Adventures in Vintage Resales... fka adventures in baby-sewing

Weekend giveaway winners: Vogue: Marta Butterick:Joelle Please comment or email me for your physical address so I can mail these! On the sewing homefront, started assembling baby's taffeta dress and lining, stopped when I put to pieces together on the lining that should not have been together (all that black fabric and thread got to me!) so I may work on it some more after dinner. I did move my machines, form and current projects into the dining room, part of our reorganizing. We still have a lot more to do, but the breakfast room looks better. The 4' x 8' train landscape is now in the den, where my sons can enjoy it more. (It is a landscaped HO gauge) Now I need to bring the cutting table into the DR, cleared off though.

Aren't these beautiful knits? No sewing, but went fund-raising (looking for auction donations for our upcoming church festival) and thrift-store shopping. Found a couple of pillowcases to try my hand at the dresses for listing for sale, a couple of plaques/pictures, some antique crochet booklets and a pair of curtains plus a quilt rack to donate from us to the auction. There was a couple of other items, but that's the bulk of it. I came home to my husband cleaning up an overflowing toilet, so I helped him pick that up (it was clear, thank God!), fixed dinner and now it's time for baths. I got in several items from Fabric.com and FabricMart, mostly for fall sewing, so now my attention is focused toward knit tops and dresses using some of Fabric.com's beautiful knit crepe they had on sale the other day. I am going to try to finish the two pieces I have put together from the mini-wardrobe and probably hang it up on making the other two it as not interesting anymore. ...

Today has been a marathon cleaning day, no sewing on mini-wardrobe until next week, so I will be two steps behind from the start. I really just want to have the guidelines to make things in a timely manner, but being judged by everyone else may be fun.

Cleaning house! Inlaws are expected next weekend and the sewing area/bedroom as well as the whole house need immediate attention. I spent part of today cleaning up the sewing area of our bedroom by moving a cupboard into our bedroom and reallocating stash around. I also gave away thebaby's changing table and bought a secondhand dresser for the end of her crib. So I will try to sneak in some sewing/quilting, but no promises. I have been looking at everyone's blogs, wow! Some really cool things are being made. I have bought more fabric, and cut out a dress and a few other things, but have not sat down to sew, so we can only try... Last resort, school starts in 4 weeks and I may not leave the sewing machine for much after that.

Just bought on line a uniquely you form after much searching and deliberation; I checked out the standards at Joann's after an all day trip to San Antonio and back, I did not like the construction as I would be pushing the small to the limit. Let's see how it does... Taxes are done and I finished shorts for my daughter, but am adding some trim by hand. I also cut out the butterfly camo skirt for me and her shorts. Now let me last through this weekend: the baby's baptism and a funeral on Monday. I also nabbed some charmeuse (polyester), 4.25 yds at $2.00 a yd to try a vintage dress with. I received most of the vintage patterns bought on ebay this week, so I should be able to find something to work with. Next week should be an all-sewing week during the day, so let's see how much we finish.

Went to lunch with my husband, shopped at Walmart. Did NOT get fabric (a shocker), but got some beads and nylon thread to sew a bead edging to one of the skirts I have planned. Now it's time to get on with dinner, etc. Still sorting papers for taxes, so probably no sewing until next week, but I may get bored and sew a bit tomorrow.

I am bummed out as I need to work on our taxes and have loads of things to work on at the sewing machine. Right now, I am clearing my desk and sorting so I can expedite the tax ordeal. It is an ordeal, since my husband is self-employed, and I hate accounting (and have a degree in it). I need to finish the shorts for the 6 yr old that were from scraps from a skirt I made plus work on the camoflauge skirt/shorts for us, not to mention the huge pile of things cut out. Let's hope this goes quickly, by the 15th, at least and not have to extend.