Sunday, April 15, 2012

Damp days projects

LOL!  I usually think of 'dark days' projects for winter but the soggy conditions outside today made me think of 'damp days' projects.  J17 and I made a trip to the fabric store this afternoon after she decided earlier this week that she really doesn't like the way her mock-up of this year's prom dress was fitting (she has learned well why I tell her to make a trial run before she cuts her expensive dress fabric!!).  So, we went in search of a new pattern and fabric for the trial run of this one.  I'll have to post photos later.  It is a really cute 'retro' pattern from the 50's and is quite simple- but classy.  Even with prewashing the fabric she already has the dress cut out and about half finished this evening- it only has 5 pattern pieces!  So getting the final product completed by prom (May 5th) shouldn't be too difficult.  She is hoping to also make an 'accessory' so she can enter the scholarship contest that JoAnn Fabrics has for making your own prom dress.
I even pulled out a pattern and some fabric for a shirt for myself and got it cut out this evening.  It's been a while since I made anything for myself- it should be fun.
While we were out and about, J17 and I stopped and picked up bricks for the herb spiral. I'm guessing on how many I will need. I just hope it dries out enough in the near future that I can get started on construction before the sale ends next weekend. At the current sale price of $.29 per brick it isn't too bad cost-wise for this project. Unfortunately, the weather doesn't look like it will cooperate much.  Of course... I like playing in the mud!  At least the rain has 'settled' the original core pile of dirt so I won't have to worry about the bricks sinking too much.
Other than that, I've not got much.  Tomorrow is another Monday... I'll see how much I get done.

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  1. Nice price for bricks! Can you ever have too many??!!! We did some construction last year and I have finally depleted my pile of leftover or broken bricks. How I miss them for balancing flower pots and waterers, dividing areas of the garden and holding down tarps or row covers. Sigh. Guess it's back to rocks :) Stevie@ruffedfeathersandspiledmilk.com

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    1. I have determined that I did not get enough the first time around and will probably go back soon while they are still on sale. And these are the nice, solid pavers!

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  2. Must be going around, I actually pulled out my knitting needles last night and started a simple scarf, I just wanted to be doing something like that! Of course planting seedlings all day stooped over combined with knitting needles at night has my shoulder all cramped up this morning, this is a peek at what it will be like when I am old and gray :)

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    1. LOL! I think the winter was mild enough that I didn't get my 'fix' in when it was cold so now I'm working on 'wet'! It's kind of nice that the house is done enough that I don't have too many inside projects left.

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  3. LOL. I have to agree it must be going around as I pulled out stuff to make some bird ornaments.

    Can't wait to see the prom dress. I've never made clothes, just repaired them and made other things, so I'm super impressed.

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    1. She did her dress last year as well. The one she had picked first is a bit more fitted than she had pictured- particularly around the hips....

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  4. She is one enterprising young lady! Looking forward to the fashion show - and your herb spiral! Just think, some people actually PAY for a mud bath....;o)

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    1. She does have the rule, like last year, that the official dress can't be shown until prom day. But she nearly has the trial run finished.

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  5. I think it's great that she wants to make her own prom dress again this year!! And nice that you two can sew together!!! Can't wait to see!! ...debbie

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    1. LOL! It's not so much sewing together as we keep changing the thread on the machine! She has used my old machine in the past but the tension is kind of messed up so she prefers to use my newer one- which still isn't new! She hasn't taken the plunge with the serger yet.
      I told her that I'll have to get a dress form so she can send me her measurements while she's off at college so I can make her things :-)

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