Day #1 Expo Outfit (by: Deborah)

Like other speakers and vendors who attend the Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Washington -- I plan a different outfit for EVERY SINGLE DAY. With the help of my embroidering sister, Deborah, that is...

On Day One -- this was my outfit. Deb embroidered the show logo on the bottom front of the jacket.



And I LOVE the pants I wore! Do you remember when I blogged about them? I bought a pair of pants at the Goodwill store just because it had this great embroidery on the bottom of the legs.

The right leg is way different than the left leg. The hardest part of this re-styling project was finding a BIG ENOUGH PAIR OF PANTS THAT MATCHED...lol... Then, I had to cut the fancy legs off and reattach them to my plain pair of pants...

Yes, you're right. Deborah also embroidered the show logo on the butt-cheek of my black linen J.Jill jacket.

I enjoyed wearing my newly restyled jacket and pants (despite the velcro butt in this pic)...but I don't have a photo of me on Day One of the show. (although -- I have another 1200 pictures coming my way). So, I had my book clubber take a picture at last week's breakfast ...

GREAT JOB, DEBORAH...you are the BEST.

Designs in Machine Embroidery Interview

THIS IS SO MUCH FUN...

I used to write the last page column for Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine. And I love it when I get an email or have a conversation with somebody who remembers those columns. Denise Holquin, the managing editor of the magazine -- came to the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup -- and we did this video interview.

YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE TECHNOLOGY!! Please note that we were sitting right in front of the Fisher Scones booth...yummo...

My only regret is that I did not turn around so Eileen's readers could see the BACK OF MY FABULOUS JACKET (embroidered with the show logo by my talented sister, Deborah)...