I had to give in as I had no choice.And here it is..........

Flat stitch embroidered Tops

I had left a little bit of embroidery in this tops and today I completed that too.Here is the finished one.