Strawberries, Stripes, Snow, & Scrambled Eggs!!

Are you tired of pictures of sewing yet!!?? :)  Just getting a head start on sewing Callie's Spring/Summer clothes this month.  It'll be here before you know it and I want to be out ENJOYING the weather instead of cooped up in front of the sewing machine!  All this snow/ice keeping me home is a great motivation for me to stay INSIDE and sew.

Here is the latest addition to her spring/summer clothes.  This pattern was originally a shirt.  I lengthened it into a dress and added lacing on the sides. 

 We were looking for a pair of shoes to put on with this dress and she mentioned the ones I had stored up in her closet.  I couldn't believe they fit her already!!!  She's wearing size 11 now!!!  Where did my baby girl go???

 She loves it and I love the fit and the way it moves.

 Boys inside playing Webkinz on their snow day.

 Callie takes a turn playing a preschool computer game and YES she insisted on wearing her new dress today.

 UGH...the backyard is FULL of snow AGAIN!!!

 I ventured outside to take some snow pictures for a friend that doesn't get to see the snow.

 There wasn't a drop of snow yesterday morning...now there's a bunch......*sigh*

Simon made scrambled eggs for me today.  He brought it to me on this tray for my breakfast/lunch!!  Super yummy AND super-sweet of him!! :)

Flowers, Kitty Cats, & Burgers!!!

Callie picked out some new patterns for mommy to make....

 She LOVES pockets on her clothes!!

 This one I did NOT want to sew!!!  I nearly died when she specifically wanted the kitty cat pockets!!  Oh my stars....did they take FOREVER to make today!!  Well worth the look of joy on her face when she put her new jumper on though!!

 Can you tell she LOVES the camera!!!

 Is this REALLY my daughter!!! lol

 AND.......Duane cooked hamburgers in our fireplace last night!!!  They were super-YUMMY!!!!  They cooked super-FAST too!!!  We will definitely do this again!!!  That iron skillet is really getting a workout cooking all sorts of things!

441 Men's Quartet

Some video clips of the 441 Men's Quartet on February 19.

Vintage Girl.....

I've always loved how all the vintage patterns look, but have never used one to make anything.  This week I took the plunge.  I started out with a 1972 girls' jacket/coat pattern.  Raided my fabric stash and found some lightweight corduroy and moleskin fabric and started cutting.

Three yards of fabric later........

I finally took some time on Saturday and sewed this up!!  Here she is on Sunday afternoon wearing it for the first time. :)

The inside is completely lined in a super-soft moleskin fabric.

This coat looks as pretty on the inside as it does on the outside.

 pockets...

 love these buttons I found...

Aargh!!!!!!!! It's Pirate Spirt Day!

The kids had a Pirate Themed Spirit Day.  I sewed up these 'pirate' shirts for them after dinner last night.  Here they are this morning...ready to go! :)

 Aargh!!!!

 This skit was hilarious.....video clips are below...

 The 4th. grade class.

 The 6th. grade class.

The following are some clips from a skit that some of the kids did at the Pep Rally today.  They were hilarious!!!  So glad I recorded it to watch again and again!!
Getting ready to go...shavin'..

Exercisin'...

the banana...

The pudding....and the camera goes wild and turns off....(callie slipped off her seat)
The longest clip..but oh so worth watching!!

The end....

The 'Un-spectacular' Snow Pictures of 2011

These pictures aren't spectacular....I'm no budding photographer, nor do I have any desire to be....:)  Just thought I'd better cease my sewing projects for a short time to record a few photos of our snow.  So without further ado...........this is what the area right around our home looks like.....I'll have you know I nearly slid on my fanny out in the road trying to get pictures of the house and plummeted through layers of ice walking around the backyard!!!!  It was treacherous!!! lol

Our house.....

Duane having fun plowing the road...

Helping out the neighbors....

hmmmm....wonder who forgot to put on the grill cover!!!!!

View from the back door....

uh....yeah...I fell through the layer of snow/ice/snow!!!

Our Christmas Tree(that was a prize many years ago) gets bigger each year!!!

I love its snow-covered branches.

A short clip of Duane plowing our road....

How we survived our snow/ice week.....

I LOVED getting snowed/iced in.  I don't particularly care for having to go somewhere every. single. day.  This was a treat having all the kids home.  They got to play their games.  Read books.  Bake yummy food.  The two older boys learned how to make waffles.  Seth made them for all the kids for two mornings and Simon brought me breakfast in bed....scrambled eggs, with salami chunks and melted cheese.....YUMMY!!!  Then, after hanging up the days load of laundry(I've boycotted using a dryer), it was on to sewing!!!

First up, the robe was upcycled from a larger robe that was given to me.  She loves it!!  The fleece blanket was made out of fabric she picked out. 

 Desert camo pj's for Seth....Can ya tell he loves them!! :)

 A desert camo shirt was sewed for Samuel, but no picture yet.  Still need to paint the applique on it.  But, here, at his request is a pair of army undies!!  I've made lots of girlie undies, but this was my first pair of boys briefs.   I had so much fun making these.  Now I just wish I had an adult pattern. :)

 Here's what my sewing set-up looked like on Wednesday morning.  I'm working on the green camo stuff today and I just HAD to wear my favorite 'army' sweatshirt for my sewing day!!!

 Samuel loves to play with my serger spools of thread.  He built a base for his lego guys.

 Just turn your head sideways for 2 more pairs of army undies for Samuel.  He loves these!!

 Here I am around lunchtime....almost finished with the days' projects.  I'm coverstitching the last hem on Seth's shirt.

 The second set of pj's finished!!!

Raglan t-shirts for Duane....

 shh.....don't tell him.....he's getting these for valentine's day!! :)  Along with some of his favorite peanut m&m's.  Now I need to make a gift for each of the kiddos.

 Both shirts, neatly folded and ready for gift-wrapping.

 A new tunic pattern I tried out last night for Callie. I love how comfy this top is.  This will be great for summer.  Please excuse the Dora pj bottoms.  We will wear a flowing white skirt with this top....

She doesn't even need to be asked to posed....she just does it!!!

a view of the back.....