It's the Great Carmel Apple Charlie Brown!

If anyone asks you to make 80 carmel apples do yourself a favor. JUST SAY NO. This took all afternoon and then all the next to wrap them! At least next time I'll know what I'm taking on (grin). The kitchen smells great and it's safe to say the Holidays are here!

Can you see my hands?

This is why we don't sew and cook on the same day!

A Zebra with Muscle!

This is the Jalie 2328 again in the "muscle T" varaition. A special request from DH to wear under his basketball stripes. I need to pin down DS in his long sleve zero ease version that I finshed.

A loss is an improvment when....

The boys did good! Not a win yet but definate improvement and they didn't quit. We lost 36 to 30 in overtime against a team that was expected to walk all over us. We got to see 3 freshman make a difference and mine was one them (/\/\/\/\/\/\/ - jumping up and down like a good football mom). He may not have done anything flashy but he did his job and made the tackles. This was a fun game to watch and even tho they didn't win we didn't leave feeling like half the team quit and the other half got beat up for nothing.

GO BLAZE!

And it's pants...

These are the One Seam Pants from Cutting Line Designs. I wasn't excited about the fabric but figured it would do for a muslin. I will add features after I get the fit right. Being between sizes I opted for the larger medium in the taperd style. These have too much crotch ease and the waist is too high. Not a flattering style on a shortwaisted figure but I had this tunic (a RTW) in my closet and it goes very well over them. IOW they look fine if you can't see them. {{am I the only one who senses a flaw in this logic?}} 

Jalie 2328

This is DS modeling the powerdry T I made him. He has me redrafting to remove the "excess" ease and make it body hugging. He likes this fine as a T shirt but he wants the "underarmor" look. I guess if I had a six pack I'd show it off too! 

Whatta ya mean quit digging??

We tilled up the sod our builder put down and seeded and strawed. It was already too warm when they put it down and it never took good over our hot dry summer. Sophie thought it was great fun and is certain we did it just for her to burrow in! Middle DS is at retreat this weekend and DH and oldest DS are off to see their fav. college team play. I've cranked the tunes and am off to commune with my fabric......if I can keep Sophie from burrowing in it. 

Burda 3128 and wof 5/2005

This is a Burda skirt out of some stretch twill from an EFQ co-op. (It also goes with the KS top) The pattern is a dressier lined skirt with a shaped yoke/waist. I ignored all the lining steps and it came out very much like the no waistband twll RTW out there. The top is from the May WOF issue. I had trouble with the placket (mostly because I hadn't tried one before and Burda's instructions lack a lot) I fixed it with some ribbon and it came out trendy looking. 

with Jalie T

The same top and Capris with the Jalie 2005 T. More stash from a Wazoodle grab bag I think. 

KS 2952 &3244

This is a top from some old quilting stash to see if I could get the FBA right. It goes well with this Liz C. Fabric (from Baer's I think NAYY) that I made capris from. 

Fast Fun Project

This is from a Nancy Zieman book. I had the "suede" in stash and my middle son needed an art box for this grading period. They were recomending one of those soft sided lunch boxes. It came out really cute even tho my zipper was too heavy. 

Back wall with pegboard, bookcase and cabinets. 

More sewing room with Featherweights visible on the wall boadering the stair well 

The tall cabinet Has Stash. My Books and magazines are in the bookshelf. Embridery machine hides under the doll under my peg board. The CPU space fits my serger when I'm not using it. You can also see my FW collection on the balcony rail. The view from the hall shows the ironing board and dress dummy.