Current Mood : Still sleepy, actually.
Spent on Craft Supplies : $4.52
Spent on Fabric : $2.25
Ah, what a good day today was ! Of course, it can be argued that any day ya get $35. worth of stuff for less than $7.50 is probably a good day - but it sure didn't start out that way.
I was up late, which is usual for Friday nights. Darn DC got into my unattended leftover Chinese - and then the hairball didn't even eat it ! Of course, I couldn't, not when I had no idea what he'd cat-handled, so I was kinda ticked. You'll be surprised at what had my attention. I was working on doll clothes ! And this was a tricky project.
Of all the stuff I've embroidered, only one item got thrown out. Nearly everything else has been used - as bags, décor, fridge magnets, something. But what to do with that really early attempt at appliqué - the crab with the loose fabric, cut with oversize scissors so it's not precise, and sewn with the wrong colors in the wrong sequence - I didn't want to toss it. Sure, it's not my best effort, but I wanted to keep it. After all, you can't see how far you've come if you don't look back once in a while.
So I thought, hey, doll clothes ! I can use the crab as the shirt design, and use the appliqué fabric as a skirt for a cute dress. But that's where the challenge began. The All-American Crab was on a scrap of fabric, not a lot there. Finding a doll big enough for the design, but small enough so that the fabric fit was gonna be fun.
Crabbie turned out to be too big for Timey Tell and Hi Dottie's chests, but there wasn't near enough fabric for anything but a second-stage appliqué for the My Size Barbie girls. Luckily, I had a new doll size in between - those of my two Battat/Our Generation AG clones, Debbie and Jenny ! Crabbie fit them, and I had just barely enough fabric around him for a shirt front. A few minutes of digging found some scraps big enough for the back pieces, but if there hadn't been enough, I'd have just used the appliqué fabric for that, too. I got a yard of it still.
Found a simple, sleeveless bateau neckline shirt in Doll Shop Deluxe, and using their installed American Girl size, printed it out on the backs of some unfiled Dearest Son school papers. And got to work. Two hours later, I had a cute little dress that didn't fluff out as much as I'd wanted, but it was still pretty good. But I was passing out, so I packed it in for the night.
Today, after breakfast in bed from a worried Beloved Hubby who said I was wheezing in my sleep, I got to it. Skirt matched up perfectly in back, and I just used Velcro to close it. I knew I'd never finish if I went with snaps. And I was happy.
Unfortunately, it was still raining. Lightning and thunder pouring down since 4am raining. So much for hitting yard sales. I was beginning to doubt for a break in the clouds to run to Hobby Lobby. But it did clear up for a couple hours, and I hit it. Got the magnets I needed with the coupon and the half-yard of pretty fabric I liked from the other day while it was still on sale, and after being cut off twice by folks with overloaded carts as I carried my two small items to newly-opened registers, I was ready to go home.
It occurred to me to check that $10. Kohl's card they send me every year. When does that expire ? Today. Lucky ! So I made a quick stop and scored the last Wall-E t-shirt they had, amazingly in Dearest's size. Didn't find anything I liked - what little they had in my size was on sale, half-off and still $20. Oh, well. Picked up a markdown bag of Easter Jelly Belly jellybeans to use up the rest of the card, and I was outta there. Really great jellybeans. Still, I have no idea who would pay $8. for 9oz of them.
And I got home before the rain. Not sure where Sharon has vanished to - I left a message, but she's out somewhere. Now, I have maybe three more stitch-outs that aren't in use yet...
