A Gardening Spirit

I have had a week to forget, ALMOST! I have made several trips to Kissimmee and two trips to Orlando so far......
This from a girl who can go without leaving the house for DAYS!! All of them were "must do" trips, for myself or a family member. I drove my Mom to the eye doctors today. It's always nice to have time with her. However, even trips of this nature( less than an hour away) take ALOT out of me,  physically and mentally. That being said, ON Tuesday , I got a little thrifting in ALL BY MYSELF!!! Whoooohooo!!!!!  AND I found the sweetest little frame for under a buck. YEA:)

my " front porch" HAhaheeeheE:)

I just luv it! ( And I know that the caption is SOO true)  It makes me want to get outside and DO SOMETHING! I have really not done much outside this year.  It is a little depressing, and .....OK I CONFESS....I have been a little JEALOUS of all this wonderful gardening and sprucing up and OUTSIDE living area space you Ladies in Blogsville have been showing off, emm SHARING with me. Maybe,  I will be able to add it back into my life soon.  I really like my new Rheumy. He seems to think he can help me.  I am guardedly hopeful!

I also, finally made up my "summer" wreath on the front door.( Really it was PRACTICE Session for the almost here FALL season:)  It needs something MORE, but I haven't got there yet! This is a pic of  what's been done so far!

AS you can see The TOP still needs a little work. Hopefully it will get THERE B4 it's time to change it out for fall...LOL

This was all "stash" stuff.  I am not buying something new for it!  And I never go nuts with the wreath and glue everything in.  Although, there would be a lot more possibilities,  it makes it easier to change out come the next season/holiday! Feel free to OFFER SOME IDEAS on how to FIX it! :)

Fish Fry anyone??

What a WHIRL these last few days have been! I spent most of  Sat. night and yesterday recuperating.  I am happy to report that TODAY is a much better day(physically).  I was up late Friday working on some last minute projects to put out in a yard sale at my best friends. I lugged all of my "JUNK" over to her house Friday and we had a one day sale on Saturday! For a one day sale we did pretty good. :) YEAAAAA!!!!
Unfortunately very few people even asked about my work:(  But hey, it was a yard sale, after all. Not quite the setting for handmade goods!  SOOOOO, what did I have up for grabs?  Well, 

LET ME SHOW YOU!

Anyone in the MOOD for some FISH????  The denim here is RECLAIMED from a large pair of jeans. The fish print is RECLAIMED from a shower curtain. The light blue fabric(on the adult apron) is RECLAIMED from a sheet.

Total Cost to ME:

Thread & Time

   

NOT bad at all.  Don't you agree?? The great thing about this set is that it's more of a Unisex set, without the ruffles and "prettiness" of my other aprons. And, because the denim is such a nice weight, I did not have to line them. AND, I actually got to use a SERGER with this project......( my attempts at threading said serger is a WHOLE 'nother story girls!!!)
I see some Christmas gifts in the making, Don't YOU??? I've got a couple other projects(WELL, it is more than a couple)  I am working on, stay tuned for more adventure:)
I'm linkin up to   It' So Very Thrifty!

 

Hope you all had a wonderful, Peaceful weekend!!

Simplicity 7258 A dress in review:)

 Ahhhh, patterns.....


This is one I picked up (FREE:). The material came from GMO's ( my grandma) stash I inherited!  FREE+FREE=Good4Me....GRIN!

 

I  really  like the empire waistline of these dresses. I pretend  ummm believe they make me appear taller. Not that I am short at 5'6" (except in my family, then I'm the runt:) I choose View #2 to try. It looks to be the easiest of the 3 "Easy to Sew" options!  This truly meets the "Labor of Love" criteria!  I couldn't begin to count how many times I had to make use of my trusty lil' seam ripper. (I have heard only a real seamstress trusts that particular tool...hahaha) I, AGAIN, had to learn the hard way that those pattern "markings" actually HELP! And then there were the parts I had to redo, CAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T WORK!!!!  (hmmmph, Can YOU say facing is YOUR friend????)  I actually have b4 and after pics of my dress.....

  I LOVE LOVE LOVE this print. The leaves are a greeny gold color   (PuHleeze don't try to find that on the color wheel:) The print is a polyester? and the solid is a cotton or cotton blend??  and is a heavier weight than the print. but I love the combo....I do NOT however love how these sleeves ended up, even more so when I actually tried it on! The neckline was almost choking me, too!!  Maybe I just love HACKING things up???? Does anyone know of a  PATTERN THERAPIST I could speak to? 

SOOO, I hacked  rePositioned the sleeve ends and neckline

 AND this is where I ended up....   

  

This is my fave pic....SEE MY SUPER MOMMY speed???

And YES that's Goose trying to drag a chair over so SHE can get in on the photos:)

All in all, I have to say that this pattern is one I'll be trying again......

WITHOUT the stinkin facing!