So, have you all got lost in the spam soup?

Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 7, 2009, 7:02 am

No new messages here for days... Tried setting up a filter, but it
broke down and I had to cancel. Not had any sew messages sine 4th August...
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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Posted by on August 7, 2009, 8:31 am

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Well, I can give you a status report...finally got the lining done for
my patchwork jacket and am kicking myself for letting it sit so long.
I think I put it off because the lining fabric is a bit slippery and
not my favorite stuff to work with. I decided to tackle it last night
and got the bits put together and half of the pining to the jacket
finished. The jacket WILL be done today and ready for entry to the
county fair. I have a cute little apple print fabric cut and ready to
be marked and stitched up into the girl's half of the mother-daughter
apron set (this is also supposed to be an entry into the county fair
as well as part of my new line of business ideas).

My plans for today are actually as follows:

-pick up tags for county fair items
-go by local food bank with donation (we are teaching our children
about tithing and my daughter decided that she wanted to give her
money to the food bank....plus, it's just down the road from where I
have to get the tags)
-finish patchwork jacket
-mark and start sewing on the 1st apron
-haul out bins of quilting cottons and misc. fabrics for MOPs meeting
on Monday
-make templates for the same meeting
-re-price most of my current inventory down to clearance levels
-get decent digital pics of my work for use as a slideshow during the
upcoming fall craft fair

Somewhere in there I should probably have lunch and get dinner prepped
(pork fried rice, which for some reason the family loves to
pieces...almost as much as the pork egg rolls from scratch!).

I am already filling up the schedule for after the children go back to
school, so it's forcing me to look at what can feasibly get completed
in the time between now and "show time" (what hubby and I call it
because basically, I'm putting myself in the public eye to be judged
as either worthy enough for them to spend money on my creations, or
needing to go back and re-tool my ideas...lol).

Right now I'm looking at 2 meetings on the same day, but fortunately 1
is in the morning and one isn't until after dinner...I just have to
make sure that the outcome of the first doesn't color my attitude
about the second.

I also have to take some time in the next couple of weeks to get
accurate self-measurements so that I can get to work on my fall
clothing. I have some decent things, but I'm in the process of trying
to make a more cohesive wardrobe, choosing to focus around 3 main
colors. It's not as easy as I had thought, but I'm going to keep
pushing myself to actually work on it. I know I need some more slacks
that fit properly (favorite pair just needs to be taken in at the
waist, but I can't bear to mess with them because they are kick-butt
awesome and I'm afraid that I'd mess them up), and probably another
jumper and 2 longer skirts. After that, it will all just be extras.

Oh, and of course, there's the annual family pictures...hubby decided
9after I finished DDs civil war outfit) that we should do the Wizard
of Oz....crap and double crap. So here it is, August, and I haven't
started on ANY costume and we usually have the family pictures done in
October.....

There, Miss Kate....is that enough of a sewing-themed message for you?
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Larisa, the chronically over-extended, hyper, bouncy-ball seamstress

Posted by Bobbie Sews More on August 8, 2009, 9:21 am

Not much news from me. I got a lot of mending done before we left home for
vacation and now I am in Florida, 9 hours south of SC. We are considering
going to a beach close to the space coast in a day or so. Just a day trip,
but I enjoy going to the Poncho Lighthouse and the small beach close by.
Dogs can play on the beach---yes, we always clean up after our daushund. We
will probably go Monday, but don't know for sure.
Barbara in SC and in FL during the Winter

Posted by Juno B on August 8, 2009, 10:38 am

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Barbara, I've only been to Florida in the winter and wonder about the
weather in the summer. Is it hot or do the ocean breezes keep you cool?
Are you talking about the Cape Canaveral National Seashore Beach? We
went there several times. It's a beautiful beach. I have several
pictures of handmade kites being flown there. I met a Gentleman there on
one of my trips and he and his wife were flying several kites he made.
They were so pretty. I hung the pictures in my cottage. I have one
bedroom there that I have decorated with kite related objects.
Juno

Posted by Emily Bengston on August 8, 2009, 1:17 pm

You're speaking of the beach at Titusville or on the Atlantic, anyway. But
speaking of lighthouses, have you seen the new 44-cent stamps of the Gulf
Coast ones? DS bought 2 sheets last week and I like them so much till he
has promised me to get the poster of them, all framed for my sewing room.

Speaking of sewing, I used Larisa's directions this time for the crib
sheets, and it was much easier than the method I've used over the past
24-years. I finished one, and have 2 more to finish today.

Thanks Larisa!

Emily

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