You know how you accumulate a pile of pictures of things you meant to blog about but didn’t? I’ve got a ton of them. Let’s start with this.
I realized if you doubled up rick-rack you could have some of that really cool, W-I-D-E rick-rack. Food for thought. And how about this?
I literally unearthed (well, via Etsy) one of the first patterns I ever sewed! Mine was a couple of sizes smaller than this one. Those were the days. Anyway, the outfit was AWESOME! I remember it like it was yesterday. I didn’t go the knee-sock route, but that center view was practically me in 1969. The pattern will live out its golden years framed and hung in my studio. I may remove the tissue lesson chart on “How to make a Perfect Fitting Pantdress {pantdress} just for grins. Thanks to Sad Patterns for reuniting me with my 14 year-old self.
Need to make some looks-pretty-fancy-but-actually-pretty-easy dessert for the holidays? These were simple but don’t they look impressive? Always a big hit! Maybe because I use shot glasses people think there’s alcohol in them? Who knows but they disappear and nobody needs a designated driver.
Below left is dark chocolate, raspberry cheesecake (made with purchased Philadelphia Cheesecake Filing), the center is coconut cream pie filling topped with toasted coconut and a pie crust triangle, and on the right key lime pie with chunks of graham cracker crust on the top and bottom. They were exquisite!
And then there’s this. The cherpumple. An apple pie, a cherry pie and a pumpkin pie all baked inside a cake with approximately 1″ of frosting surrounding it all. I posted the picture on my Facebook page and someone asked if I could bring it to Thanksgiving dinner. Someone also asked how you could just have just a small slice. Excellent question. And no, I will not be making one. Ever.
Photo via Neatorama
This magazine cover is from 2007. I absolutely LOVE the fabric on the window treatments. I’ve coveted it for years but it is pricey {Brunschwig & Fils} and I tried to put it out of my mind. It didn’t work and I finally got up the nerve to order a memo. You know how you build something up for so long in your mind it likely will never measure up? When I got the memo I gasped! I think it’s one of the ugliest fabrics I’ve ever set eyes on and that’s saying a lot. Goes to show that photo stylists work miracles.
My 12 year-old great-niece has completed her first two sewing classes. This was project number one. I think she did a fantastic job! Wish I could say the same for the photo I took!
Have you seen this? Seriously the best new tool out there when it comes to painting! LOVE it! Wooster Shortcut, available at a home improvement store near you.
The brush was used to cut in the master bedroom walls in the most gorgeous color. It’s Farrow & Ball’s Light Blue No. 22. The color is perfect for a room that is bathed in sunlight {or in our case, periodically a ray or two is caught between the clouds}. If you’ve been looking for the perfect bedroom blue, this has to be it. It can look green, but trust me, it’s blue and it’s luscious!
That’s all my blogging time for today. Back to the books. I’m learning Adobe Illustrator and I’m head over heels in love if it’s even possible to love software. Check this out! My first project! Night all!
WOW that pattern! I made one of those too! Mine was in that size! And I made it around that time too! I hated how it rode up in the back (I have a long torso), and I got my first experience in wearing a thong! lol.
I am sure you are loving Adobe Illustrator! So much fun to spend time being creative and get to see the vision on the screen!
Your great-niece is a lucky gal to be learning sewing! Her project looks great! I was sewing at 12 too, but making Barbie dolls clothes! I would go to Salvation Army and get a few small pieces of clothes that were cotton and any item that I liked for me, I got a sleeveless shirt one time, saw where it was too tight, and then took it apart, and copied the pattern from the pieces (I was older then). I had a lot of small fabric pieces that worked out well because I had enough to make enough clothes to give out to the little girls in the neighborhood who had Barbies.
Thanks for taking me back to those memories! I think framing your pattern is such a wonderful idea! I wonder if I could find my Prom Dress Vogue pattern?
Mary Ruth, your pattern is out there. Poke around a bit and you’ll find it and I guarantee you’ll have some laughs along the way!
Oh, my. I had that same pattern; my mom made me a jumpsuit in 7th grade. It made me look utterly cool, or so I thought. I learned that jumpsuits look great, but struggling out of them to use the restroom was no fun. It is so much fun to see these patterns from the past…they let me remember how they were the entryway to high fashion, at least for the DIY crowd.
The Wooster Shortcut looks like something I definitely need to get! What a great idea.
Who would’ve thought that Uncle Goose blocks would be available on Amazon? And what a huge price difference. Bummer. Live and learn, I guess? Love that you were able to get the Elemental blocks – sounds like they could not be more perfect for your son & daughter in law!
Fun post! I made a very similar pattern in 1968 or ’69 and loved it. Thanks for the memories.
Like your Starry, Starry Night illustration.