Sorry no Sewing!

I didn't get any sewing done this past weekend. Seems like so much was going on. I had to work Saturday and that was most of the day. Then Hancock Fabrics had McCall patterns on sale for $.99 and had to check that out before I went home. So there's one near home so I went there from work. Talked to my mom before Hubby came home and then when he got home we both napped until around 10pm. Then on Sunday we went to see Hubby's best friend's new baby. Maryn (girl) was born last Tuesday (6/24).
So the BWOF 06/2008 #107 is still not finished but I do plan on pairing it with one of these little ditties that I picked up this weekend Skirt #1 or Skirt #2. Both have contrasting hem bands, a feature that I truly love. I'll have to take pics of the fabric that I'm planning on using and maybe you can tell me if I'm going too crazy with the print or not. Would really appreciate your feedback because sometimes i can just over do it and then it won't be worn from disgust. Anyhoo! I'm working out after work today and then there's that pile of laundry to do so we'll see if there will be any sewing done today. Oh! I decided on Sunday when Hubby and I were playing our usual game of Scrabble, that I would do the arm alterations because it's only around 5/8 for the alteration and that's too simple to not do it!

BWOF 06/2008 # 107A/B

I currently joined a sew-along with the Burda English group.
I started on it late because i got my issue late and i had other things going on (who doesn't).
So here is the blouse that we are doing. It's due before the next issue. I can't say with all that I have going on right now that I'll be done by then again but who's keeping count. I'm trying to learn how to play around with PhotoShop or something close to it. So that I can make my wardrobe plans as pretty as some of these other women out there that know a thing or two about it.


I love these two features that BWOF have.
I will be posting pics of the muslin soon. I have also played around with the idea of doing buttonholes instead of snaps. I'll have some detailed photos of that. Also I'm going to try Sigrid's suggestion about the sleeve head. And do an adjustment to the sleeve because it's tight around the bicep.

I love Red! From my head...

Down to my calves!
This dress is from New Look 6697.
I used red cotton jersery. Check out my review on PatternReview.com.
I also added in the review the problems that i was having with the neckline facing.

What I'm doing

Hi All!
I'm in the process of trying to loose weight and still want to sew as well. So along with working out i've been working on this dress. New Look 6697 it's a faux wrap dress. This is very quick and simple. I'll be done with it today and will have pics to post. My weekend was ok, hubby had to work and Mom was out so it was just me and Phoebe (dog) all weekend.

What's Upper!

Hi everyone! Vacation was great! It was so great to not have anything planned. We really enjoyed ourselves. We had a very lovely anniversary last week as well. No sewing took place (yeah, I'm sad about that) but it was for a good reason. Hubby helped me rearrange my sewing room so I'll have pics to post for that. We painted and I was able to catalog (still doing that) and get an inventory of what i have. That was great, it just took a really long time to do it. So all of the fabric is counted I just need to finish stapling the swatches to my index cards and finish the descriptions of everything. Yesterday I helped hubby organized the garage. Tossing out things that we don't need anymore and moving shelves around. Oh well... back to reality! It's early in and early out for me today (doc appt). So I'll get a jump start on everything again today. I have to finish painting my sewing room, we got a really pretty green paint (my favorite color) from the OOPS selection at Lowes. So maybe I'll be squeezing in some sewing this week. We'll see!