Wait for it...!

The next season of Project Project Runway is on the way!
My fellow designer and I are actually sitting together, plotting and planning right now.
(We were both accepted back for the upcoming season! Congratulations to us!)

Legos

We are convalescing at a friend's house in Minneapolis. Coughing all night like a two-pack-a-day habit. And running around all day like we just don't care.


Even that finally caught up to us.


Legos here. In the non-kit form.

We will be right as rain in a few days.

The Last Days of Camp

Dock


Dragon Fly


Big Chair


Riding a "Horsie"

We sure had fun!

Camp

Here are the scenes from Camp.

Fine Art

Today I photographed someone else's art.

This is a family portrait, sketched, by my husband, on a magnadoodle.

We are packing up and hitting the road tomorrow. My supplies will be limited. So we'll see what I can do.
30 days of Creativity
Day 6

What to do when life gives you lemons?

What do you do when life gives you lemons? Display them, of course!

We have a lemon tree in the back yard, and it seems to defy the seasons, and produce fruit at all different times of year. (maybe our seasons are defying the lemon tree?)
I went out and collected the latest batch.
I organized them in a lovely tall glass vase. It helps to have them out. I remember to cut them up and put them in water, and on fish.

I love the ones with the leaves on them.

30 days of Creativity
Day 5

T-shirt makeover

30 days Creativity
Day 4
I decided to give another t-shirt a face lift.
A few weeks back, we did an Iron Craft Challenge that involved t-shirts. And I had more ideas than I could do in a week. So I got one of my other potential shirts out and worked on it.
I learned lessons from the first one.

I don't like the crew neck up quite so high on me. I prefer a little scoop. The first shirt I did, I used one of my favorite shirts as a pattern, and cut the neck to match. (And, yes, I even left a seam allowance.) And, whoa, we approached "flash dance" neck line proportions.
On this shirt, I was prepared not to make the same mistake. So I cut the collar out, and almost nothing else. But still the neck grew to epic proportions.
I made the seam tape on the bias this time. I thought that would help with the 'stretch' factor. I also sewed the tape on with the tape side towards the presser foot. But still. STRETCH!!


I love the color combination.

The pink is a little bit sweet, so I like the blue and coral colors are in contrast to the soft pink.

I am happy with the way it came out. It really personalizes as plain-jane shirt.
And it's ready for camp now!