Archive for May, 2007
The times have been a’changing
We spent the evening running errands and doing our grocery shopping (Yes - aren’t Saturday nights exciting at my house?). When we got home everyone was cranky and hungry so I hurried to whip up a dinner of frozen chicken patties with melted cheese, tater tots, and sliced apples. I was quite proud [...]
Black skirt - Photos
Here’s the skirt I made for Amy’s choir concert. It’s cotton with a layer of cotton lace over the top and a row of black sequin braid at the tier seams. Wearing it… The sequins provided just enough sparkle on stage under the lights. She looked cute.
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Freaked out…
Last night was Amy’s school choir concert, at the fancy-schmancy state concert hall with a bunch of other choirs from other elementary schools. I’m learning that these are the kinds of things you endure for the sake of your child so the key is to go with low expectations. Last night was typical of [...]
Unrelated Ramblings
Sewing Progress
Okay, so the black skirt that was supposed to be for Amy but could have been for me? I fixed it. My first thought was to just run a couple of big side seams to take it in, but with so much gathering between the tiers there was no way I’d [...]
If it were that easy we’d all be wearing diamond shoes.
Mia’s birthday is in two weeks so yesterday afternoon I casually mentioned she might want to start putting a birthday list together.
Boy, was that a mistake!
I had no idea she’d take me so literally. She worked on her list for a good two hours and when she’d finished, she had made a stack of [...]