Ok here is a catch up post on some of the sewing that was done. I made top c from the same book as the potato dress. It’s the top from the cover of the book. When I first looked at the directions I immediately knew it would not fit me. A small skinny Asian woman I am not. So I knew I had to modify it, more inches around. Since I wasn’t sure how it would come out, I used muslin. Good thing I did! It was just wrong. It was too funny. I should have taken pictures but didn’t think of it. Here, how about a quick drawing.

The upper part of the top was tiny. It wasn’t long enough and it cut my chest area right in the middle of my breasts. And the lower part of the top had so much fabric it was wide like a tent and at the same time too short and didn’t come down far enough past my hips. So I had to fiddle with it. So I must have ended up remaking it four or FIVE times in muslin! I finally ended up with this:

And yep that’s still muslin. It’s two different colors because I used up all my muslin or so I thought. I found some lighter muslin and continued. And after all that I still don’t like it. It’s gaping on the top. So as this point I was thinking this book has been one disappointment after another. Olinda said no matter what I do to the top it wouldn’t look good for my body shape. So I finally finally moved onto something else, top a.

This pattern needed fiddling with as well. Remember: me big Asian woman. And at this point I couldn’t find much muslin left so only the upper back is muslin. The rest is some garbage fabric. It’s a little too wide at the top and needs a little more work but now I don’t know if I want to cut into it and chance ruining it because I really like how it looks in the garbage fabric. FINALLY something I like from the book.

I wanted to post a video of Isabelle. It is of some of the silliness that has been going on here but I cannot find my video wire. So I could not download the little video I’ve been so desperately wanting to. So instead here are some cute pictures of some other silliness that’s been going on.

She recently figured out that she could climb into the dryer when I’m pulling clothes out.

Oh my goodness the fit she threw when I tried to take her out of her little cave. And now whenever I try to get clothes out I have to block the little munchkin or she will try to scramble in!

We’ve had a nice relaxing 4th of July. We originally were thinking about bringing Isabelle to watch a parade but it was just too hot out. Instead we stayed in nice and cool and had burgers and corn on the cob.

Right now we can still hear fireworks going off. Boom! Boom! And talking about boom boom, we were watching this video from the show, Flight of the Conchords.

I haven’t actually watched a full episode. I keep getting distracted. But I have enjoyed the parts I’ve watched. So I was showing Alan the videos they have on the web page.Well Isabelle started watching too. Then she started dancing and saying boom boom and clapping her hands. It was so cute and funny! Wish we could have taped it but it was so unexpected.

Go read cute baby #12, loud baby.

So something else that I did while the computer was in the shop…KNITTING! Wow how many months has it been since I’ve knitted?! I started working on Miss Muffet again. There was a reason why I stopped. I remembered the reason when I picked it back up. I was on a confusing part of the pattern so I put it aside to give it some thought and never picked it back up. Well after all these months the pattern made sense!

So I was making pretty good progress. I really hope to finish it before Isabelle is too big to wear it. But then I got distracted with something else.

Reading! I know the new Harry Potter book is coming out soon so I decided that I must reread them all in preparation! But you know, I’m getting antsy to do something creative. This morning this intense desire to draw struck. I’ve been thinking of doing a drawing a day and in my head I thought I’ll get a pack of paper and just work through it, one a day. The desire was so strong I actually started to get ready to go out but changed my mind at the last second. Why? Because it is soooo damn hot outside. It’s not quite 100 but almost. So I figure I’ll just go out tomorrow since we’re going out anyways and save myself a trip.

See how I jump from one thing to another? Amazing that I get anything done at all! Well everyone enjoy your weekend! Hope it’s more productive than mine will be!

Not much going on here. Just madly reading away at Harry Potter. I did go to Joann fabrics yesterday and bought some more muslin, twenty five yards of muslin to be exact. I had a coupon for forty percent off so it was only $14.85!!! $14.85 people!!! Sorry this is really boring but saving money makes me happy. So happy I could do a happy dance!

Ok I don’t really dance like that. I just thought it was hilarious and had to draw it. So once the Harry Potter reading is done there will be some mad sewing going on here. Well not mad sewing like this:

Hee hee heee! I should have said I’ll be madly sewing away. Or maybe I will be sewing mad. Mad at Alan. I’m so mad at him right now. But I don’t want to talk about that. I’m mad at you Alan! Grrrr!!!