Holding Pattern

I know I haven't really been posting on here lately. In order to earn extra money, I work several nights a week at soccer games and track meets, meaning that 3-4 days a week I leave my house at 6:15 am and don't get back until 7:30 or 8 pm. By the time I get home I am exhausted and I just don't have the energy to sew. In addition, until the last couple of days, it has been cold and rainy here and it is starting to weigh on me a little bit.

I have several projects in various stages of completion and hope to post some things soon. Thanks for reading and commenting....it really does help a lot to get me motivated.

I'm off to do dishes and laundry....see how pretty it is outside???

I have no idea what kind of tree this is, but it is GORGEOUS.

Flowers...or no flowers?

I went home last weekend so my dad could change my brakes (thanks dad!). Everything is blooming and we had beautiful weather. I mowed part of the yard and planted some violets for mom and now I'm all itchy....but oh well. =) And then I worked on a purse when I got home yesterday. It is just......not right. Yet. I'm still working on it. I am making it for my best friend, who likes things original, yet also simple and classic-looking and I am afraid of putting too much stuff on it. But it needs SOMETHING. I am posting a picture here, feel free to make suggestions. I thought about a fabric flower out of the rust colored fabric (it looks pink, but it's rust), but am not sure. I would put it on the lower right hand corner of the flap. I also thought about sticking to the original plan, which called for a wrap around thingy. See above for the original plan. The purse is made out of plum and rust colored linen with some powerful interfacing on the inside. This is my own pattern and I had some issues with my practice version, so I upped the stiffness on the interfacing and now I am afraid I went too far. Oh..and it isn't pressed yet, so hopefully some of those puckers will go away and the sides will look a little smoother.

So....flower or no flower?

That'll Teach Me

I taunted you with my last post and in retaliation, it snowed yesterday and today. IT IS MARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm just saying.

Neener Neener

I have heard rumors that it is 90 degrees in Texas already (I DON'T MISS THAT AT ALL) and wanted to taunt you with this picture. I took this picture early this morning while waiting for my window to defrost. This doesn't do ANY justice to how amazing it looked, even after working on the picture with photoshop. It was cold and absolutely, ubelievably clear. Mt. Rainier just jumped out at me. It's been cloudy for a while, so I haven't see The Mountain for a while. I miss it when it's gone....

Inspiration

I am at my parents house for a few days and they live in the country (which is how I know that sheep are NOT CUTE, but evil). Since I am separated from my machine, I have been reduced to sketching ideas or taking pictures of things I like as well as catching up on my back issues of Real Simple and the missed episodes of Gray's Anatomy. Tonight the light was really cool as the sun was setting, so I grabbed the camera and headed to the backyard. Here are just a few shots - no photoshop, just as is.