a blog about sewing and quilting…mostly…
Tonight was UFO night at the Thread and Fabric Crackhouse, and I started sewing Alice’s bedquilt together… Here it is up on the design wall before I did any of the sewing…
It’s about halfway sewn together now. Once the main part of the quilt top is done, I’ll put two borders around it to make it the appropriate size, and then I’ve got to figure out what to do on the back of it. 🙂
The girls’ Easter dresses are almost done:
They are dresses with piped collars and sleeves (because I can’t do it the simple way, of course not) and full linings in the bodice. The pinafore is a full dress that will be able to be worn on its own this summer.
Here’s a closeup of the piping on the collar and sleeves:
and a closeup of one sleeve — kind of strange to make — the pattern is sort of tooth-shaped with roots — but I think they turned out well:
The fabric is very Mary Engelbreit in style, and made me think of my friend, Stacy the entire time I was working on the dresses. She loves Mary Engelbreit stuff.
What remains to be done? Both dresses (well, all FOUR dresses, I guess) need to be hemmed, all dresses need buttons and buttonholes, and I’d like to put pockets on the pinafores with both fabrics, more of the piping, and fused appliques of the flowers made from coordinating fabrics out of my stash. Not sure if I’ll get to that last one, but I’ll give it my best shot. 🙂
That, and I need to take Helen to get some “tappy shoes” (black patent leather shoes) to wear with her dress. Alice has a pair and LOVES to put them on (even with pajamas) and tap all around the house. Helen is jealous.
Yesterday, even though Helen was puking her guts out (It’s The Second Annual Barf Extravaganza at our house. I’m growing to HATE this time of year), I went to my doctor for my annual checkup. Coincidentally, I switched makeup to a new foundation and concealer last week and my skin went a little nuts, so the area around my eyes looked like raw hamburger. I stopped wearing makeup on Tuesday (even the old kind, which doesn’t do this to me), and it was still all angry-looking yesterday, 1 week after the switch.
Doc checked me out, said everything looked fine otherwise, and recommended that I put cortisone cream around my eyes and take some Benadryl at night so that I wouldn’t scratch and make it worse in the middle of the night (which is what I’ve been doing).
So I took 2 Benadryl last night around 8pm, after making sure that this was okay with Jerry, because any further episodes in the Barf Extravaganza would be totally his to deal with. This morning, it was SO HARD to drag my butt out of bed. I slept like the Dead.
But my eyes look better.
I’m thinkin’ I’ll just take 1 Benadryl tonight. I did NOT enjoy being that out of it.