I just love it...

...when people give me fabric.  Absolutely love it!  An old family friend gave me about 9 yards of this blue linen about 7 years ago.  I've been hanging on to it waiting for the perfect project to use it for.  I used some of it a few weeks ago for a light summer house coat.  Unfortunately, no pictures. 

A few days ago, it hit me. 

I had a picture in my head of a skirt that would look absolutely adorable on Sarah.  It took very little time to sketch it out, take measurements, and make a newspaper pattern.  This is how it came out.

Isn't it darling?  The linen is very thin, so I made an A-line underskirt and attached 3-inch cotton lace.  

I just love how it turned out!  I might have to make another one soon. :-)

machines

I've noticed that on most of the sewing blogs/websites that I follow, the author usually raves about their particular machine and how they would never use any other brand.  In my case, I have always used whatever was available.

There are currently four machines that I use.  There is a relatively new Brother (I use it the most), a rather old Riccar, an ancient Kenmore, and my beloved serger is a Necchi.  However, aside from the differences in the ages of the machines, I really can't tell any difference.  I like them all equally.

Do you have a preference?  If so, why?

signs of summer

 Luscious green leaves.

 The it's-too-hot-to-go-outside-we're-so-bored-so-we're-going-to-steal-the-

camera-and-take-goofy-pictures pictures that are clogging up my

memory card... ;P

 Sigh....lol :D

 Peppers, anyone?

 Nice refreshing swims in the pool.  At least, it would be refreshing if

the water wasn't so hot!  We've been freezing buckets of ice to throw

in, just to make it semi-cool!

 The yummiest, sweetest, juicy-est, most amazing peaches EVER!!!!

And no, I'm not sharing!

 The tomato patch.  Just don't get too close, unless you want to be covered

in green slime!

 Precious little boys playing ball.  <3

The hanging out of the laundry... :)

What does your summer look like???

star-spangled denim

Can you believe this heat????  I heard that it got up to 110 degrees in Chattanooga.  Our thermostat only read 106.  Listen to me...only 106! 

Needless to day, I have been sticking close to the air vents all day!  It was definately a good stay-inside-and-get-some-sewing-done day, which I did, most heartily.  I finished up a few projects, started a few, and sketched out a couple of ideas. 

I've had my eye on the ever growing pile of denim scraps in my room for a while now.  I've also been drooling over several headband designs that I've seen here and there.  So, I decided that today I was going to do something about both.  Here's what I came up with:

My model was more interested in her movie than she was in having her picture

taken.  Can you tell??? ;)

Seeing as Wednesday is the 4th and we will be working, as usual, I've been trying to think of something that I could do that would at least make me feel like I was dressed up for the occassion.  This solves my problem!  And it was so easy!  It only took about 20 minutes and I absolutely love how it turned out.  I see myself making up a few more of these in the near future...