Frock by...

I still haven't finished my Frock by Friday. I'll aim for Frock by 2 Fridays? I just need to cut the sashing so I can finish things up...

Here's a sewing shot, with pins and markings...

House. One Day

So I just got married. Which means gifts that we have NO ROOM FOR. But thank you for the gifts! We're making the 8 hour drive to Ikea next weekend to pick up some cheap Gorm bookshelves. 

We also had a store credit at VivaTerra. Eh, I'm not too impressed with them and I'll leave it at that. Farmhouse Wares has similar items at better prices. Anyway. Here are the items I bought.

The point? We have NO ROOM for these items. I mean, they will look great in my house one day, but that day is a few years off, at least! One day I will live in an awesome house in an awesome city. For now I'm stuck in Albuquerque.

The State Fair Frock Grosgrain Giveaway

The State Fair Frock Grosgrain Giveaway

How awesome is this dress. Seriously. So awesome that it's the Frock by Friday poster-child! I was just showing the boy how awesome all of her clothes are, and gearing up for the Frock by friday sew-a-long next week. Can't wait!

A Frock By Friday

A Frock By Friday

Next week should be a slow week at school (2 days of conferences, so no students, 1 field trip day), so I SHOULD have time to participate in the Grosgrain Frock by Friday sew-a-long. I think maybe I would be more successful in clothing sewing if I paced myself instead of trying to finish in 1 day.

summer projects

While I think I might partake in the Spring to Finish challenge, I have visions of new projects that I want to accomplish over summer vacation. What if I try ONE project from each of the MANY sewing books that I have? Or maybe I could do every single project from one book. 


One Yard Wonders
100 yards
100 projects


But that would be more than 1 project a day, and while most of them are short, I'm not that motivated... Plus, what would I do with all of that stuff?!


Tonight I will make a list of books I have and see what projects are doable...

365 Catch up

Day 5

Day 6

Clearly some days I take better pictures than others...

Sunday...

everything went wrong. 

Went to 2 JoAnn fabrics and they were both sold out of 90" Kona bleached muslin (for quilts I need to start and finish).

Went to Petco and they were sold out of the 10 gallon fish tank stand.

Went to Borders and they were sold out of Stitch magazine.

Wanted to go for a run, but it was raining. 

I treated myself to pie for dessert to make up for my wretched day.