Time

Have any of you figured out how to add more hours to your day, or how to function with no sleep? Holy smokes I've been so busy it's insane!!

Sure, sure, much of it was self-inflicted what with deciding it was time I learned to sew and all, but still...whew! I swear, I don't remember grown-ups saying time flew by quite as quickly as it does.

And, the thing is, my day seems to be fragmented, there are really no long chunks of time for me to get my groove going on any one thing. Spoot. Well, that is, if you don't count the two hours between the girls' bedtime and mine. :oS I can blog then, or I can get things accomplished that need finishing. Last night I opted for finishing Lil's Halloween cape.

I was pretty chuffed to get the pieces cut out last week. And, there they stayed (actually, shifting between the bed and the ironing board).

Yesterday I determined I am going to use the antique machine, so I got out my seam ruler and measured out 5/8" for my seam allowance and put down a piece of masking tape. It worked!

See? I finished the mittens just in time to start dinner. I didn't make them as the package said to--they said to line them. Nope. She really just needed the two pieces since all she wanted them for was to keep the cape open if necessary.

I also didn't make the hood. I laid out the pieces and pinned together on the bridge. It's right behind my sewing machine and is a large space. I'm afraid I didn't mark the circles and notches as I should have, so I was eyeballing everything. Maybe I'm not cut out for something as precise as sewing...:oS

I tucked and pinned the mittens so I couldn't accidentally sew them closed, put in a piece of ribbon and crossed my fingers.

It came together beautifully! That satin is a bear to work with, but I did it! :o) The pattern directions specified finishing the cape off by ironing and stitching the side hole closed (you have to flip it inside out to inside right (outside right? inside wrong?). I wasn't thrilled with how it looked with only the ironing, and really, I was too lazy to hand stitch it closed (it was closing in on my bedtime...) so I decided to just top stitch the thing.

I have to say, I'm pretty chuffed with myself!

Lil's pretty chuffed as well. :o) I think she would have worn it to school today had I let her. :oP

I also had to make adjustments to the flower girl dress for Saturday. You know, the day of the wedding. For which Bean is the flower girl. Eek!

Grandma, Nana and I all determined the quickest and easiest way to take care of business would be to tack down the ribbon/belt and pull it tight around Bean's waist. GG and I found this lovely flower ribbon and I figured out the best way to attach it--that would be by hand, coming up one side of the center and stitching down the other. I pinned the ribbon where I wanted it and did the same with the flowers.

I don't think it looks too gathered or bunched up.

It needs to be ironed, but otherwise I think it looks pretty good.

It looks like it was supposed to have those flowers, right?

Right?!?


Now that I'm finished with the sewing projects, it's time to hit the offudio and work with paper once again. :o)

**************************
Sparklies:

1.

Loving my spiky pumpkin!

2.

GG hemmed it. All it needs now is the velcro for the back closure.

3.

I love this wire and hooks! IKEA is the bomb!

4.

Does she look just a little too grown up here to you too?

I was ready to skip our walk this morning, but she insisted. :oP She was right. We needed to go, and it was perfect.

5. One of the carriage drivers in CW now recognizes us enough to wave to us from quite a distance off. I love that!

6.

Speaking of CW. Squee!!!

7.

I don't know what they are, but they're Hokie colored so I love them! :oP

8.

We went out for a walk with Crystal and Emily Tuesday.

Such sweet girls!

9.

I started a CW/W'burg public Instagram account to post all my photos.

My username for that IG account is rndwbrg.

I find so many things that catch my eye I can't help but snap photos. Especially now that the sun is coming in low on the horizon and the light is all golden. :o)


No milestones.