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I thought it was high time for a proper introduction… and so here it is!
For those of you that have been reading a while, you may have noted that there are two of us. Cousins… and we love to sew! And we LOVE our families! I, (Laurie), am older and admit it- SIGH… and when Kerrielee was 3, my mother and sister and I moved down to the San Diego area. Kerrielee became like my little sister. 😀 We lived next door practically, and she was always over (I could get her to help me clean my room) and when she was 8, I’d take her on dates with me- YES- my chaperone!
Through marriage and kids we have remained tight. Both of us started sewing as teens and we have kept it up. But only in the last 10 years did we start sewing together… and boy has it been fun! Anyway, here is a little about US…
Here I am with my kiddos… I have four. A son, who when he was little I would make button down shirts for, and three daughters. When I was pregnant with my eldest daughter I started sewing her clothes. She had a FULL closet before she was even born! I’d make matching bloomers for her dresses to cover the ugly diapers and because it was the 90’s she even had lots of matching hats. My youngest daughter had 3 times as many clothes because she got the hand-me-downs and new ones! Those were some well dressed girls! I still sew for them… and I sew for me too!
Here we all are- Casey, Kadi, Holly and Juliette. (And me)
Kerrielee has five children. Four son’s and one daughter. They are all much younger than mine and so she is kept a “little” bit busier in the “mama” department!
OKAY! Getting 5 kids to all smile at the same time can be a chore! But here they are- looking mighty adorable if you ask me! Kerrielee makes super quilts and even has designed a few. I keep telling her we need to turn those in to patterns and SHARE! But we seem to always be busy doing other things. You just wait though- one of these days!
Kerrielee and I sew together twice a week- Thursdays which we have affectionately dubbed Drink and Sew Thursday… and Saturday. From 11 AM and on until we can’t sew any more! If we have something hanging over our heads we may add an evening or 2!
We like quilting… and sewing clothes. We love reading all your crafty/ sewing/ quilting/ cooking blogs… We are on Facebook and Twitter… and you can follow us Via BlogLovin. OH! And Pinterest too- We can spend WAY too much time on Pinterest!
Most of the posts will be written by me- I have a little more time on my hands. But Kerrielee finds great tutorials and helps keep the FB page up. And every now and then I will nag her in to writing a post! 😀
And that is US- In a nutshell pretty much.
He he he…
Laurie and Kerrielee
- Kerrielee: Gee, Laurie, what do you want to do tonight?
- Laurie: The same thing we do every night, Kerrielee – try to take over the world!…
- Laurie: Umm.. I mean SEW!
Great into! And bonus for the Pinky and the Brain at the end. Love it! Beautiful families.
Thanks Leila- I always liked Pinky and the Brain and wondered if anyone would catch that reference. I should have known though- The Sewcialists I know are quite an intelligent bunch!
Thank you so much for sharing 🙂 You are lucky to have a cousin for a sister and to be so close to her 🙂 Enjoy!!! Yes, and I love your familys. A wonderful bunch!!!
Thank you! I do feel very lucky!~ And it is nice having someone to bounce ideas off of- and help you out when you are stuck on a step…
It’s so cool that you have each other to use as a source of motivation and inspiration! I would love to have a friend or relative sewing buddy.
Yes- We feel lucky! The other day I could not figure out a step (you know how vague patterns can be sometime) and Kerrie was there to figure it out with me…
Thanks for sharing your beautiful families with us! How great to have a sewing buddy!!
🙂 It is! It is!
I enjoyed learning more about you both. I think it’s that lovely you regularly sew together 🙂
Thanks Janine- We feel lucky that we have a sewing buddy!
Nice to meet all of you! How great to be so close to family (you’re a photogenic bunch!). That last picture is priceless. Now if you could have just photo-shopped the drinks in hand…
Ohhhh… I wish I had thought of that! Next time! 😀 We just followed your blog via Blog Lovin. 🙂
I’m not sure if your reply was for me, but I don’t have a blog. Sadly only a Flickr account, but someday I’d like to have one.
Oh, what lovely family shots! Many, many offspring!! Lol. (oh, p.s., I have you entered in my giveaway, but you did not mention your favourite season! I am going to make a chart of all the entrant’s choices, so we can see the outcome. Ooooooh, a chart!!!!! My fave!! :))
Well shoot- I got so excited I forgot!!! I will just take myself back over there and add my season! 🙂 And thanks- yeah- lotsa offspring! It’s what we do best! 😀
I like this peek into the fertile minds of you two- you are both such fun!
😀 Well, it IS all about the fun don’t you think?
I think you are all here to remind us.
How lovely, thanks for sharing! And how fantastic to have someone you are so close to and can share so much with.
We agree!
Awesome families guys! Love the Ren and Stimpy quote. I’m enjoying watching your progress with sewing and your blog. Laurie-you should watch Justified. The hubby and I are almost caught up with the current season and we love it.
Thanks for the tip VICKI- I just googled it and it looks great! Can’t wait to watch TV and do some hand sewing and try it out! 🙂