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Monday, May 23, 2011 at 5:05PM 
Yes, I have been gone for a week and a half. The 100th birthday party and the beach were lovely. I will actually post pictures here as the week goes by. I am going to "steal" some from the Tall Short Person because she was continually taking pictures with her phone!
We left at midnight. Did I spend all the time sleeping or packing? Of course not! I made a dress. I had seen a dress on a French website that was so similar to my everyday dresses that I could not believe it. They were charging 200 Euros which is almost $300. My frontier dress for $300????? I took my trusty pattern and measuring tape. Took out fabric that I purchased for between $1 and $2 a yard, and got to stitching.
Less then two hours later, I had a new dress. The fabric is very soft and I used a muslin for the petticoat. One of the things I really liked about it was that it does not have buttons down the front so it is even easier then my normal frontier dress pattern. And then there is that other thing.
The muslin petticoat that shows! Scandalous!
This is a fabulous dress. I need to make some more and have ideas straight from my fabric pile.
Life is going to be interesting around here. My Beloved quit is job while we were on vacation and has two businesses he is trying to grow. The Tall Short Person is going to make us grandparents in November. I will truly have much to do because I am still working, and stitching, and crocheting, and weaving, and spinning. I hope to actually get the surfboard out sometime soon.
Remind me next time, it does help to blog on vacation if you remember all the needed gadgets! Smile.
Reader Comments (1)
I just love the story about your grandmother's 100th birthday celebration. These are the things that life is made of. Please tell her she looks beautiful for a 100 year old woman.