
My Name is Sarah
MY NAME IS SARAH. I am a quilt designer and the sewcial director of Sarah's Sewcial Lounge. I also have a business called Down Right Charming. I sell my quilts mostly on etsy and I make pillowcases to donate to patients in the hospital in memory of my friend Kristen Kirton. I am a young adult living with Down syndrome. I hope you enjoy reading about my life journey.

Friday, July 30, 2010
THANK YOU Grandpa!!!
My Grandpa left today. He is probably taking a nap right now.
That's because he has worked so hard this week putting our shelves together for the store.
He made it a learning project for Matt.
They worked side by side for a few days.
Hammering and drilling and painting.
My grandpa did the stuff with the saw. They worked in the basement of our building. My dad rent's that room for storing old medical records.
It made a great place to work. Watch your fingers Matt.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Moda Girl
We are starting to move fabric into the store!!!

Look at me. I look like Miss Moda Girl. Do you remember when I introduced you to ModaMark? Well he came back to show the new fabric for November and December, except I could not be in the store because of all the fumes from the paint. So he left me this cute little bag. It is made from one of the fabric collections that I really like called Dream On by the Urban Chiks. It will be in our store too. I think it will be a great one to make some more pillowcases.
Now about that crib...nobody missed anything...it is not for a baby...it is for our fabric. We have a really awesome collection coming in September to put into it, but for now it will hold some yellow, blue, pink and green fabrics.
This stuff I am loading in now is really soft. It is called Snuggles. OK, I have to get back to work.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Hey Kristen, It's me Sarah
I saw your pictures today. They made me cry a little. Your flowers were beautiful. I miss you. Guess what? We are famous.
The people at etsy wrote a story about us. My mom told me etsy is a very popular website for people who make things so they can sell them. They are going to make pillow cases too for the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge. Lots of people liked our story. Your light is shinning bright. Hugs, Sarah

Sunday, July 25, 2010
Fine Motor Skills never Go out of Style
With the crib complete, it was time to move onto the changing table.
My mom said she thought I could do this part all by myself.
Sure enough. This is just like being in school and working on my fine motor skills.
I guess they never go out of style. My occupational therapist would be very proud of me. I invited her to the ribbon cutting ceremony. Maybe she will come.
Ok, time to lift it into place. It is not to heavy so I was able to carry my end all by myself.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
The Crib
There are a lot of pieces to this thing.
I'm studying the directions to see what everything is.
Friday, July 23, 2010
The World's Best Carpenter
While everybody has been busy in Cleveland getting the store ready, my Grandpa has been very busy in his garage in Canton. He has been building all the shelves for our fabric.
Tonight we went down to pick up all the pieces. "Wow, this is nice Grandpa."
He started to put one together, just to see how it looks.
Then he showed me how the bottom goes together. TJ and Julie went down too.
Oh yes, now I see how it goes. We will assemble them once we get all the pieces into the store.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Too Wet to Work
Perfect timing. Just as we pulled in so did my friend Sari.
This is the RTA Paratransit bus that brings Sari to work. My mom says I will be able to get the same bus service next year. Cool. It picks us up at our house and brings us right to the parking lot of our job.
Well, we are ready to report to work today. There is just one slight problem...
Stanley Steemer just cleaned the carpets inside the store and now the floor is wet. Guess we will work upstairs in my dad's office today.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Goodbye Dear Friend
Such a fighter she was. Today my friend Kristen earned her angel wings.
Please pray for strength for her family. I will miss Kristen. Goodbye dear friend.

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We asked, we listened, now we need your Help again
Thank you so much for your feedback on my sign. I feel like you are all a part of my store now. We tallied up the responses. So many liked the aqua color better, so we changed that. But it was a tie between Kon Tiki and Swirlies. So I need your help again.

#1 Kon Tiki

Friday, July 16, 2010
Vote for Sarah's Sewcial Lounge Sign
My mom and I went over to the store a little bit ago. I can't believe what a difference there is in just a few days.
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Here I am walking into my sewcial lounge. It is almost done. You may be wondering what a sewcial lounge is. Well, it is basically a place where you go to sew with others. It's a comfortable gathering place for friends to come and share ideas. I think it's going to be really cool. We are even going to have a tv in here so we can watch movies. My friends and I will be able to just hang out if we want to. And every Thursday night we have different activities planned.
Do you see that little opening behind my shoulder? I think I am going to turn it into a secret hiding place for little kids when they come to visit during the day. The board leaning on the half wall fits in there perfectly, so at night we can use it for a serving area.
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Now comes the fun part. I am having my own sign made. So I need your help. Please vote for which design you like best...
#1 Swirlies
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Special Delivery
I heard from a little birdie there was a birthday boy over at the store. So I decided to make a special delivery.
Today was Al's birthday. He is the lead man on the job. He introduced me to everyone. They all knew me, but I did not know them.
I had to wear a mask while I was in there because it is dusty and stinky. They all know about my asthma. This is the same crew that was working on my house back in February 2008 when I stopped breathing in the back seat of my mom's car. They watched from the windows as the paramedics worked on me in the middle of the street. They said they were pretty scared that day.

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