quick little update on previous wip...

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Quick little update on my embroidery attempt. I used the embroidery work and created a few borders of stash fabric to create a pillow. I backed the pillow in a chocolate suede type fabric leftover from a previous project.





Loving fall right now!

Surprise lilies popped up after our last recent rains..


This rose is Martha Gonzales, showing her pink self~ usually she is a deep red, must be the weather?!



Possibly the last fall tomatoes ... I will surely miss these!


Playing with "Wolf"...

Trying embroidery....

Because fall is upon us and to me that mean leaves will soon be raining down upon the garden. I choose to not bag my leaves instead I use them for mulch. I love leaves and so do the worms! I believe in feeding the soil and so in honor of what is to be I am attempting an embroidery project of maple and oak leaves~
Practice run of maple leaves courtesy of Turkey Feathers (PatternBee is her company.) Here is her blog link I am practicing on a square of an old linen Cotton Maid sheet. I traced the pattern and you can see I am going to do one more leaf before deciding what to do with the piece. It is a work in progress no doubt as I have to work on technique, but it is so fun. Love this project and it is instant gratification as well.

Simplicity 7279

I am feeling the love for these pants! I like the skirts I have made from this pattern, but I think these pants rock.. This pattern is so easy. I had alot more fun making these pants. It has been forever since I have tried to sew pants. I had several mishaps. I cut the pattern on the fold, (stupid), but an easy fix. Then I went blank on how to sew the legs... (Duhh!) Finally, I got it.
Here is the finished product.. Man I am ready for fall... note the jacket. Yeah right, 90 degrees still. Oh well, I am ready when it gets here!

Belated blessing's Friday...

this post got me to thinking.. What am I most grateful for? Right now it is truly my children. It is so hard to adequately describe how important and precious they are. My heart is full when I think of them.










I am also thankful we still have some little hummies passing through. I know they are making their way to Mexico. I wish them a safe journey and I will be waiting patiently for them to return. It is amazing to me how they can be so strong and smart.

I am thankful for the upcoming chance of rain over the next several days. We have been in a severe drought this year and we have lost many many plants. I am thankful for the recent rains we have had and for the rain yet to come.

Blessings to you!
Thank you for reading my post.

fairy house revisited.

I have been trying out word press and have written a post here... remembering when my older daughter taught my youngest all about fairy houses and they together created a whole fairy world. It provided days of fun.
I am trying to decide which blog site I like better. Both have pros and cons, but I think the word press might be winning so far.... decisions decisions.. Any thoughts?

Yo Yo Flip Flops..

Look how cute these flip flops are....Yo Yo Flip Flops

I know fall is in the air, but I tend to wear flip flops until the last minute. I love to dress in warm layers and my tootsies feeling free. I see good gift potential here....

Birthday girl!

Sara's day lily photo.
Sara's sky photo!

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Today is my daughter's birthday. 13 years ago today she blessed us with her presence. She has made our lives special by being our daughter. We love her and wish her all the best in life. She makes us very proud. She is also a budding photographer! Look at her photo's of the day lily, tree, and sky. I think she does very well using light.

Restoring Order..

Over the past few weeks we have been busy trying to update our kitchen, paint the walls, ceiling, and cabinets. What a trial that has been. I am mostly done except for touch ups, trim,finishing the cabinets and ceiling. I know, I didn't paint in the right order, I should have done the ceiling first, but I am 5 feet. I am so not looking forward to that part of the project. This all began because my sister had several pieces of furniture she did not need anymore.. so it goes, but my little kitchen really needed a face lift.

Ok, so then on to the real business of restoring order..we got our living room back..
Long story, but our dogs so love us and our furniture we decided to attempt behavior modification to change some of their bad ways. So, we switched our living room with our dining room. This is quite possibly ridiculous but we needed to let our little living room have a breather.. However, I couldn't take anymore of this arrangement. I think we all felt a little displaced to some degree, So, after moving many pieces back around I think we here at our little bungalow are feeling much much better. I think with fall quickly approaching it is a natural process to turn inward and to prepare for the upcoming seasonal changes. I feel so much better and I think our Chi will be better too!
Here are a few photos of our offenders~

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Simplicity 3732

 

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Review:

Now I am not a great seamstress, and this gave me fits! It was too big around the neck, too tight around the waist.  Ughhh.... I did use an inexpensive fabric in case I had these problems, but still! I hate to waist my time. SO, I would not give up. What I did...

1.  Reworked the neck by sewing it smock style, going around 3 times to secure and tighten up the gathers...

2. Opened the side seams and made the waist slit style.

I think it was a good save, and I can see myself wearing this under a jean jacket maybe?!

I would make this again with these considerations,  a small pattern print, better quality fabric, shortened elastic strip for the neckline. and I would make the sides seams with side slits from the get go. Also, this pattern called for the hem to be made on the sleeves before placing the sleeves in, I would do it after.
Addendum~ I took another go at this pattern... This time in Gingham, love the fabric! It went a lot better this time, the fabric is softer and drapes a little better, and I worked out those kinks.. kind of. I think it's a keeper! Please excuse my dirty bathroom mirror! It is not really dirty just old and tired. No matter how hard you try to shine it up, it stays the same!

I am working on this knitty project for Em, in Cotton Ease Lime and berry. I think it will be really cute.

I am also in the midst of  major fall cleaning and sorting. I am always in the battle of controlling clutter. Laundry that never ends and children that are resistant to putting there clothes and shoes away in their proper places. Oh me... but in the big picture none of that really matters. 

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Have fun here! and rock on!!!!