Selfish Sewing: Catching up on two months of me-stuff

Let's see.....I last posted about some summer dresses I made, and now it's windy, wet and 6C outside.  I think it's been too long.  You can always look over at The Sew Weekly to see what's going on with all of us, but I don't post every week OBVIOUSLY.  I don't know how those other women find the time to make something every week.....I guess some of them work part time, or work at home, or have grown families and more time to themselves.  Or perhaps they are just better at planning their time.   I, for one, got home from work last night at 6:30, fell asleep with Tashi at 8:30 and didn't wake up until 6:30, so you can guess how much sewing I got done. 

Back in August I made a muslin of Simplicity 9253 (from 1971), using the world's itchiest linen curtain.  I ended up ripping out the zipper and giving the fabric to my mother to make patio cushions.

******Stop press******

I just tried to upload a photo collage and I got a notice saying that I've reached my 1GB storage limit.  I've gotten this notice before, but it's always disappeared after a day or so.  What's up?  Is this legit?  Do I really have to pay for blogger?  I used to have another blog for the grandparents to see the offspring, and that was WAAAAAY more photo heavy that this blog, and I never got a notice like that.

Hmmph. 

Unselfish sewing: Halloween edition

My son has put in his request for this year's Halloween costume by submitting to me the following sketch.  Care to hazard a guess as to what he wants me to sew?

My favourite time of year

So you know when you've been super busy and haven't blogged in a while, you feel like you have to post something really exciting to get back in the game?  And then the longer you delay, the bigger you feel like the post must be to merit such a long absence?  No? 

Everyone seems to slow down over the summer, whether it's because:
A) you're home with your kids and don't have a moment to yourself that doesn't involve cleaning up sand and wet towels and Popsicle stickies, or
B) you're travelling and your vacation destination has dial-up, or
C) you're just lying by the pool drinking margaritas all day and end up too drunk to operate a computer, let alone the flying blades of a serger.  (not naming any names)

The heat and humidity of Montreal summer have finally passed, and we're into my favourite time of year.  The chilly nights have given me back some of the energy that was AWOL for the past few weeks.  I don't have anything monumental to post, but I do have lots of little interesting things to catch up on, so I'll spread this out over a few days.  First of all, please join me in welcoming this beauty to my house:

 

 
This belonged to my great-grandmother Warren.  Luckily my parents are in the purging mode of life and drove up to Montreal last week with this in tow.  She needs a bit of work, but still runs well.  Luckily again, my neighbour does furniture repair/refinishing in his basement as a retirement job, so I'm going to pop over there for a bit of new veneer.

Also included in the purge swag, some fugly '80s patterns:

That poofy dress on the left look familiar?  Yes, it was the prom dress that my mother made for me in 1987, featured below in my Awkward Prom Photo that Oona asked us all to contribute for Promaballoona back in July.  

identities hidden to protect the innocent / guilty

It has a pretty tiny 32.5" bodice, so I doubt I'll ever use it again, but I just had to post the final piece of that prom puzzle.

More catch-up tomorrow.
V

A somewhat belated discovery

After almost two years of blogging, I just realized that the initialism for my blog is ASS. 

Well. That makes me feel like an....




....unobservant person.

If it sounds too good to be true...

Spotted on Craig'slist this morning: 

*quickly clicks through to see this underpriced treasure and hopefully nab it before anyone else can get there*

AArrrgh!

Promaballoona!

In case you hadn't heard, Oona is having a birthday, and instead of having a virtual drinks party like she did last year, she having a REAL LIFE PROM at Sew LA.  Why a prom?  Because what better chance to wear those fancy dresses that are NSFW.  And in order to have the kind of fun we should have had the first time around.  

Those of us that aren't lucky (unlucky?) enough to live in the greater LA area will have to make due by linking up virtually, for this year at least.  Maybe next year she and Ruggy'll be back on the East Coast and we can celebrate in a city that doesn't require a car to get around.   Because lord knows, there will have to be some designated drivers when Oona plans a party.

My men are out of town for a few weeks, so it's just us girls chez Another Sewing Scientist.  What's a mamma to do when she's called upon to party like it's Promaballoona 2012?  Why, put on her new gown (silk crepe, $6 from Guy Frenchy's thank you very much!), get the little monster hosed down and have a princess tea party.  

Please note that it took tremendous resolve on my part not to use Picmonkey's new Nip and Tuck feature.

How 'bout we get this party started?  

A splash of Mother's Little Helper (a.k.a. Hendrick's gin)? 

(click that link to enter Hendrick's Curiositorium)

A sip for the little princess, a sip for the queen

Happy Birthday Oona!  Sorry not to make your party in person, but as you can see, we've already started tearing it up in La Belle Province!

(I know that Quebec's legal drinking age is probably astonishingly low to you Americans, but even I think that 3 years old is pushing it.  I'll make sure she sticks to the juice boxes for a few years yet.)

Please?

I'm just about caught up on my blog reading.  It only took 5 nights away on business and three sick days spent completely in bed with my laptop, but I've almost done it.

Nobody post anything for a day so that my eyes can rest.  M'kay?

Thanks.