Quiet Life Homestead

Crisp Wednesday Morning & Two New Sewing Books

We had the windows open all night last night and I thought it was a wee bit chilly.  This morning on the radio they said the temperature was 32!  Oops!  Probably should've closed the windows.  It is projected to get to 70 again today so I'm not going to worry about it.  The kids are still asleep and Charlie's off to work so it's just the dog, cat, and me.  I thought I'd write this morning and then get some cottage cheese for breakfast.

Yesterday we took Charlie to work and went to the zoo.  We hadn't been in weeks (we're a big time zoo family here).  It was warm in the sun and cold in the shade, but nice to be out walking and breathing in the fresh air.  We ended up running around all day yesterday.  It always seems to happen when we take him to work, I end up driving all over Tulsa doing this and that.  I'm so looking forward to being home all day every day for the rest of the week!

I went to Barnes and Noble to let them know that the book I had reserved I didn't need (my sister got it for me).  I ended up picking up two books anyway.  I don't know how to put the little book picture things on here but I'll tell you the titles and if you're interested you can find them from there.

The first book is Sew What! Skirts by Francesca Denhartog & Carole Ann Camp.  They talk about how you don't really need a commercial pattern to make a skirt.  The book teaches you how to develop your own pattern according to your body dimensions.  Then they give you 16 different style ideas (some honestly a little shorter than what we'd wear).  I'm really looking forward to making some of these.  The important thing though is once we learn the concept, we can do lots more than the styles they have.

The second book, In Stitches by Amy Butler, has 25 projects to make for the home.  It has patterns included for things such as different types of pillows, kitchen items, bedroom and bathroom items, even a kitty tunnel.  We've decided that the dog might think our kitty tunnel is a Holly burrito (Holly's the cat's name), so we might not make that one.  If I can figure out how to make it bigger, I can make one big enough for the dog to go through.

I'm making myself get finished with the quilt BEFORE I begin another project, so I'd better get off and get quilting!