17 November 2010

Sewing Adventures....


Yes!
They are finally finished....
those 3 silk blouses that I agonized over...
and squirmed each time I looked at the folded
fine silk laying on my sewing desk.

I worried,
stewed,
bargained (in my head)
and looked very hard for someone who would take on the task
of transforming the luscious threads into something 
wearable.

then I gave up, or in.....
and sought out patterns to make for myself.
YIPES!

Curtains, yes...
pillows, yes....
handbags, yes....
clothing, Oh *#&# no!

But 
I started slow,
and prayed each and every time 
that I put the presser foot down.
and finally,
I have finished.

And 
I just might start wearing them next week....


This first one was a bear!
I tackled it last,
and I am very glad too,
the "cross-over" neckline had me flummoxed....


I had to take out the two front seams, twice...


this one was a breeze, it is simply
2 squares (front) and one rectangle (back).



but this is my favorite!
I love paisley...
and this fabric is especially yummy,
thick, heavy as cream, silk
that worked very easily.
Not the simplest thing I have ever done, 
but probably the most satisfying.




And because the fabric was so expensive,
I didn't throw one scrap away,
I simple started sewing them all together and made a 
couple of scarfs...crazy quilt style....
smiles.


These are my Christmas gift to me...


15 November 2010

It was all a dream....

Remember JR?

Well, that's just about what the idea of making all my 
Christmas gifts would be like....


High drama....
broken promises....
deception....
out right lies....


There isn't a chance in this here reality 
that I could actually make all those gifts,
much less sew them all.....

Nope...




Nada...
Neyt...
Oh Hell No...

Not happenin'
not even with a glue gun....

But 
a girl can dream can't she?




Sometime,
in a place long ago....
this girl thought she might attempt
"The Martha Perfection Cycle"
but alas...
no.





I have a few talents,
but a perfect Christmas is not in my repetoire.




No, 
Christmas comes with too much emotion,
hopes, dreams, illusions, delusions.....

I simply cannot pull it off.
So... 
I guess I will post some photos
 and pretend
the perfect Christmas event is in the works.




But please do not feel the least bit sorry for me...
I am finally coming to terms with the idea that 
a perfect holiday season is all in one's head.....
that perfection is in the mind of the willing...
that I can have that perfect holiday if I make up my mind
that whatever happens IS perfection...

Difficult you might say,
but is it?

Perhaps it is simply a matter of allowing others to be 
and act just the way they are...
and being in a state of mind, that is willing to accept 
imperfection as being a form of perfection
(ok, my head just about exploded on that one, don't ask for more)

I am willing at this point in time to accept
what comes my way.

Hopefully,
this feeling will last....


smiles.