Guess what I got last week (hint: I told you in this blog’s title)!!!

My sweet mother-in-law recently got a new sewing machine…. Which means the one she got 20+ years ago that is still perfectly fine (but doesn’t do embroidery) needed a home.

After taking down our Christmas tree, we had the room (still near my creative workspace) to keep the sewing machine….

It’s one of those amazing sewing machines that lives in a table. I don’t really know how else to describe it…..

{note to self: I need better lighting in my house}

Having a sewing machine ALSO means I get to dig into the 3 sewing books said mother-in-law has given me over the last couple years.

Pictured above, I have:

• Amy Butler’s In Stitches: More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects
• The Sewing Bible: A Modern Manual of Practical and Decorative Sewing Techniques
• I Love Patchwork: 21 Irresistible Zakka Projects to Sew

ALSO …. Now that I have a sewing machine, I can finish the apron I started for Andrew way (way) back in fall 2008. Yes, that’s right. I don’t finish things. Now you know my deepest secret.

ALSO …. now that I have this I can eventually make the Green Gal’s patchwork coasters or this adorable quilt from Quilting in the Rain!

So excited!

Are you a seamstress?

Any tips or project links I need to see??

note: I don’t even know how to thread the thing, so don’t expect any finished quilts on the blog any time soon …