Chickens...unite!!

This is tooooooooooo much!!

What will I be doing tonight?

Since I am the media diva, I am running the movie......four times sooooooooooooo, I have a little project for myself:

I have awful luck trying to keep them in skein form....knotty, they are!

I have a quilt project in mind for all this........I am totally hooked on embroidery!!

1:45 minutes until VBS

Vacation

I've been on a bit of a sewing vaca this week. Finished up two panda costumes on Monday and have been at Vacation Bible School ( hereby known as VBS) every night at 6:15 sharp.
It's a total blast and I sometimes think that the adults have more fun than the kids!
Last night, we got to go in the belly of the whale....rib cage, fishy smell and all...............awesome sauce!!
Less sewing, means a bit less blogging, but I'll be back annoying y'all soon enough...like today! :-)

So long favorite jeans *sniff*

Hello bermudas!!

The knee area of these pants is practically see through. The holey look is fab when you are a teen or twenty-something with a killer bod and the right attitude. I, however, look shabby.
Well, I wasn't quite ready to part with a jean that fits, soooooooooooo, I finally got brave and turned them into shorts.
I think I need to raise the hem a bit, but other than that, I'll get another year or two out of these pants before they go bye-bye forever.

Before: more shabby than chic

I have nice knees, but I don't have to cheapen myself by showing them to the world. LOL

*Gulp*  getting ready to hack them up...bye baby

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I cut them!

Did the serger thing so they didn't fray............yes, I didn't feel like rethreading it, so pink it is!!

Folded it over for a nice little hem

Pinned in place

A cute little top stitching and they are done.

I'm thinking two inches shorter OOORRRRRRRR just a tad tapered. Whaddaya think?

And no ''drop some tonnage'' or ''get a tan"  remarks......I already know that! LOL

It's Panda-monium!

Tonight was night one of Vacation bible School: Pandamania

A good time was had by all. I made two panda costumes and my daughter was one of the song leaders.

They didn't turn out too badly even after I totally cut up the pattern pieces so the black and white were in the right areas.  :-)

The dot trying to talk me into making these her jamjams....after vbs. 

No hood, couldn't mess up the hair now, could we?

Costume fronts

(I didn't make the one with the good head)

 Costume backs....the ''good one'' didn't have a tail....ha!

 All ready for action

God is Wild About Us!!

Dot is on the left, her bestie, on the right

Tomorrow, more panda-monium!!

And don't EVEN get me started on Mrs. Clift's chocolate chip cookies.......el yummo!

She brings a fresh batch........ every. single. night.

Dinner and Cocktails

I made some place-mats to go with my Hot Mama Apron. I sooooooooo don't want to give them up. I am now on the hunt for another panel so I can have a set all my own!! I think they turned out fab!!

Here they are, in all their almost finished glory.

The Lady with the Red and Black polka dot hat is my favorite. 

Welllllll, maybe the zebra print...I love them all!

The backs...two red and two stripe.

The border is actually a black and white print of different types of glasses. 

It really makes the place-mats pop!

bubbly quilting

Contour quilting

I took the opportunity to practice my free motion skills. They are far from award winning, but getting better all the time.


I really needed to make the binding 2" instead of 3" so I could've machine sewn it. Alas, I had to hand sew  it all down.  My needle pushing finger is s-o-r-e.
I hope my swapee likes them as much as I do!!

Cool Drinks for Hot Mamas Apron Swap

Well, my apron is finally done! I fussed with the skirt design forever, only to come back to my original sketch. Let this be a lesson to you.......go with your gut!!  Hopefully, I learned the lesson.
My camera is having focus issues.....please forgive it. Guess I'll be doing a really good lens cleaning tomorrow.

Lookeeeeeeee, my first ruffle flower.....ever!!
I don't know if you can tell, but the b/w fabric is covered in drink glasses. 




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