Just Sew It

At 12:15 a.m. while watch National Lapoon’s Vacation and laughing my ass off, I was reading through Craftster.org. It is a forum on various crafts including quilting. A member posted a picture of a quilt she made and it is so adorable. The quilt had appliqued Sesame Street characters. Too cute. She said she got the pattern from a book called, “Quilting with the Muppets”. She said the book is out of print but can be found on Ebay. I rarely buy books unless they are worth it so I immediately went on my library’s website. Those buggers have it. Put a hold on it and should have it by Wednesday or Thursday. No hurry to get it but it will be interesting to see it. I really like Kermit the Frog. It would be cool to make a quilt with Kermie and some of his buddies.

The other night my neighbour came over with her friend. She asked me if I would sew a blouse. The blouse is traditionally called a Choli. It is worn under a Sari. I looked over the blouse and it is easy enough to sew. So, I said yes. I don’t have a pattern to follow and asked fellow sewers on my favorite sewing site what to do. They suggested I follow the tape method of copying the original blouse. Threads has an issue that has an article on this method. Thank god! I have that issue! The article is very thorough and I quickly read through it. Last night, I copied the front piece. I used masking tape along the seam lines and then blue painters tape for the rest. I had to lay the front piece as flat as I could but that was not easy as the owner is very busty. Once I had everything taped, I pulled the fabric off by slowing pulling it off. I taped the start of the taped pattern to the floor then pulled the remaining off. Once the fabric was completely off, I flipped the taped pattern over. I cut my darts and then spread the pattern flat. Oh god, I hope this works!

I then laid my tracing paper over the taped pattern. With my homemade tracing contraption, I added my seam allowances. Once that was finished, I labelled my pattern and then cut it out.

Today, I will finish taping the rest of the garment. Tomorrow, I’ll cut. Wish me luck! I’ll post photos by Sunday.

I was browsing the Two Peas in a bucket layout gallery and stumbled upon layouts using a new line of papers and embellishments – Sassafras Lass. Kind of doodly like. According to the latest issue of Better Homes and Gardens Scrapbook etc., doodling is the latest rage in scrapbooking. I quite like it. This issue is a good one. Check it out.

Our camping trip lasted a whole 32 hours. On Tuesday, we spent the whole day at the beach. The kids loved it. Poor dd got a sunburn on the lower part of her back. Sunscreen washed off in the water. Mental note to self: must buy waterproof sunscreen.

It was soooo hot! Husband and kids were sooo miserable. In the evening, we decided to go into town to watch a movie just so we could be in an air-conditioned building. The ds was ultra cranky so we turned back to camp. From there we decided to head home in the morning. Everyone was happy.

Thank god for our air-conditioned van!

First off, I found this quote on another blog and I really like it. With all do respect to that blogger I am posting it on my blog to share with you.

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

–Sicilian Proverb

Quite fitting because my dh is of Italian decent. He is not Sicilian but his df is from Calabria, Italy.

This pool was sooo ice cold. We could not stay in very long.