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Posted by on July 16, 2011

 This is what I did this week! 21 18 visors for our friends at Lake Martin Voice Realty. I did not take one single picture of “the process”, but will do so next time. I used my cap frame and my PR650 to do the front and sticky stabilizer and fast frames to add the web address to the side. 2 went in the trash can because I embroidered the straps to the top of the visor (grrrr!!) and 1 Jeff wears which has a messed up microphone because my machine jumped out of place when the bobbin ran out. I promise step by step photos next time!

I listed a few new designs today. Wow… it’ll be BACK TO SCHOOL time for us in the blink of an eye! We have one more vaca of the summer (actually 2) and we will then be purchasing school uniforms and getting new tennis shoes for the eldest Gulledge. New designs ~ Apple (satin stitch), Apple (zig zag stitch) and Football Helmet (#2 for AC). They are all featured on the home page, and guess what? they are listed at 30% off since we didn’t get these listed before our summer sale ended on Tuesday. You can purchase them at 30% off until this coming Tuesday, July 19th.

 

 

 Check out Applique Forum folks! If you’re familiar with Sew Forum (which AC is a member of but always forgets to post on…), Applique Forum is more for applique/embroidery. There is a membership fee but I think it’ll be worth it! From what I’ve seen there will be lots of information sharing, tips & tricks and FREE DESIGNS! Check it out!

In weather news, we had quite the T-storm yesterday in Montgomery. We lost power for several hours and this tree you’re looking at here stands tall to the left of our house (luckily in our neighbors yard). It looks like a giant lightening cat clawed its way down the tree! There were (are) limbs and bark all around the yard and from what I’ve been told this tree will DIE! 🙁 Let’s hope she continues to stand tall until that time!

 More new AC designs to come in the next week as we prepare for Back to School, Fall, Football season and GASP… Christmas!! Have a great weekend!

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R-a-n-d-o-m…

Posted by on June 7, 2011

This post is a bunch of different photos over the past week or so! First and foremost, I finally got up the nerve last week to unpack my cap frame/hoop and give it a whirl. I’ve had a couple of visors WAITING for this moment for like a year now. Does this look like medical equipment, or is it just me? It’s really not as hard as I anticipated and I did 1 visor and ordered 20 more to do for my patient friend (patient as in patiently waited for me to tackle this for the past year, not patient as in this IS medical equipment).

If you click HERE, on Sewingmachine.com’s Facebook page, they have a great video on doing hats on the (Brother) PR machine. If my link doesn’t work go to their Facebook page and click on Video on the left sidebar and you’ll see it. I have some improving and fine tuning to do, but it came out pretty good for my first try! I also monogrammed his web address on one side. These visors are for our good friend and Realtor John Coley at Lake Martin Voice Realty!

Speaking of the LAKE, last weekend we went up to Lake Martin for a couple of days to hang out and celebrate Browder’s 8th birthday. We rode over to Windemere to see some tornado damage from the April tornadoes that hit Alabama. It was an amazing site! You could see the path of the tornado as clear as day!

Here were B’s birthday cupcakes (sorry the pics are out of order) and they were decorated by the kids themselves! Looks like 1 is missing… Jeff??

Sis in her stylish $1 flower sunglasses from Target! Sorry again, pics out of order…

Back to tornado damage… we saw homes that were pretty much gone and some were wiped out completely with nothing left but a slab! We saw part of a kitchen with items still in the cabinets while the rest of the house was GONE! We saw “stuff” such as clothes and mattresses hanging in trees, as well as a wreath hanging on a tree where 2 ladies (on another part of the lake) were killed by the tornado. So sad!!

Here is one that is GONE! Not sure if they have cleaned it up that quickly or if it was wiped off the slab.

If you’re on Facebook you may have seen where we’ve been collecting embroidery items for Laughin’ Lizard Embroidery. Michele lost her home in the April tornadoes in Eclectic, AL which is near the Lake. Her machine was saved but a lot of her fabric and supplies were damaged. I met Michelle one day last week and gave her 4 or 5 boxes of stuff people had sent, as well as a bag of stuff I cleaned out myself. So far this week I’ve received 2 more packages with several more on the way! If you have extra embroidery supplies, fabric, etc. that you’d like to donate to her, please email me at rosemarygulledge@appliquecafe.com! Michele is in temporary housing right now with plans to rebuild, so that’s why I’ve been collecting and delivering to her! She works in Montgomery where I live so we met on her lunch hour for “the exchange”!!

More randomness…

Here is a shirt I did last week ~ the AC Flower Purse (minus the flower). My friend bought an extra pair of shorts so I could use the fabric for the applique. These are from Belk ~ love J. Khaki stuff!

I also did Virginia’s Cross on this tee to match the skirt. We have sold 81 Virginia’s Cross designs thus far, and all proceeds will be donated to Virginia’s Run. Applique Cafe will also match whatever is sold! I love this design and it would also be pretty with muted colors ~ ivory, khaki, tan, etc.

I got a new feature on my website! Now the Facebook, Blog & Twitter links are all in one place. While adding this I finally noticed that Your Cart was also a feature on my site! Yes, I had never noticed this before!!!!!!

LASTLY….. I will be at TJ’s Fabrics in Opp, AL on Saturday, June 18th (a week from this Saturday) from 10AM – 1PM! I’m so excited to be IN a fabulous fabric store for 3 hours, and I look forward to everyone coming by! It’s on the way to the beach, so just make a trip out of it!! 🙂 TJ’s is also on Facebook!

One more thing… I mentioned before that we bought a house! We’re so excited and are scheduled to close next week. Throw in a little family vacation and we’ll be moving (again) at the end of the month! This will be our last move for a long long long time! Lots of work ahead, so I am SERIOUSLY not taking any more customer orders until we get settled. I still have like 4 shirts and 6 graduation gifts to do and that’ll be it for a while. Oh yeah, and maybe the visors when they come in. Stay tuned!! I’m so excited to have a SEWING ROOM with a DOOR that CLOSES!!! NO MORE DINING ROOM!!

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Virginia’s Cross

Posted by on May 25, 2011

You may have already seen the new design I added last night ~ Virginia’s Cross. We did this design in HONOR and in MEMORY of Virginia Jacks (pictured below). Virginia was an 11th grader at my son’s school and we go to church with her family (Eastwood Christian School and Eastwood Presbyterian Church). I didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Virginia personally, but based on everything I’ve heard, I missed out! One early Sunday morning this past September I got a text from a friend saying that Virginia had been killed in a car accident the night before in Auburn (AL). She was leaving a football game, had caught a ride to her car, and before she made it there (a mile or less I think to her car), the car she was riding in was hit and she was instantly killed. Not even knowing her when I got the text that morning, I got chills and was so sad for her family and friends. Church that morning was somber and so so terribly sad!!  I’ve learned so much about Virginia since then and she was a beautiful person outside, but more importantly INSIDE!! She loved JESUS with all of her heart, she loved her family and friends, her church and school, and she loved sports and running!! THIS September is the inaugural Virginia’s Run, and all proceeds from the sale of our Virginia’s Cross design will go to Virginia’s Run (www.virginiasrun.org). Our design is based on a painting that Virginia painted herself and with the approval of her parents, we are selling the applique design to you! You can read more about Virginia on this Facebook Page.

The primary purpose for Virginia’s Run is to honor the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and perpetuate the blessings of the kingdom of the living God by raising money for the school Virginia attended for 11 years.

Virginia’s Cross

In other news, we’ve signed a contract on a house and will be moving (again) sometime in June! We have to survive the inspection and all the other stuff but hope to close mid to late June! Therefore, I won’t be taking customer orders (again) until after we move, unless by chance we close in late June. In that case I might be able to squeeze in a thing or two. Just email me ~ rosemarygulledge@gmail.com!

 

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