Current Mood : Sleepy and stuffed !
Big dinner tonight. Meatloaf
and roasted potatoes with baked beans. Sure, the oven does most of the work,
but there’s quite a bit of prep work first ! Even though it’s kind of hot for
such a feast, I was figuring there’d be leftovers for the weekend, then I’d pop
the last ham into the oven Sunday. That, and the rest of the pantry stores,
will easily take us to the first of the month and the next paycheck, and we’ll
be fine for a while. I love it when everything works out.
I’d planned on calling our
local TRU, see if the Headless Headmistress had made it to store shelves in
yesterday’s delivery truck – I’ve been hearing reports of them available nearly
everywhere. But I didn’t, because I got a ‘your order’s being processed for
shipping’ notice this morning ! Yaaay ! Hasn’t shipped yet, but it’s showing ‘in
stock’ and that mine should be here around month’s end. Hope I get a good one !
I figure it won’t ship ‘til Monday, and she’ll arrive here Wednesday or
Thursday, that’s how it usually goes. Our store is showing out of stock, but
the one in CapitalCity has a few. (snort) By the time I got Beloved Hubby to
drive me up there, my mail order will already be here, so I’m glad I don’t have
to worry him or anyone about it.
That’s good, because Beloved
already has enough going on. We’re getting pressure from family to move, and
neither of us think it’s a good idea right now. But the pushing continues, and
I’m losing patience with the ‘pushers’. Be glad to help *them* move, if it’s
the best for them and what they want, but if I’m gonna respect their decisions,
they need to respect ours, too. Truth be told, we may end up there, if
opportunity presents itself, but I really resent everyone leaning on Beloved.
That’s my job, you guys !
So, in frustration, I sewed.
Whipped out ‘Square Neck Dress’ from NG Creations’ Pattern Set #4, again using
woven cotton instead of the stretch fabric the directions call for, since it
was a test. Came out pretty well, even in the crappy green stuff, and I didn't even go thin on the seam allowances, I used the full quarter-inch. Fit is good, although
it pulls a bit at the hips and the neckline is a bit too large – ya get a
choice of the sleeves falling off her shoulders or the chest gapping open, not
lying flat as it should. I can alter that fairly easily, and now that I know
how easily it sews, I’ll definitely sew it up again ! It may be hard to see in
the photo, but there’s a seam right down the middle, so you can mix and match
prints and colors any way ya like ! I just went ‘boring’ ‘cause it was a trial
version. It amused me a bit to run four lines of stitches down the front,
super-easy and unusual for me, but it’d be so fun to add some of that rick-rack
or other trim I have on that seam, or different thread colors.
Have no idea what I’m gonna
sew tomorrow, though…
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