New Skirts

Last year I bought the material to make these skirts, but I never got around to it. So this year, I quickly made them for the girls to wear this year and then found cute tops to go with them. After this picture, Lewlew found a purple "Victorious" top that she declared looked much better with her skirt.

Disconnected...

Did you know that Monday is Memorial Day? Well so did I. But there has been some sort of disconnection between my brain and my knowledge. I haven't even started Americana outfits. I can totally hear the crowd yelling, "DUH!!!! Big Red Truck!!!"
So guess what I'm doing. Go ahead, guess... Besides blogging, silly! I'm sewing Americana dresses for my girls. Yep, wish me luck. Guess no extra frills this year!!!

Adventures in Sewing...

Last week Bestie was mending some pants for her son "Mac." She had ironed on the patches and now was darning them - or sewing around the edges to make them more secure. She had about 6 inches left of the last one when she ran out of bobbin thread. Honestly, that seems to be the only time to run out of bobbin thread. Either then or when you're running a gathering stitch. Which, when that happens, you have to remove all of the gathering seam and start again. Anyway back to the adventure.
So she un-threaded her needle, wound the bobbin, put the bobbin back in place and was trying to thread the needle. For some reason the thread wouldn't go threw the eye. She snipped the edge and tried again. No luck. She licked the end of the thread and tried again. No luck. She rubbed her eyes, cleaned her glasses, inhaled deeply a couple of times, said a few words that will remain unwritten and tried again. Again, no luck. She snipped the edge again and tried again. No luck. She licked the end of the thread again and tried again. No luck. This went on for approximately 22 minutes when she was convinced something was wrong with the needle. She removed the needle to have a closer look. The eye of the needle was clogged up with the adhesive from the patches. Well at least it wasn't her threading skills, right! At this point most people, me, would have trashed the needle, me, grabbed another needle, me, and finished the job. Not Bestie. She cleaned it out with a pin. Lots of people, me, this would have been good enough. Not Bestie. She grabbed a little scrub brush to finish the job. Then she put the needle back in the sewing machine, threaded it and finished the patch job on Mac's pants that he hasn't worn in 6 months or more! Looking back, it took her longer to clean the eye of the needle than it did to sew around all 6 patches. I hope from Mac she gets as a thank you and a BIG reward like a truck load of DCMP and a gift card for pedicures that she can share with her besite. (Mac did you hear that? Hello? Mac? Are you there? Mac?)

Happy January

That is sparling cider, by the way....