What I have been up to...

Wow! Where has the time gone? I am in amazement it has been 1 month since I have posted anything.

I have been alittle busy. I re-created a sweatshirt for my son.

Started with a men's sweatshirt size L. Made it to fit my son that is a 5/6.

Then it was on to more important work. I have been doing alterations on my cousin-in-law's wedding dress. As of today I am finished with it, but this is how it looked a few weeks ago.

This is the bodice totally taken apart to create a bust curve that it previously did not have.
This is all the pieces back together. Still missing the skirt but it will be reunited very soon.

I have to up load the bride in the finished dress. Maybe you will get to see it tomorrow if I get on the stick.

Next up on my plate is some sewing for vacation. I am making a really cute 3 in 1 garment. You can wear it as a skirt, bandeau dress and a halter dress.

Till later, keep creating.

Dance costumes...done

Just wanted to update you that I am done with the dance costumes for Anderson-Hoxie Dance Project. Here is the Chinese dress. I am thinking that they are going to be wonderful under the stage lights.








Then there is the Bollywood tunic that I made. Thinking that it is looking pretty authentic. We had one fitting and the girls haven't tried on them with the fine tuning yet.






I also have gotten one of the wedding dresses done. Had to alter the hem, secure the straps and bustle it. Now on the a bridesmaid dress and another wedding dress.
No time to take a breath.

Take2 Children's Consignment sale

Everything fit in my car, were delivered and dropped off. I worked my 4 hour volunteer time and an additional 4 hours. My feet were killing me. There were alot of good stuff to look at to buy.

Went in yesterday to the early sale and OMG! it was like the items that had been dropped off the day before had babies over night. There is a huge amount of items to buy. DS got a outer space train toy, R2-D2 stuffed toy and some shirts and shorts. I stopped there.

Now to wait to see how the next 3 days go. I have my fingers crossed that everything that I took sold.

I do have to go back on Sunday to pick up my custom made items. Hoping to put them in a single tote.



On the sewing front, I am once again very busy.

Sewing costumes for Anderson Hoxy Dance Project in Waverly, have 2 wedding dresses to work on, and then some alterations for a little lady that I have been working with for 6 years now. I also have to copy a shirt for my DH that he likes to wear to work. With just fabric, I spent 2.95 for the shirts. I am saving 11.45 per shirt and am planning on making 12.

When it rains it pours.

Things done....tomatoes, sewing room and mail

OK, I have been alittle busy working on the list that I had to do from a couple of days ago
I got the Ebay items in the mail. All 9 pounds of it. Thank goodness for Flat Rate shipping.


Then on to pick those tomatoes.


I ended up picking 2, 5 gallon buckets full of tomatoes. We are growing, cherry, roma, beefy, yellow and another kind that I don't remember. I think that there is 7 plants in total. Kind of crazy. So, I am planning on making another batch of salsa and spaghetti sauce. A large majority of these tomatoes are going to a friend that is having a slow crop. But I am taking some of her green and banana peppers. Great trade.


Now on to the sewing room,


Warning! the following pictures are for only the strong of heart and stomach, or you have a room exactly like it.


Before:

This is as you are standing in my door way.
I know what you are thinking, How does she get anything done? As I sit and look at this mess, I wonder the
same thing.
















Then there comes the rest of the room:
This is looking at my cutting table, or you could also call it the storage/pile

table.

This is under said cutting table. I think I need to add a curtain so you don't have to look at all the stuff stored under it.










The on to the other wall and closet. In the corner is my pattern cabinet. I have alot of patterns but didn't not realize what the top of the cabinet looked like till now. The closet is behind all the wedding dresses. Wondering why do I have wedding dress, I will have keep you in suspense for alittle while and will let you know later.















This another picture of the door way looking in. You can see my son in all the stuff. Hoping that there is no pins on the floor for him to step on. LOL. Who am I kidding.

Not Quite the after, but much better.

At least you can see the floor and I do believe that at this point, I have picked all the pins that I could see.

I am still working on cleaning the areas that have piles. But I know that it will be alittle while because of all the alterations that I will be doing in the coming weeks.

Next on the list to do is, start working on blankets for Take2 Kids Consignment sale in October and the alterations. Also have a blanket quilt that I have to work on for a lady so that she can give it to her granddaughter for Christmas.
Till Later