My Poor Puppy

Now that the non stop rains have stopped and we are back to our summer rain schedule (sunny all day, thunder and rain in time for rush hour) here in Sunny South Florida, the puppy and I are trying to get back into shape by swimming.

I got home around 4:00pm on Friday, so Puppy and I hit the pool for some laps. When DH arrived home, he too decided it was time for a quick swim, so we ended up staying in the pool till well past 7:30pm. My diving diva went non-stop for over three hours and on Saturday morning awoke with swimmer's tail.

This is a picture of her tail this morning, swollen and no tail wagging and she can barely sit straight... :(

My poor puppy...

Stimulating the Economy

I really do have issues...

The lining for Bag #6 is really bugging me. It's stupid, I know, there are more important things to worry about, but I can't help myself. So I found myself in Jo-Ann again after work. (It also doesn't help that the store I typically office out of is only about 300 feet away.) With my 40% coupon in hand as well as this week's flyer, I marched into Jo-Ann with a mission:
1. Grab the two Butterick Patterns (on sale for $1.99/ea) that I had viewed online this morning and 2: Find some lining for Bag #6 and get out of there!

The Dream vs. Reality:

• I walked in, grabbed next week's flyer, (noted to self that all interfacing is 50% off starting Sunday 6/14)
• Stopped by the Interfacing section and noted to self that I need craft and fusible fleece interfacing, (started plotting my return on Sunday)
  
• Went to the Pattern Drawers, pulled out the scrap of paper with the two pattern numbers, pulled two patterns, but noticed a cute dress pattern. Stop myself, but then find myself at the catalog table, flipping through Butterick book. Find another pattern, pick it up as well.
• Wander over to the 50% off remnant section, pull out three bolts of fabric, one, a dark Burgundy/wine color reminds me of the fabric I have at home that I am still trying to find matching fringe. Note to self, fringe is on sale this week.
• Wander through the home decor and fringe aisle trying to find matching fringe, no luck so I put the one bolt of fabric back with the other abandoned fabric.
• Start to think about searching for lining, but stop at the printable fabric section, recall one blogger's post about printing her own labels and stare at the package in my hand that cost $40+, think about my 40% coupon, put the package back on the rack.
• Begin searching for lining; find a large bolt of the Kleo Pink Cotton Print, carry that around until I find lining, thinking about buying more Kleo Pink Cotton Pint, but stop myself. (Such restraint!) Find some lining called Ribbon Dance Pink Dot and head over to the cutting table.
• Once done, I grabbed my fabric and headed to check-out, but as I get closer to the register I look back at the rest of the store, but force myself to walk forward
  

I should have left Jo-Ann with a bag of items that totaled less than $10.00, should have but no, instead...$36.80.

So what do I have in my little bag...

Some fabric called Barefoot II Sungold. It's nice and thick, almost canvas like, but what I will use it for, I have no idea. There wasn't much left after the woman measured out my request, so I got the last 14 inches at 75% off.


A yard of this fabric called VFF Novelty Taffeta. It looks almost burgundy in this photo, but it's actually more gold. It's also the same print of that burgundy/wine fabric that I have been searching for a matching fringe. It's so rich that I think it will make a great evening bag, perhaps as a Clutch.


Three Butterick patterns, instead of two...Note to self, really, did I need another three patterns for a handbag?






One yard of the Ribbon Dance Pink Dot for Bag #6. Now that I am looking at the bag and lining together...I still don't know, it's fun but perhaps too busy.






To have such issues...I know....

Bag #6

Now that my sister's bag is complete, I figured it was time to start another bag. I sat in the kitchen for a little while yesterday morning staring at several patterns and was undecided for a least an hour. I gave up and asked DH to pick out a bag. He chose Bag A from the Butterick 4474 pattern (photo - bottom middle). While it took him 20 seconds to pick out the bag, it took me another 2 hours to decide on fabric....damn that growing fabric stash. Does anyone else have this problem?

Finally decided to use the Kleo Pink Cotton Print from JoAnn's. I originally brought the fabric online as my local JoAnn's was out and I made the mistake of trying to buy a coordinating fabric at the same time. Online, the fabric I chose appeared to be a light yellow print, but when it arrived it turned out to be beige. As I was cutting out the pattern I wasn't thrill with the beige fabric but I was too lazy to head out to the store to buy something else so I settled. Now that I have finished the pocket and I'm ready to attach the two layers, I really don't like this beige fabric.

What's a girl to do...

Wild Life in South Florida

I was sitting in my kitchen doing some work when I heard the birds outside screeching as if there was a riot going on...

Looking out the window I saw the several birds dive bombing something along the telephone wires. When I stepped outside to take a look, walking along the wires were two very green lizards or iguanas (???, guess I should have goggled).

Trip to NYC

I finished the Lizzy Bag just in time for my trip up to NYC. My youngest sister graduated from College and I went home for the celebration. I must be thick in the head because I meant to take a picture of the bag, especially as I was wrapping the bag up in tissue paper and a ribbon, but yet, I still forgot. My sister loved it, or at least I think she did, she used it both Saturday and Sunday. If I can get a photo from her, I will post it here.

Friday was spent walking up and down 6th & 7th Avenue, visiting fabric stores. I did promise myself that I would not buy anymore fabric until I made some headway into my current stash. I was however on a mission to find some trip for some fabric (burgundy/wine with gold stitching) I purchased months ago to make a tiny simple bag and some piping to match the blue fabric (picture above) and the green flip flop fabric I used for my Flip Flop Beach Bag and some black foldover braid for another project.

After visiting countless shops and having to control myself, I made two small purchases at Daytona Trimmings (251 W 39th Street) and M&J Trimming (1008 6th Avenue).

Since I did not bring any fabric with me to match (once again...genius) I had to eyeball it...


Since I am still happy with my little finds, I have not pulled out the fabric to see if they are a match...I don't want to bring my down my shopping high...