A Sewing So and So

I've been doing so actual sewing, seamstress kind of sewing, the last couple of days. When I got my new sewing machine, I convinced my daughter to let me make her homecoming dress. How hard could it be, right? Nevermind that I haven't made any clothing other than pajama pants in the last 15 or so years. I'm coming along okay on the dress, but its made out of slippery fabric, so that has added to the challenge. I'm used to working with quilting fabric and this stuff wants to go everywhere. The hem is a little wonky, I'm hoping she won't notice. What I have left is doing a fitting on my daughter, adjusting if necessary, and putting in a ZIPPER. What the &*(^#@ was I thinking? The class for my machine that includes zippers isn't until next week. By that time, I will have finished the dress, daughter will say she hates it, and we'll have to go shopping to buy something that will probably be overpriced and ill-fitting. No optimism here!!

A New Window on the World

We just finished putting in a new picture window in the living room. The old one had a broken seal when we bought the house 8 years ago. It was cloudy and dirty looking between the glass where we couldn't clean it. So we finally broke down and got a new window. I think it looks great and it matches the side windows very well. It is vinyl inside and out, but the vinyl inside is made to look like wood and it matches our dark wood work pretty well. I got the painting and staining the little pieces of wood done and now I just have to clean up and put the furniture back where it belongs. I was teasing hubby that now that I have all of this light I can see that I need new furniture too. That won't happen for now, but what was I thinking buying a floral couch? By the way, hubby did all the installation, I'm so glad he's handy that way.

I went to the first class for my new sewing machine last night. I thought it might be boring, but it was really informative and I learned a lot. My new machine can do a lot and I have these grandiose ideas of making things and selling them on-line and making so much money that I quit my other job and stay home and sew all the time and go to lots of quilt retreats with my girlfriends. It could happen! :)