Delivery

This arrived on my doorstep today! About 11 yards of beautiful fabric.

Oh and a bamboo/rayon knit. Feels amazing!

So i am excited. Too bad my kids JUST woke up :)

Leaves Are Falling Skirt

I made a new skirt! I am finally making a good dent in the fabric my mom gave to me for Christmas this last year. I loved this fabric and originally it was supposed to be a dress, but i thought the print was a bit too much for a dress. But i love the skirt.

It's just a big flowy Maxi skirt. I love wearing it. It is super comfy. I made a lining for it also, and an elastic waist so it really is just like a pajama skirt! It was my first time ever really working with knits, so i have a HUGE learning curve. My machine doesn't like them much, but my serger was a miracle worker! :o)

....and tomorrow is my birthday! woohoo! i'm *almost* 25 years old. A quarter of a century....

Rough Week

It has been a rough week {to say the least}. My creative energies are being sapped by the plethora of problems that seem to be arising in life. So today instead of sewing, i must nap. What a novel idea :) Maybe i'll whip out my machine tonight...

But i am super excited about what came in the mail yesterday! I won a giveaway at See Kate Sew and got a new ruffle foot! I think i am going to use it on part of my Halloween costume! I am excited! And it came so nicely wrapped up AND in a super cute bag! Thank you Kate!

Playtime: Playdough

Happy Labor Day! To me, Labor day means the pool is closing AND I get an extra day with my husband. Oh... and it generally means my birthday is a few days away! 

So today we decided was the perfect day for a play day... with playdough. Is it bad to admit that my kids have never played with playdough before? well, they  haven't. But today, was our first day! Our one year old was pretty apathetic, but my two year old LOVED it. We had a blast. So here is the recipe:

Playdough:

1 cup Flour

1 cup Water

2 teas Cream of Tartar

1/2 cup Salt

1 TB Oil

food coloring

It's really easy and it stores really easily in a plastic bag in the freezer! I will definitely be making more!

Applique T-shirts

Our little Eldon has a lot of hand-me-down shirts from his brother. Well, actually, most of his clothes are hand-me-downs from his brother. And being such, a good few have quite a few stains. Not horrible ones (those mostly get thrown out) but ones that make it so it's not a "public approved" shirt.

So I decided to experiment. When Hayden was younger, as my first sewing project EVER my mom taught me how to applique a onesie with fabric and just a running embroidery stitch. I love love love doing it. So i decided to try to cover some of the stains with fabric and embroidery.

Since it is football season (and my husband is raving mad about BYU) I knew a football shirt was necessary, and then the blue shirt just called out to me for fish. I traced *and slightly modified* the images from the computer by placing a blank peace of paper against my screen. BEST WAY EVER to trace and image. If you need to make it larger, simply save the image and zoom in. Make sense? If you have any questions i can take pictures to help it make sense. After I just cut out my fabric, applied Heat-n-Bond to the back, and embroidered around them. I did figure out a trick though! *yay!* I always seem to get Heat-n-Bond onto my ironing board or my iron which is so not a good idea! Soooo... i have a solution!

I just love love love love love love the way they turned out! Now two NEVER worn shirts will become regulars in the rotation! I have a few more shirt i might just have to experiment with! Just a fun and EASY project!! Now it's your turn!

Quiet Book

Today has been quite a day. And not in a good way. We are having SERIOUS issues with our landlords for no reason. I mean it's just insane. I guess everyone in life doesn't like you. I don't get it. People can be so mean. 

So my sewing machines remained in their closet and didn't see the light of day. So sad. I really like my sewing machines. And today is "unbreakable date night." I'll have to sew some tomorrow. I sure hope your day was better than mine!

For now here are some pictures of my quiet book i made last year. It's definitely based off of Homemade by Jill's quiet book. I need to make some more "preschool" pages not to  mention my two year old LOVES the hand puppets so more of those are on the way too!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 sticks Butter (2 cups)

2 cups Brown Sugar

1 1/2 cup White Sugar

3 Eggs

2 Tbs. Vanilla

1 1/2 teas Salt

1 1/2 teas Baking Soda

6 cups Flour

1 bag Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350*.
Soften butter in large bowl. Add brown sugar. Add white sugar. Mix well.
Add Eggs. Mix Well.
Add Vanilla. Mix Well.
Add Salt and Baking Soda.
Add flour stirring after every two cups.
Mix in chocolate chips.
Roll into balls and place on greased cookie sheet.
Place in oven.
Cook 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and serve with a nice big glass of milk!