Next up: grocery bag

Forgot to mention my next project. I'm going to make a grocery bag using a pair of DH's old corduroy pants and this tutorial: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=177482.0. I may choose to use a cuter fabric later, but it seems too timely that DH's pants ripped, I did my consumerism talk, and I found this pattern.

Sometimes projects just hit you in the face.

Been doing some sewin'

Sew happy to be sewing again! I forgot how much I enjoy it. I spent a great deal of my spring break sewing. I made DD's Ottobre "Hug" T-shirt and am still working on the coordinating skirt. I posted the pattern in my last blog.

Right now I'm working on the skirt from the Ottobre pattern I posted earlier. Here is a close-up of the front skirt pieced together. It's been a lot of fun putting this together. I'm hoping to finish it sometime in the next couple days. I'm a very slo-o-o-w seamstress, so I won't hold my breath. Here's a close up of the shirt binding.

And here's a picture of the finished shirt. DD loves it and wore it two days in a row, which is nice, considering that she doesn't always like what I sew for her.

Up Next

I got tired of waiting to finish the skirt that isn't working out so well. So, today, I cut out the pattern for the outfit on the right. The top will be a pink interlock purchased at Joann's with a black and white gingham binding. The skirt will be various black and white prints. I only had to purchase the binding for the top. Everything else was in the stash.

I have to admit that so far I'm not that impressed with Ottobre. It took me forever to figure out what to trace, where to add and where not to add, and to actually trace and then cut the pattern. The fabric is still in folds. I'm sure next time it will be faster, and I've promised myself that if I like these two patterns, I'll sew them as much as I can until DD outgrows them.

Now, that Butterick skirt . . . it's a dud. It isn't pulling together. I ended up taking four total inches off the circumference. And, as it turns out, it isn't a very good marriage of fabric to pattern. The skirt just shoots off at my hips and continues to shoot out . I look like I'm part bell. Not flattering. I do still plan on finishing it. You know how sometimes things just pull together once they're hemmed? I'm holding out for that.

Haircut page

This is a page I worked on tonight. It completely transformed from its original layout and color scheme. Not sure what I think. I'm open for suggetions.

More Traditional pages

Scrapbooked a week or so ago at the school for a fundraiser for the culinary program. It was four hours with lunch in the middle. Seems like a lot of time, but it only meant a few pages when all was said and done. I got some pages for my son's 1st year album done.