Summer Of No Pants 2013 post #1

 My first skirt is a refashion that was really easy to do- in fact, the hardest part was deciding to cut the dress, and then actually cutting the dress!

The dress I started with was the twin of the check dress pictured below, I made them both in 2008, and the Watermelon Dress bodice was wearing thin...

 ...so, I cut the skirt off the bodice off the skirt (carefully cutting around the zipper, you know to save for another project), and I cut the pockets out, and sewed the new seams- tapering from the old to the new, so that I could keep the original hem. (oh, and I saved the ties too)

Next steps were to iron the top (smoothing the semi-permanent gathers), and fold down & under a generous casing for the elastic.

 

I then thought that this skirt would be better with a few belt-loops, so I cut a strip from the bodice, stitched & whacked it into 3 loops that I added after the elastic was in....one in the back and one on each side, and tacked the elastic down in 4 places- I should never have a problem with rolling and flipping elastic.

 

 

 I hand stitched the tie ends together (to make one long tie), and if you thread it through the belt-loops to the front, and then over the belt-loops to the back and tie it- you can almost hide the "elastic waist look"...it looks better with a shirt, but I was in a hurry, and skipped that!

 I must say, I am very happy to have an old friend back in my closet again!
(...but I may end up making it shorter...)

~baby bunnies~

 ♥ Sweet babies~ I love the little white spot on their little foreheads...and I love...well...I just love them from head to toe! =)  ....I just want to hold one under my chin....

Read the story and see more photos HERE! =)

The 20th of May....

...is Eliza Doolittle Day.  =)

One of our charming guests~

We drank cold Peppermint Tea (here), and played "Apples to Apples".

"Lots of Chocolate for me to Eat! ..."  (one recipe found here, and the other below)

 

Make your own Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans:

Melt some Chocolate chips (semisweet & dark), add a dab of coconut oil, and stir in Organic Coffee Beans (half & half reg & decaf). Drop by bits, and refrigerate to harden!

 

Some of the guests enjoying them selves~

Gingerbread....(served with spray cream)

Do I look like I'm going to the Ascot Racecourse?

How kind of you to come~ thank you!

Invitations...

I have decided that even if you resort to sending out e-mail invitations, it is rather nice to attach a "real invitation" to it.  It can say less, or more than the e-mail if you like, or the very same thing- no one will mind, and everyone will like your pretty invites, and be tickled that you thought of them!   I have posted 6 Eliza Doolittle Day invitations below, and I can change the time if you would like me to.  I believe that all of these clip-arts came from Free Pretty Things For You (here) and My Vintage Mending (here).

Make time...

Even if you don't have a large, grand party, I want to encourage you to get together (where ever you are), with someone for a spot of tea or coffee.  Even if no one else comes, I know that my Mom will come to tea, and it will happen- because we put it on the calendar~ we are making the time.... =)