My night - in run-on sentence style

Pick up girls - make Isabel change into riding clothes - drive to Rickard's office to pick him up - drop me and Sofia off at home - make Sofia take a shower - start on dinner - start a load of laundry - fix a snack for Isabel for tomorrow - dinner after Isabel and Rickard comes back - make Isabel take a shower - bedtime for the girls - move laundry to the dryer - drive to the store to get some fresh groceries - hopefully pick up a parcel at the post office - try out a recipe for the site - trace patterns - start on some sewing - watch an episode of Torchwood - fix the insurance issue I have with my parents' carpet - read some for the review I have to do by next week - bedtime for me (preferably before midnight).

Update tomorrow on my results ...

New Patterns!

My new patterns arrived today! Shipped on the 5th from New York arrived in my mailbox(!) today on the 11th.

Both girls said they wanted one of each but I think I'll start with the Family Reunion Dress for both.
I have some CW fabric that would be more than enough for them. I also think I have buttons that would match so I could get right into it.

In other news I FINALLY finished and handed in my taxes. Such a relief! Maybe there is something wrong in them but I'm pretty sure the Tax Agency will call me if there is. For now I'm rejoicing!

I'm planning on making a few more Hopscotch tops/dresses for the girls. I'm thinking nightgowns (dresses) from the pink and tops from the navy. Y/Y?

Hopscotch Nature Walk

Sofia and Isabel got new Hopscotch shirts this weekend. I had a piece of jersey with Kokeshi dolls at home and managed to place the pattern pieces so I could fit one shirt each from the fabric.
I have two more pieces of jersey (pink dots and navy with white stars) and I plan to make a few more shirts for them from that.



Isabel also got new pants made from stretch twill using the Nature Walk Pants pattern I've fallen in love with. So incredibly easy to whip up a pair of pants for the girls from that.
I'm making shorts for the summer from it too when I can find the time.

Results

Reversible Bucket Hat I made for Sofia on Sunday. Her head is 21" so I made the largest size which fit her ok. Isabel is 21.5" and it looks too small for her, but since it's a circle and lots of circumferences it's not so easy to grade it. I'll have to give it a try though.

If I make it again from this fabric quality I'll double interface the brim and maybe single interface the sides and the tip. It turned out a bit flimsy.

Other results of tonight is one cut out Hopscotch top for Sofia (size 6), one pair of Nature Walk Pants for Isabel in stretch twill, cut out and ready to go.

I also fixed Isabel's black velour Nature Walk Pants that I mucked up. I cut off the waist band and cut out a new one that I made 1/2 inch taller to compensate for the cut off seam allowance.

I went around the seam twice because the fourth thread skipped on my serger and made it look weird. Second turn around it turned out fine.

I have heaps of fabric to iron and stash, and I have a piece of seersucker that needs to be washed to I can make a School Photo Dress from it for Sofia and/or use the rest as lining for my/the girls' messenger bag.

I'm also involved in something fun that is movie/books/video games/board games/craft related. I can't speak much of it, but it launches soon and then I'll let everyone know.

Another find on Pinterest

This is how I feel most of the time.

Sometimes that's ok.

Found here

Do you Pin?

Have you seen Pinterest? The biggest timesuck of my life.

I use it for storing pictures with funny sayings, pictures of pretty homes, flowers, food stuffs ... pretty much anything I used to save to a folder on my hard drive I now just Pin it and it's there to be found again if I need to reference it.

Best invention ever!

Kokeshi

I had this pile of fabrics sitting on my ironing board last week. The pink and green at the top will be (has become) a reversible bucket hat for Sofia. It is done and she's wearing it to daycare today but I haven't uploaded the pictures yet.

The jade green knit with Kokeshi dolls has become a Hopscotch top for Isabel.



It was a little short in the body for Isabel and I think I'll add about 1" next time.
To save on the length there was I did a lettuce hem instead of a folded hem.

Isabel tried it on but took it off immediately and hasn't shown much interest in wearing it.
The yoke seam felt itchy she said the first time, but the second time she said it felt ok, so I'm hoping she'll come around.

I made her a pair of black velour Nature Walk Pants last night - but we are not speaking of that.

Nope.

Not a word.

Black velour with black 4-threaded serger seams doesn't lend itself well to unpicking.
I'll have to take out the scissors.