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Current Mood : Sleepily lazy
Beloved Hubby had to work today, so it was just me and Dearest Son rattlin' around the house. Spent most of my day futzing in the Lab. Been thinking of replacing the trash can in there. It's a standard kitchen size, which is kind of silly, since most of the Lab trash is cut threads. Found a ‘tower' - an 11-inch wide set of drawers in a narrow column, for $19. A deluxe version that looks nicer is $25. Figured I'd use the top shelf for trash, and I'd have more storage space, always at a premium in the Lab.
Beloved and I were at that store yesterday, but wouldn't you know it - all of the $19. towers were sold ! They'd had about twelve of ‘em Tuesday. Oh, well, I was just lookin' anyway...but at the end of the aisle, there was a black drawer set, not nearly as tall, and a bit wider. Instead of a bunch of small drawers, it had two big ones, and an open top. Possibly the top drawer was missing ? For whatever reason, its $9.95 price was marked down to $2. Oh, yeah, that's mine ! This'd work great !
Got it home, and we had eight other things to do. So today, I prepped it for a transformation ! Wiped the dust off with paint thinner. I still had at least a third of a can of that green Fusion I used on the Barbie grill, and wouldn't a green set look so much better than a black one ? About a half hour later, I had it cleaned, painted, and dried in the sun. Used up the can to the point where it was spraying only propellant without paint, but even that went on a place I can't see. Perfect ! I just love it. And, ya wanna know a secret ? When there's some more cash (and less guilt over all I've already spent !), I'll probably get a pretty little trash can. Heck, I may go get the Disney Princess one, if I get really whimsical ! Right now, there's a former planter basket in there, lined with a grocery bag, in case I need it...
Already have the drawers filled up - hey, you know me, you'd worry if I had an empty shelf or drawer sitting around here - and it's within an arm's reach of my sadly neglected sewing machine. Got the flannel for my pajamas and possibly a doll quilt or two washed and dried out on the line under beautifully sunny skies while Dearest stomped around in a bike helmet, snow boots, and ‘laser' gun, my little clone soldier from the future.
Came back in, made dividers for the patterns I have in one drawer - Crafts, Me, The Guys, Ideas - from some of the colored paper flyers Dearest brings home every week from school. There were at least eight, inviting us to various church-sponsored Easter egg hunts, this week alone. It'd take about four drawers to hold all the doll patterns, so I moved only the ones that would fit. Which was everything that wasn't dolls ! The rest of the colored paper was cut up for scratch note paper. I like to use up everything that comes my way...
Continued to putter around the Lab while Dearest defended our future after lunch. Sorted some doll clothes, and found a dress I'd made years ago, a first draft of a simple shift for Mia and the little Disney Princesses. Neckline was too tight on them, as were the armholes, and since I'd made three more that worked from the same fabric, there wasn't much need to keep this one. The big trash can was relocated to the doorway, so I was about to dump it when the Raggedy Ann I bought for Baby Chrissy yesterday caught my eye. I still need to make her an apron...
Hmm. Wonder if she could wear this shift ? Soft body dolls are harder to measure but more flexible with fit, especially in things like armholes...Neck was tight on her, too, but not much, so I could fix that. Took the simple round neckline down about a quarter inch, and now we had a good fit. So now, Raggedy Ann has a summer dress to wear while I wash her original one. It even looks good with her pantaloons ! She looks so sweet in Chrissy's arms. You get that photo tomorrow !
Chez Insanity - where even the dolls have dolls...and I make clothes for ‘em all !
I then went back to sorting doll patterns. I have so many, I've been storing them any which way. Since there was a bit of extra room now, I got them all sorted, and pulled the ones I haven't scanned yet. Yikes. Five of ‘em. Four Barbie, one Cabbage Patch (for Dottie and Timey). Figured that, if I finished cleaning, I'd have the space for the ironing board - I always iron patterns before I scan ‘em. In the pattern exchange group, I always got complements for that.
So I got the Advance B pattern I found at the thrift store last week ironed and ready to scan tomorrow. I really should do it today, since it's sitting out, but I'm not in much of a mood to. I kinda wanna laze around for the rest of the day, until Beloved comes home. Maybe see if YouTube.com has any more Urusei Yatsura episodes !
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