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Would Someone Make Me a Pie, Please?

So, a while back, I got to thinking about what a Fresh Cut apple would look like if I used six different fabrics. I started messing with fabrics and before I knew it I'd made not one, but two more apples. I made this one with six different fabrics.

 

From this angle you can see the six fabrics all at the same time. There's a lot of fabric goodness in there. Don't you think?

After all that fabric goodness, I went to the opposite end of the spectrum and made one using a single fabric. Full moon polkies...You know how I love them.  If you look through You Go Girl, you will find them on almost every post. Can't. Get. Enough.

I think this apple...

has replaced this apple as my favorite. Maybe.

All this talk of apples makes me think about pie.  Yep. Need. Pie. Now.

Happy last day of September. Can you believe it?

Toodles,

Cassie

Ottobre Nirunaru Pinafore Dress (and a little Old Navy)

This is my second Ottobre attempt. (You can see my first attempt here.) I think the hardest part about an Ottobre pattern is tracing the pattern pieces from the master sheet. All the intersecting lines are dizzy-ing, no?  This pattern is from the Spring 2008 issue.  Yes, I know it is fall. I am not in denial. Really. I just think this is a dress for all seasons.

It has taken me a while, but I have finally learned that when I am combining store-bought clothing with things I am making, it is important to start with the store-bought piece.  It's much easier to coordinate a piece of fabric to a store-bought item than it is to find an item that coordinates with something you've already made. That has been my experience anyway. The little shirt for this outfit was an Old Navy special($5).  The fabric is Lucien, Amy Butler, and a little Kona cotton.

This little set is a gift for a friend. Her sweet baby girl needs 100% cotton clothes.  Synthetic fibers do not agree with her super soft and sensitive yummy baby skin.  I made the dress and pants/capris (Butterick B5017) in a 12 month size. The dress seems about right.  The pants/capris appear mighty roomy to me. Fingers are crossed that they will fit. 

That is all for now. We are having the most amazing run of Indian summer. I'm off to power wash the deck. Tah-wan-duh! I love using powerful tools.

Toodles,

Cassie

Progress Report--I am pleased to report that I have one lunch box cut out and ready to sew. Let's see...that's one of five.  I'm not sure that counts as progress. LOL!  At least I'm headed in the right direction. 

Lovely Distraction...

No. It's not a lunch box. My girls are still carrying brown-bag ugly to school. But this project had to be done. Thoughts of it were tickling my brain during the day and dancing through my dreams at night. It was calling my name. What's a girl to do? There really was no choice. If all goes according to plan, I will finish this lovely distraction today. After that, I will make lunch boxes...maybe.

Toodles~

Cassie

A Pearl of Junior High Wisdom for You...

Winners never quit!  Quitters never win! 

My junior high p.e. teacher, Mrs. Souhrada, used to enthusiastically cheer us on with these words as we doggedly ran lap after lap after lap around the gym. I like running now. In seventh grade...not so much. Who wants to have flushed cheeks and bad hair from third period on? Tell me this. 

Well, Mrs. S' words were ringing in my ears as I stitched this little doodle. Several times I wanted to scrap this project. I wasn't in love with the color palette. The stitches weren't coming easy. I couldn't decide what to put where. Short story long--I lost my doodle mojo. But, in the end, I persevered. I am not a quitter! I'm a winner. I am you guys. You gotta believe me. LOL! I'm not sure where this doodle will end up; it must be destined for something great. 

Now that the doodle is done, I'm going to start sewing some lunch boxes for the girls. The second week of school ends today. My girls have taken their lunches to school in brown paper lunch bags every day so far. (Gasp!) This is wrong on so many levels. It's wasteful. It's definitely not green. And, most concerning...it's ugly. There is just no excuse for ugly. 

I guess that is all for now.  I'm off to beautify the world of cold lunch (insert trumpet fanfare here). 

Later,

Cassie

Home...

If you put your ear to your computer and listen carefully you might be able to hear my washer and dryer congratulating each other on a job well done. They just finished the last of fourteen gargantuan loads of vacation laundry. Yes. Fourteen.

Before summer slipped away from us, we decided to take a little road trip. The seven of us piled into the Suburban with our luggage and a lot of cough syrup (I wasn't the only one to have the 'ick'), and away we went.

 

Our first stop was Seattle.

Our last stop was Seattle, too.

In between, we visited one of the most fabbity-fab-fab beautiful places in the whole wide world...Orcas Island.

On the island, we enjoyed amazing vistas.

 

We played in enchanted forests.

We poked around in the tide pools.

And the creme de la creme... we hopped a boat to watch the Orca whales that summer in the San Juan Islands. Shooting a picture of a whale is a bit like catching a shooting star. You just don't know where they're going to show up or what direction they might be traveling. This picture is so inadequate. It doesn't begin to illustrate the magnificence of these creatures. I have gone whale watching two other times. I never cease to be amazed by these giant guys. They rank pretty high on my wow-o-meter.

It's hard to say goodbye to a magical place like Orcas. 

We are home now. School has started. The mornings are cool. The afternoons are warm. I've said goodbye to August (gulp).  It's beginning to feel a little like fall. Life is good.