Well, it is Spring Break and I am able to stay up a little later and sleep in a little bit.I did manage to stop by Hancock fabrics today and acquire some new fabric: a turquoise pique for McCalls 5701;
It has been really nice to get some household chores done, like oil changes for the cars, get the dog washed/teeth cleaning/shots, and do some shopping for a few new things. In particular, I was looking for new denim pillow shams for the bed. Our current ones are very faded and a bit thread bare. I looked high and low at all the major stores and did not find any. What I did find, maybe in a solid twill plain sham, was overpriced cheap product from China. Then it dawned on me, I have some cool embossed blue denim that I just got from the Puyallup SewExpo. How hard could it be? So, this afternoon, I made two shams.The actual color is darker than the photo and the embossed pattern is very hard to see. A few days ago, I brought out my embroidery machine (Kenmore 19001) and embroidered a couple kitchen towels. I had totally forgot about doing those kinds of things for the past couple years. And, in the middle of these two projects, I made sweatpants for my son. The hem is about a half an inch shorter than I measured but I think they are long enough. I'll post a photo of them an other time. This is one reason why I sew. I can make what I need and have the quality be much higher than what you see in the store. I see quality of goods going down and the prices going up. Because I sew, I don't shop for clothes and home bedding as much so when I do go shopping, it's kind of a little shock to me at the time. My DH and DS were shopping yesterday too, for shoes. Again, the quality and price really have changed in the last few years. I guess if I could make shoes, I would!!
I am still learning how to post photos around what I type. The blogger wants to put the photos at the top of the post and then I have been cutting and pasting my post around them. So, if this is a little choppy, you know why!
