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The Annual Blast over the Lake! Vermont

We flew from SFO to Boston and grabbed a Courtyard on Friday night in Manchester NH. After sleeping late and spending a while in the book store we drove up to the cabin on the pond in Vermont.






We were just in time to catch the Wallingford Day fireworks that reflect over the pond and echo through the valley. The video doesn't do it justice.





We're here for 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to meeting some sewing mamas tomorrow, some I've met, some I haven't... I'm hoping to find a garage sale deal on a sewing machine!!! ... more later

Two boys and 12 years












12 years later on the 4th of July 2007


Wow...how things change. The first picture was taken of Kyle my son (age 5) and his friend Devin (age 3) in 1995 on the 4th of July. They have remained good friends....
Seeing this picture reminded me of many days watching two young boys...

learn to:
Ride bikes, play soccer, walk to school without parents, first sleepovers, brothers being born, street hockey, forts, hide and seek and many many laughs..
Now life is:
talk of college, work, cell phones, cameras, girls, cars and many many laughs.

Here is sit missing the *little guys* but oh so pleased with these young men

Ok, My Turn to Get NAY

When cutting all this Baby Nay and Baby Lulu. I was getting jealous..
I wanna sew with some

Seth is REALLY encouraging me to take weekends OFF!

So, I took Saturday off, well at least the afternoon. I couldn't help myself. I HAD to ship some packages in the morning..anyway I digress

Here is me in my Tahiti Stretch Poplin Skirt
I used the Sew What Skirts Book. I have had it for months, but a friend's sewing post made me drag it out.

When making the pattern I neglected to see the fine print that read, "only use a 1/2" seam allowance when making the skirt with a zipper"! Instead I used the 2" seam allowance as suggested for an elastic waist skirt!

The skirt still works, it just sits a little lowwwww on my hips. No seam rips on this one.

Here is my coolest looking pose...my dd Gabriella took the pic. I was giving my coolest teen look. So, How's I do ?





OK, back to work.

Mermaids!

Eliana picked out this fabric and the pattern the other day when her fever was 104+..(maybe that is why, when able to choose ANY fabric from my stash, or my store...., she choose one from JA's ;) The pink polka dots I picked out to go with the cute mermaids

Not great pics, she is still feeling yucky from being sick....

MC Calls 2596
Nice pattern, pretty good instructions too. I really like the wavy hem. I think I will make more of these over the next year.



















A year ago I would have skipped the pockets thinking phooey they will add too much time. I'm so glad I took the extra 20 minutes to do them..She LOVES them.
And a picture of the back:

Landon's Tae Kwon Do testing