Yes, I too had a Hippy Phase.

If I only knew how to make this look the way I wanted it to look!

Anyway, a few years ago I got this kinda ugly, flower power, peach-skin weight silky from that fabric store where I used to work. I also has a Cynthia Rowley pattern that I wanted to make, so I put them together and have a dress!

Well, a few years went buy, I moved and finally decided to clean out my closet a bit! When cleaning the closet, I try on EVERYTHING, even tshirts, and usually have a huge pile of clothes to dispose of. I couldn't make myself get rid of my pinky flower dress, so I took it in, a lot! The empire waist is a little loose, but the chest and skirt fit perfectly, so I'm leaving it be.

If you ever make this pattern, ignore some of the interfacing. Especially if your fabrics is pretty sturdy, it's not really nessassary, just adds bulk. This being said, if you're using something light weight that may skew, use the interfacing, but a light weight one.

Pink, it's the old black

This is the end of the bargin fabric I purchased a few weeks ago! $3/yd, about 3 1/2 yards and a little bit of fancy fudging made this work!

Why don't pattern companies make patterns more "border print" friendly. It was interesting making top with the fabric on the bias. Hopefully the embroidery will help it keep it's shape.

The skirt is a little fuller than intended to make the scallops line up properly, but it worked out just fine!


Now, onto the drama this dress brought. I went out with some friends last night, to celebrate a birthday. Myself and two others, who also weren't drinking alcohol ordered sodas, while the rest of our party had various beers and mixed drinks. A few tables away a college guy was tossing a nerf football to his friend (who missed), the ball crashed into our table, knocking over my root beer. When I asked the waitress for another one she informed "there are no refills, it'll be $2.99+tax". Both Keith and I asked for a water, she made a huge deal about "we have to order something". At this point I was getting a little annoyed and asked for a manager. (I have only done that once before when my salad kept coming out with chicken on it.) While waiting, we all paid our bills and got ready to go. Really, you'd think the waitress would have had better manners towards the topic of sobriety when a week prior a nationally covered drinking and driving accident, which has resulted in death, had stemmed from this bar.

There have been some things resolved in the matter. One of the folks who was there with us plays football for the Eagles, he mentioned the incident to his some teammates (who own another bar in Philly) and they reported the incident to Liquor Control. I've already been contacted by LC and given them a statement. (Apparently they work on Sundays?) I was also told that if I want to celebrate co-workers birthdays at a bar, I'd be more then welcome at 879. Thank you N F L lockout for giving those guys a reason to open a bar and for giving Jerome an opportunity to hang out occasionally.

I can only imagine how'd I'd handled the situation if I had been drunk.

Sometimes Stripes make you dizzy, sometimes they make you happy!

at $3/yd, I couldn't pass up this crazy polyester knit. Black and white stripes, looks just like I swiped it from Macy's "Inc" line!

Anyway, it's a size 14, I never thought I'd wear a size 14! It's awesome, not to find a place to wear it!

My kind of Snowflakes!

A few years ago, at Christmas, my friend's mom taught me to crochet. It took a little bit of patience, and lots of ripping stuff out, but it's finally come to use. So, i'm making someone a Christmas present.

This afghan is on the Red Heart site, it's supposed to be out of Super Saver, but the Sensations (Jo-Ann's brand) yard adds a little bit of extra fluff. It's taking forever, but it's my own fault for not working on it consistently.

Embellish This!

It's been awhile, I guess. Well, I'm back with a cute little sewing project! After much shopping, I decided to tackle the jersey knit embellishments. I took a skirt I made a few years ago, some scraps of jersey knit fabric and buttons and made flowers.

Each flower consists of 3 layers of petals, gathered together in the middle. the Petals are tacked down to help keep it's shape. The vine and leaves are machine stitched to keep them in place. and the buttons are stitched with an "x" in the middle out of silliness.

While doing this, I also made the skirt smaller, it was a bit too big!