A Stitch in Time

Tomorrow I plan on meeting with some gals of all ages who share my interest in sewing. I've become soooooooooooooo isolated in the last two years, I am determined to change that around.

Today I talked with my sister in law -- and WHAT an inspiration! She is in late stage but recently diagnosed cancer...and has managed in the last month to find a new boyfriend -- a mere 20 years younger than her age 70--at the support cancer group AND buy a new puppy on the INSTALLMENT plan! What a hoot. I can't even BEGIN to describe to you what a teensy ass little town she lives in--and STILL managed to do that.

I have zero excuses!

This is what I'm trying to do to keep me motivated

second try on this

Lucious lips @ night

and just a new thought or so on Fashions from the Ready to wear Fall 08. A marvelous Bill Blass.

okay, I DID go ahead and finish this mess of a blouse...and nOW...I have Butterfly wings.

Yikes Is it really SIMPLCITY?

I can't decide if this is horribly ugly pattern or appealing. So of course I am using some bizarre material to sew it up. It is a printed silky material -- imagine Slippery Snake mated with Leopard Skin and you'll get the grim idea. This is Simplicity pattern 2856 which I think is a fairly new release. However, it also looks JUST like a blouse I had in the 1980's. HMMMmmm. I am keeping track of my trials and tribulations with both the material and the pattern.

Hint Hint. It took me 4 tries to figure out what exactly the pattern instructions were telling me to do with the neckline..sigh