Great news ! I found a
source for the kind of water soluble stabilizer I need to make more free
standing lace projects – and it’s so cheep, I won’t mind throwing the scraps
away at all. Even better, it’s already pre-cut to fit my hoop ! The cheapest I
could find before would be 27¢ for each hooping, and it’s sold by the yard, so
I’d have to cut it m’self. This stuff’s 10¢ a sheet, with great reviews. I even
have enough money to buy it without using House checking. Whoo-hoo !
More good news – while I had
some differences with JenWrenn last year, she does offer nice (and often free)
patterns. She’s doing another sew-along this summer, free patterns for AG and other size dolls, with an eye
towards creating a mix-and-match wardrobe, in knits. I can use some knit practice,
so I’m throwing in. She’ll post the new pattern every Thursday, and take it
down over the weekend. If I’m reading it correctly, she wants us to post photos
in her group, and submit links to the pix at the end, to get the final pattern.
Doable. It’ll fit in quite well as one of my weekly Three Projects. First
pattern is already up, a simple tank top, tested and available for AG,
available for slim 18” – 16” and 14” dolls. I’m going for the slim 18-16”
pattern for the DP&M girls,
probably this weekend. I got lotsa knits and tons of tearaway to use ! Curious,
or already want in ? Check things
out here.
Speaking of freebies, there’s
a free gladiator sandal pattern available for download over at Pixie Faire, all day today, then it’s
probably $4. - $6. on Saturday. It’s also for AG – starting to know how non-Barbie fans felt every time a new
doll pattern came out and it was for Babs & Co. – but long as we got
scissors and pencils, that can be only temporary if it’s not what ya need. Free
is always a good jump-off point if you can swing it ! Pixie Faire always does a
free Friday pattern, it’s usually up for a vote mid-day Wednesday. Almost
always, it’s AG, but again, alterations
are fun. May be worth a visit if you do anything that size. They even have
several freebies for Barbie and Disney dolls, all the time, scout around the
site. One day, I’ll hafta buy one of their patterns – only one I’ve sewn from
all those downloads is a free tee.
I’m also thinking of
expanding Three Projects into food. Lots of it out there, I have no idea how to
cook it or what it tastes like. Some of it’s at Dollar Tree. Their snacks are almost
always good, I like the turkey bacon, and their heat-and-eat French bread is superb.
Today, I finally cooked the potato gnocchi I bought there a couple weeks back.
From the recipes I found, you briefly boil the little dumplings, then add whatever
sauce pleases your palate. I went with a garlic butter sauce, sprinkled with
the last of the shredded mozzarella. Since lunch was planned ahead of time, I
saved the ‘soup’ part of Dearest Son’s favorite roast beef ramen, and boiled
the gnocchi in that. Came out pretty good, a bit salty, but tasty. Ate less
than half the package. If I doused them in spaghetti sauce, would the dish be ‘Potatoes
in Tomatoes’ ?
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