Fabric Heaven

My fabric heaven has a name and it is SR Harris. This place is out of control. If you've never been in the midst of 30,000 square foot of floor to ceiling fabric, you must try it. I had to snap one pic to show the sheer enormity of their fabric selection. It does no justice, but I'm sharing it regardless.

My to do list...

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I have so much to get done this weekend. I have presents to wrap, presents to finish, baking to do...basically, I'm going to be a busy little elf this weekend. My main goal is to hit up a fabric store and get the material for little Brin's tutu skirts. I'm hoping tonight I can get some lists made so the weekend will be a breeze! Cross your fingers blog readers. I need all the help I can get!

I saw the above picture on a blog today and I love it. And now that I've saved it to share, I can't remember where I pulled it from! All I can say is that it's not mine...but I'm sharing anyway!

Last night I was able to finish Peyton's jams. They turned out really good! I'm really excited for her to try them on.

I also finished the doll jammie pants. Just need to do the little tshirt. So excited!

and it's Monday again

I had a very productive weekend despite all the hanging out I did.

I made some more cookies. My gingerbread men got a tad hefty!

I attempted caramels for the first time. Boil boil boil.
Then waited for them to setup. It seemed to take forever! They turned out wonderful!

Then I did some sewing. My quality assurance manager was watching for any mistakes or safety violations. He's so picky and such a micro manager.

But despite his hovering, I did manage to finish another piece of Brin's Christmas present.

I decorated almost 80 cut out cookies (thanks to Amanda for saving the day with some backup frosting when I ran out!)

And then I packaged up some of the goods to take home. Below is a small sampling of our cookie bounty. I ended up with two cake pans FULL of Christmas treats.

I didn't get anything done on Peyton's present, which makes me a bit sad, but that's what next weekend is for. I'll be sewing and cooking. Hopefully on a post next Monday I'll be able to say I got mom's cut out cookies done, Brin's skirts done and Peyton's PJ pants completed. That's my hope at least! We'll see how that goes!

I wanna dance!

Last night I finished one of little Brin's tutus. Finished except going back over for some add'l lose threads. Not the skirt part, just the body suit part of it. The picture is bad (is that a theme throughout my blog? I feel like I type that sentence a lot). But you get the idea! It's much more red than the picture leads one to believe. This particular tutu has no sleeves. The pattern does have the option for sleeves, so when I make the purple one I plan on putting short sleeves on it for something different. If I have enough fabric left, I might make a few extras in a smaller size. The 3 just seems so big and she's such a peanut. Although Peyton might fit into the 3s. Apparently one of the last times she stayed at my mom's house she wore size 18mos PJ bottoms (and she's almost 5!). If I have an extra size 2 tutu, I know a little girl in Lino Lakes that would look very cute all dressed up and has a birthday coming up in January! BTW...this is pattern 5545 from Butterick.
I also got the bow fixed on Peyton's PJ shirt. I'm not 100% in love with it, and might try to add some more detail, but I'm in the mode right now that it's ok if I don't have the time to fix it up.

Tonight on deck is possibly some cookie baking with my sister. If that doesn't happen I'll be trying to get a purple tutu cut out and sewn together. My goal is by Saturday when all my weekend plans start to have a clean apt (only one room left to clean) and have two tutus 100% done. Next Saturday I will be working the skirts and the PJ pants.

I think I'm in love...

...with freezer paper stencils. Several blogs around the Internet have shared the technique of using freezer paper, which will iron onto your fabric, to make stencils to paint fabric. I finally had a chance to try this little gem out. I'm making some Hello Kitty flannel pj pants for my niece Peyton for Christmas. I thought I'd just take some extra fabric and applique something on a white tshirt to go with it. Then I remembered the freezer paper. Below is the results. The ear on the right side is a little janky, but that's ok because that is where the bow goes. It's a poor picture, but seriously, I am so excited about this! I think it's going to be the cutest darn thing ever! If I have enough fabric I'm also going to make a little doll pj set as well and maybe get to use the technique again on that tshirt!

Next up on my to do list is make the PJ pants, finish the tshirt and make some tutus for little Brinley. I have one cut out, fabric for another and then I just need to get the material to make the skirts.

Speaking of material - a co-worker just told me about a place called SR Harris in Mpls that is supposed to be amazing for fabric. Can not wait to check it out! I'm in love with Mill End Textiles as well, so maybe this will be another joint I can check out and get some good deals at.

H-A-double L-O-W-double E-N spells Halloween

As promised I finally have a few pics of my costume on me posted. I didn't think to get any head to toe shots, which is a shame because my shoes were HOT!

Me, DQ and Ibs (AKA...Miss America, Wolverine and Antone Dodson who won the costume contest). I love these guys!

All the super heroes! We have bat girl, Poison Ivy, Black Widow, Wolverine, Quailman, Miss America, Robin, Wonder Woman and Batman.

I'm still contemplating putting the whole thing back on to take a full length pic. If I do I'll post it!