So Tater and I decided we (okay I) wasn't too thrilled with my selection of fabric for the little doll dress so off to the quilting store we went on Saturday morning (after taking a load of stuff down to the recycling center).
If you're ever in the area Smile Spinners is a great shop full of fabulous quality fabric and helpful people. Smile Spinners is also a Pfaff retailer and they do all their repairs and upgrades on site so you don't need to worry about having your machine shipped anywhere. My weapon of choice, sewing-wise, is a 2056.
Its been quite a while since I did any fabric shopping so, of course, I got a little carried away. I went in there fully intent to have Tater pick one fabric for a doll dress and then leave (with my wallet and my humility intact). Instead I went home with this...
There is fabric for a doll dress in there so I figure I did okay. Tater picked the one with the colorful butterflies...
While all our fabric was being washed and prepped for cutting and sewing I finished up that little grey top I was working on. Here's your peek...
I gotta tell ya... I love being busy. I hate sitting still. If I don't have a list of things to do to choose from I'll just invent some stuff. I wish there was a cure for sleep... I'd get so much more done!
As it is... I love weekends. As far as I'm concerned Friday late afternoon through Sunday evening is one long day. I stay up too late and get up too early and I start new messes and finish up old ones. We eat fresh whole foods that don't require a lot of prep and sort of graze all weekend. The kids are (thankfully) old enough to be helpful and mindful. They are content to be near me without having to be on me. Even Tater has little things she likes to do at the table while I'm there so we can be together but still have a little space.
Over the past few weeks we've developed a new Sunday afternoon tradition of hiking for a few hours and then heading to the local small-town pizza shop for chow. Its the best ending ever to a long week and weekend. Fresh air and all of us together chugging along, talking, playing, whatever. Its a great way to reconnect for all of us. Once we've worked up a good appetite we head to town and order what really amounts to our own buffet... pizza, chicken fingers, french fries, and fountain sodas. We eat as healthy as possible at home so I figure a good artery clogging feast once a week is okay. Again, all of us just being together to sit and eat without worrying about cleaning up and doing chores is quite liberating.
With the kids getting older (its sort of a difficult fact to ignore now that one of them is 6 feet tall) and having interests and things do of their own I'm sure times like these will continue to be important. I hope that in my busy life I will never forget to slow down once in a while and just be with my kids. They are slowly, but surely, becoming the separate persons they will be and I don't want to miss so much that I wake up one day and wonder where they went and why I didn't see it coming.
That sounds like a wonderful family tradition. And you're right, so important especially as your children become teens.
How can you only buy one fabric? Impossible.
Posted by: Miss Scarlett | January 22, 2008 at 03:22 PM
I love the little sweater! And it sounds like your family is adjusting wonderfully to the move. You just sound so content in your posts. I'm glad it's worked out for you.
Your set-in sleeve instructions were put into use last week when I seamed Twist. They were very helpful.
Also, you have received an award at my blog so stop by when you get a chance.
Posted by: Tammy | January 21, 2008 at 01:25 PM