**new shoes for Ava-roni. Salt Water sandals are the BEST for skinny, narrow kid feet. She had to have them in hot pink, of course.
Oh boy, Friday, am I ever ready for you! This wasn't a particularly stressful week or anything, but I am so ready for the weekend. I think it's just spring fever. There simply isn't enough time during the week to kick back and enjoy this glorious weather we've been having. Of course it is supposed to storm and rain this weekend, but that's okay. My garden and flowers need the rain.
**real life - laundry hanging on the door frame, baskets of laundry behind me, child whining about something. Do you like my new camera strap from Erin?
**these Sis Boom fabrics remind me so much of Lilly Pulitzer - these will be made into dresses
With rain on the horizon, I won't be able to work on my patio, so I think I'll do some sewing. I've been needing to make myself some dresses. Usually at this point in the year I've already made myself a dress or two, plus there's a birthday dress to make (can you believe Ava will be 4 in a week???). I pulled out the dresses I made for myself last year, but I've lost about 30 lbs since then, so they're huge on me. I may be able to salvage something out of them, but they pretty much need to be scrapped and re-made. Don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining!
**I'm going for view C (bottom right), the sleeveless knee length version
I must confess my ignorance. I've mentioned numerous times that I want to make myself some shift dresses, but what I really meant was sheath dresses. With my shape, I'm pretty sure a shift dress would look like a maternity dress - definitely NOT the look I'm going for! After pouring over the pattern websites, I couldn't find anything that I wanted to make, so I went through my old pattern collection. I found a pattern from 1997 that I think will do the trick. I used this pattern to make a dress for my bridal shower (back in 1997). Everything out now with the shape I'm looking for has some sort of waistband - I don't want a waistband. Maybe that means I'm out of fashion, but I don't care. I know that this style looks good on me and they're simple to put together (no fiddling with a stupid waistband that will be too small because I have no waist!). Bust darts and waist darts are my friend.
**I found this great HEAVY wood framed mirror this week while thrifting - $15. I'm not sure it will live in this particular spot, but I couldn't pass it up.
And when I'm not sewing, I'm sure you'll find me knitting or making strawberry jam. Go ahead, call me a Maw-maw. Grandma's are cool! Uh-huh. Have a great weekend, friends :-)
