Mood:
celebratoryNow Playing: somebody burning rubber and brake pads - better he/she than me !
I am up waaaay too late tonight. But once I got started updating some seriously ancient pages on the main site, I just couldn't stop ! I'm pushing the limits of my free Tripod site, mostly due to my photo-happy nature, so I've been pruning them. I'm too blasted cheap to pay for the site - while I don't mind rambling on and on, I don't wanna pay for it, and I sure don't expect anyone else to. The ads are a cheap trade off, goss knows I never see ‘em.
Deleted six that were stored but not used on the site, and that scaled my memory usage back a whole .4 MB. From there, I updated the ‘Sewing Tips and Tricks' and the ‘Home Page Histories' a bit, mostly getting rid of dead photo links and enlarging the font. At least both look a little better now, even if both are mostly nonsensical ramblings.
Home page got updated, too - new image ! When I went to pick up ‘scripts, I had a small grocery list, and included was a quarter-yard of the ‘flame' fabric in blue. Had the bolt resting on the cart, waiting for the clerk to cut it when I remembered to root through the remnants. Score ! Exact same fabric, already cut to a quarter-yard, with a 20% discount. Yeah, so it's 20c - but that's where dollars come from !
Once home, it went into the laundry. While that spun around, I put away all the clean clothes that've been sitting around. After two loads were dry and done, I had my fabric - and two more loads of laundry to put away. When that was done, it was time for me to play !
Since the PJ ‘Hot Tropics' dress was so fluffy, I wanted something close-fitting for the ‘ice' fabric. Went with an Aileen's Petite Fashions pattern, #023, a replica of the classic Pak fashion ‘Sheath Dress'. Fit was pretty good, but I got the straps too high up, and the waist too low. Doesn't show much in the photo, though. Waist, hem, and bodice match perfectly in the back. Always the mark of a good pattern. It now officially takes longer for FrayCheck to dry than it does to apply. Once it's on, I have to kill five or ten minutes before I can sew anything. Fire hazard, ya know.
Left off the pockets and the bead buttons, so it looks a bit bare, but I hate those pockets and the beads would have looked a bit odd on that print. I like how it turned out. Enjoy one last look at Malibu Barbie - yup, she and PJ are the same ones I got at the flea market last month - as a blonde. Soon as the weather turns to Autumn, I'm gonna scalp and reroot her. It's a long process involving hair and sitting for hours, something I just can't do in Summer.
Oh, and I'm also happy, ‘cause Mal-Wart had boys' sweatpants ! $5.28, though. Oh, well. Got the classic black pair, and I'll probably pick up one each of the other four colors each time I get groceries, and that should take Dearest Son through to his next growth spurt. Had to cull two pairs of pants as too short while I was sorting laundry.
I also did a spot-check of some patterns, just to see if more were glitching. Nope. Updated the organization, though, so now when I'm on the computer, seeing the pattern envelopes is easier. Still love to leaf through the catalog, though.
See why I'm up too late ? By all accounts, I should be darn tired - and I am ! Dearest Son had a great day, and Beloved Hubby got so much done, it makes my day look like a long nap. It's bedtime. But I wanted to get this done, too. Sleep well, friends and family !
