thinking of getting myself into another project…
…if i can pull myself away from dress making for a moment!
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what time did you go to bed?
perhaps oddly, but not at our house, almost the first thing for cris to say to me in the morning is, “what time did you go to bed last night?” the question is typically asked after he has wandered into the kitchen where my latest creation hangs from the cubbord knob for all (yes, by all, i do mostly mean myself) to admire. this morning, my answer was, “eleven.” The question was prompted by this:
i bought this sweet thyme fabric on etsy (i don’t remember the seller info) and have been loving it all washed and folded in my fabric pile. but, enough is enough - last night i decided that i couldn’t go to bed before making it into a dress. i used the built by wendy dress book for the skirt and the bodice came from a quick sew pattern. i then followed wendy’s steps for construction and was finished in no time!
i had to take a picture last night, but the lack of natural light left something to be disired…
luckly it is so sunny and beautiful again today that i did get a great pic (the first one). now the big dilemma for today: sewing or sunshine? i’ll let the kids decide!
ta da!
so many new crafty things to talk about, but i think the one most on my mind right now is this sweater for my mother. she stopped in on her way to work to pick it up so she could wear it to work. i love how it turned out, but mostly i am glad that i get to move on to a new project!
happy birhtday mom (and merry christmas, too!)
also realated to my mother, we took our frist trip to nido. it was an amazing store, but the stinky thing about it was that EVERYTHING was delicious! i mean, every book i have added to my amazon wish list was there, every fabric i have drooled over on etsy - kokka, heather ross, heather bailey, echino, anna maria horner, and so on…and then there was o-wool and other yummy yarns. minimalist and inspiring. wow. i just did laps around the store, not sure where to spend my precious dollars. i finally decided on this book, starting with the oktober dress.
i also picked out this kokka fabric - a gauze - to make this. when i got home, i found some cotton that i had tie-dyed blue, so i think i’ll try this pattern in that first. if it goes well, i’ll cut into the alice fabric. it is amazing!
this picture does not do the fabric justice! it’s a soft, cool gray with purple (not pink!) and white. must be my basement lighting…
my momma bought me this adorable mostly marvelous ms. rabbit pattern and i grabbed a bag of nido scraps to whip up some bunnies. i love how the arms and legs are sewn on with buttons…and the linen is so beautiful. but, what really sold me on this was the little wool scarf and the bunch of wool flowers on the tummy.
i can’t wait to get these projects going! i’m looking forward to getting out to a friend’s house this week for some sewing and much needed girl time!
in non-crafty news, we spent the warm (relatively speaking) and sunny weekend up on our property again. cris is pricing out foundation options as i type. it is insanely exciting!!! but the weekend was spent with more trimming and exploring, hide-and-go-seek, and a campfire! last summer we pulled up all the large rocks (quite exhausting) and piled them on the edge of the field. the great news for this year is that the fixings for a fire pit were there waiting. it was so fun to cook, eat, work, snuggle, and play in our own little sunny corner of the world. that, and our kids basically passed out at bedtime!
i love the sun.