Silverlinings Originals

It is time to play a little catch up!!!  I will hopefully be able to spread my posts out over the the next few days or weeks.  I have sooo much to share!  I think it is better and easier for me to post to my blog from my iPhone.  I seem to have the phone to more accessible than the computer now a days. The first piece of news that I would like to share is that as of April 2015 I am now a legal LLC!! My registered name in the State of Connecticut is of course...Silverlinings Originals LLC!! Yay for me!! It is now hanging on my wall above my work station. I have been doing business out of my home as well as two store locations.  Everything I am doing is pretty new still and I am learning as I go, but I am super excited about this new journey I am on!! Soooo.....since I am my own boss (even though I am still working at the hospital as well...can't quit my day job just yet) I needed to have a more functional and appealing work space. I am very OC...

Hi All, So this is going to be a random post because it is my blog and I felt like sharing my excitement.  To many reading this it may not be that exciting, but because this blog is about my journey in the sewing world and I am still learning new things everyday for me it is something to talk about. I have been wanting a serger for about 8 months now.  I have seen a lot of YouTube videos of people using it and well-known bloggers and seamstresses using it as well.  Every time I finish a garment I think to myself...If I had a serger to finish off all these raw edges it would look fantastic. I posted about 2 months about my new Brother sewing machine (Here) that I recently purchased.  I have been using it little by little and I started wondering about the overcasting stitch. Here is a close up of me using the overcasting foot for the first time. Zooming out to show the stitch.  I think it would look better if the raw edges were a little c...

We Are The Champions!!! Team Pic Third Rail Cafe & Pub Final Score 16-5 August 6, 2014 Hey fellow bloggers!! I am so many things....and now I am a softball champion in the women's B-league division. How I have time to do all the things I do between full-time work, my kids and their sports, and sewing...and I did play softball every Wednesday night.  The team we played (Chicago Sam's) beat us last year in the championship and this year we were going for the juggler.  We have a love hate relationship with this team and revenge was over due!! From left to right: My cousin Megan, me and my cousin Ashley Its funny how they are younger than me 3-4 yrs and I am the smallest :( LOL Isn't she beautiful!!! She was well deserved!! Lots of blood (literally from sliding into bases), sweat (hot days and nights) and tears (from the days we lost and the days we won).  I am so proud of my team, my softball family!! I'm thinking of ret...

DIY -- McCall's Pattern M5400 View E & H At the end of this post....pics of me wearing the finished suit on the beach!!  This bathing suit was inspired after watching a YouTube Tutorial done by Mimi G.  I'm always looking for a bathing suit that helps cover my "Mommy Tummy" as well as still trying to look "cool" on the beach with my kids. When I saw that I could make it by following the easy directions but also go to the tutorial if need be for help....I was all in!!! The two yards of swimwear fabric were ordered from Michael Levine . The first is called Modern Plaid -Purple  and the second is called Italian Swimwear solid in Lipstick Pink . Working on the bottoms for the bathing suit I added 3 inches to make it a high-waist.  Instead of having just a lining for the crotch area, it was a good idea to make the inside of the whole bottom a lining...it gives extra support like a pair of Spanx.  I did the sam...

Hello Blogger World, I have been MIA for an entire month.  I thought about my blog almost everyday, but could not get a minute to open my laptop and jot down a few thoughts or say what I have been up too.  After my grandfather passed at the end of May it has been non-stop.  I will work backwards through the last month. My daughter was selected for an all-star softball team and made it all the way to the championship game (which was yesterday) and the lost by 3!!! The team and the parents were devastated because we watched these girls work so hard an train for a month!! I ordered some swimwear fabric from across the country.  I was so excited to get I waited all week for it, just to have it stolen from my mail-room 5 min after it was dropped off. Long story short..I know who did it, I threatened them with my softball bat, case number given from police, made every call possible to store, FedEx, landlord, they were evicted, and I had the fabric reshipped to m...

Hi Everyone, Sorry I have been away for sometime now.  My life has become very busy as of late and I have not had the time to actually blog.  Not to say that I have not thought about the blog or to see what is going on in the blogging world, just have not been able to get to it. 1) Around this time of year between both my children they have three sports going on that literally take up Monday thru Saturday between practices and games! My daughter came in 2nd place in the Home Derby and also hit her first home run in a game this season.  My son is in t-ball and he is doing pretty well learning the concept of the game we know as Baseball! 2) The hospital seems to be extremely busy this time of the year, so I have been working a lot more and training on a new computer software that the hospital is using now.  Electronic Medical Record here our department comes!! 3) I have been dealing with 2 deaths in my family that were really close to each other in time...

Hello fellow Bloggers, I am eating my breakfast and on my way out the door for a 10 hour work day, but still feel like I have to say something because nothing just doesn't cut it.  I have a million sewing ideas, fabric, books, patterns, almost finished and finished products that I want to share....just have to find the time with work and "Oh Yeah" being MOM!!  I guess you don't realize (myself included) how much time and effort it takes.  I just have to remember for me, it is FUN and NOT WORK!! So on a fun note....I want to share a picture of my daughter.  This past Tuesday was her first softball game of the season.  She plays fall soccer, basketball, softball and also spring soccer at the same time.  She loves her sports and I am so proud of her.  She's pretty good too!! I'm not just saying that because she is mine. Please wish her luck today....she will see this post!! She's in the zone!!! Until Next Time  ✌ Stephanie ...