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Jetlag Love
Ahh....blogging...sometimes it's just haaaard. I was set to post on Valentines Day morning; alas, duty called. That afternoon and evening? No Internet. Yesterday afternoon? No power for the one hour I had. Last night? No Internet. ...and, People! I'm in America, NOT Mongolia! OK, I'm back.
However, I do want to share with my teeny tiny audience the following:
Both Randy and I ended up sharing Valentine sentiments (15 hours apart) having to do with our 1st date. Romantic coincidence? I love that thought :) Our 1st date was at a Basque Restaurant in, of all places, Bakersfield, CA. About as remote as Mongolia. Lots of other similarities actually. Sometimes I think I married Randy because he is absolutely the only one in my circle back then who agreed to go to the Basque restaurant....it was so, you know, foreign. Ha! Look at us now :D Anyway, after this Romantic Coincidence, we have half a plan to check out the REAL Basque country in Europe ;)
The Man surprised me with:
and
Sighs of happiness. OK, I'll keep him for another year ;)
Now to the Jet lagged Heart thing. I have been into Dress Barn here twice, I think, in the last 6 months and heard this song both times. It's so Randy & I right now!
Trust me, don't watch the video.
Other than that, since I last posted I was so happy to start another granddaughter, Abby, sewing!
Finished product: a pillow case with mock piping
as well as just enjoy the Washington Munchkins (involving 100 games of Go Fish with Julia :) :
A Scout! Growing so fast :)
Where is Hannah?! Hmm....
I hosted a Spend-the-Night-at-Grannies with all 3 Colorado Munchkins, involving at least another 100 games of Go Fish (whats up with Go Fish all of a sudden?):
I've also been a able to do a little sewing:
for Hannah Girl
For Boy Munchkins
In the works; i.e. muslins
I've enjoyed some beautiful Snow Days
Now you see it...
Now you don't--I love Colorado!
Enough. ...and I will not remind myself about more frequent, less bulky, blogs...
Last spring I chucked my 20-year-old bathrobe, giving me no choice but to replace it come winter. Granted, I never took it to Mongolia, so it only got worn when I was home in the US. But still. For summer I made several light weight robes, but I knew I liked the style of my old RTW one. When I saw reviews for Vogue 9232--on PR (all 3 of them), I knew I'd found my pattern. Interestingly enough, the pattern is actually for a caftan-type dress; but all 3 reviews were done up as a robe. Sham's review in particular had great tips. On a trip to Colorado Fabrics in early summer I spotted a beeeuuutiful pink sweatshirt type fabric. The outside is more like a thick knit and inside is dreamy soft. And it's baby pink! Which is hard to tell in the pics as we in Colorado have had lots of rain and no sunshine. And OK, I'm no photographer. But seriously, this is like stepping into a pink cloud. ...
As I've probably whined/stated before, the trip to and from Mongolia involves about 30 hours of travel spread over 3 flights, Incheon Airport, South Korea the long leg being 11-13 hours. For almost 10 years I've resisted wearing anything closely resembling sweats. I know, I know. Call it an anti Ugly American thing. About 5 years on, I had to ditch jeans with any kind of buttons on the back. Finally, the knobby seam joint of the back yoke got to me. Never mind having to unbutton midway through. Sigh. I finally caved into wearing comfy pants (hereafter referred to as Happy Pants) on the long leg of my international flights last September. These were made up in my favorite yoga pants pattern, Laura Lounge Trousers (I'd made 3 pair for Pilates already :) by Maria of Denmark (her Kimono Tee pattern is another one of my go to's!). In purple stretch velour. Still, I couldn't bring myself to hang out in the airpo...
My husband had meetings come up quick in Dubai and of course I tagged along! We were going to be there a week and I wanted a lightweight kimono-type pullover for the pool and getting out of the shower. I had snagged a gorgeous white linen/cotton (guessing on this) here in UB that was perfect. My inspiration came from Lisa's over at Lisa's Carolina | Handmade . I'm not good at pattern drafting and this was a quick FREE measure and cut tutorial of Stitch Sisters--find their Patternless Pattern Link here . I'm so happy with this! It basically took me an afternoon. The directions are great--and they include 5/8" seam allowances--yay!--as I wanted to turn under and top stitch them since I don't have a serger here. I left off the ties. Shapeless worked for this. I also raised the neckline by about 1.5" The neckline was a little trickier as I didn't have any bias on hand and there is no "running out" anywhe...
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