Sweet Relief
It was so nice to go home last night and be able to do anything I wanted or needed to do. I spent about an hour in the back yard, trimming plants and cutting the edges of the grass. (K does the main mowing, but the weedwacker is my gig.) I wanted to also start working on a flower bed in the back corner of the yard, but I was too worn out and hungry. It felt good to get something other than sewing accomplished. I still have a lot of yard work left to do (our climbing flower bushes along the fence are seriously growing through the fence into our neighbor’s yard right now), but I think it will be best to break it down into manageable chunks.
I would still like to start working on a sewing project, though. I need to get an S-bend corset made for a project I’m going to work on during the summer. A friend of mine loaned me the pattern, since I can’t find my copy, and I’d like to get that back to her before it gets lost in the abyss of my sewing room, or worse yet, really gets lost as I move my sewing room to the soon-to-be-completed studio. Once the corset is mostly done, I think I might attempt a quick bustle dress. We’ll have to see, though. The event is June 1, so I’d only have a month to make the bustle, a petticoat, bodice, skirt, and overskirt. Not much time considering the speed at which I’ve been sewing lately. I suppose I could save some time if I did a natural form dress instead. I think I still have a natural form petticoat, so all I’d need to make would be the skirt, bodice, and overskirt. Hmmmm. I’m liking the sound of that. Plus, I love, love, love, love, love natural form. Bustle is impressive, but the natural form is just more me. Oh, and while I’m thinking of it, I think I’ll drop by my parents house and borrow the serger. My folks are out of town for two weeks on a cruise, so mom won’t miss it.
I’ve got a busy weekend ahead of me, though. Friday afternoon is my interview. Friday night my sister-in-law is having an “emancipation” party to celebrate the finalization of her divorce. Saturday night K has a concert and the a work-related thing, and I have prom to chaperon. (When I signed up for that, I didn’t realize that K would not be able to come with me. If I’d known that, I wouldn’t have volunteered, since it’s in a part of the city I’m not familiar with and is not BART accessible. At this point, I’m wishing I could skip both my sister’s party and prom and just stay home to work on a project that is entirely my own.
April 29, 2008
Posted in: Sewing
One Response
Congrats on the award! You all looked so great!
Now that summer is almost here, we would have such great fun sewing.
I’m still in the 18th C this year and intend to remain put till at least next year this time.
Bustles are great but you always look so super well in natural form though. *Heart* natural form!
Good luck w/the interview!
p.s. ditto on the garden thing. It’s relaxing and rewarding to see the little seedlings finally show up as plants.
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