ta-daaaa!!!!

i finished the skirt!

the pattern nearly killed me, it looks like crap, but i finished it all by myself! and i promised to wear it out in public tomorrow to show my sisters. so please, if you happen to see me sporting this homemade disaster, stand really really far away

{that way it will look halfway decent}

and today in class i pulled out my new pattern for another skirt only to find out i bought a size 22.

mom got a good kick out of that one

dishtowel dreams

instead of letting those miles of "practice" fabric go to waste, i set out to make a new dishtowel. i know you may be thinking this is quite a simple task, but it was a task indeed. i was insistant on my straight lines because, afterall, it must live up to anthropologie's standards since i own a couple of their dishtowels. and might i say it lived up! 

chris: there will be no such pictures of "the purse" {if you can even call it that} since it will never see the light of day, or be seen by even my camera!

 

adventures in sewing

last night was the beginning of a new adventure. it involved b, a sewing machine and an extremely patient sis-in-law. oh and 2 and a half yards of fabric because i have no concept of how much fabric actually goes into this amazing talent. {fyi, only 1/2 a yard is necessary to construct a purse}. yes you heard me right, i made a purse. it looks like total crap but oh it is glorious crap! i cant believe my first time ever TOUCHING a sewing machine i made something! i seriously thought therena was just going to have me sew a straight line along the edge and call it quits. she came fully prepared to sew a complete item. amazing. there will be no evidence of this purse however, but once something comes out of that machine that does not completely look like a 4 year old did it i will post pics. until then, happy sewing! 

{hats off to you therena, you were marvelous for putting up with me. thanks again!}