May Day Projects

First of all, It's FINALLY Spring here!!!

Second, I pulled out the sewing machine and the box of scrap fabric the other day, mostly out of boredom.... I granted myself 2 days off after a huge paper & presentation before starting to cram for finals... Here's what I came up with: A cute little skirt made out of a turquoise t-shirt, and the belt to a jacket I bought at Savers. The jacket looks better without the belt, and I just cut the shirt off at the armpits and sewed it right up to the belt, with a few tucks in the back (it fits a little funny but for the most part worked well). Pretty cute, but I'm not quite sure it is my style.
Next, I also came up with an apron out of a bunch of scrap fabric that I had.
I am going to give it to my friend Sarah for her birthday at the end of the month-- she's quite the baker, and I don't think she has an apron. Not bad for one evening's work!

Snowstorm and Sunny Skies

The weekend before the start of the semeter brought 6 inches of blizzard and as much as I love the make-over it has given the city, it really makes it difficult to get places that take more than an hour to walk or bus to, for example, Julia and Tessa's house. Frustrating.

But even so, the sun has been shining since it stopped snowing and sunshine IS something I've needed. Anyway not much time before the semester starts actually swingin so I've got a lot of reading, knitting, and sewing to do. My project list goes something like this: ...several coin purses ... one hat ... two sets of leg warmers ... one painting ... several head bands ... line my felted bag ... and finish the felted bag for sarah!

What I did finish were two needle holders which were pretty easy. I sent one to Mom and she liked it I think. And, I made an apron out of the scrap material to make cooking dinner fun!