My first blog post! So excited.

Ok so this is my first blog post. Loving it. A place to put my photos, ideas and all of the other random crap that I come across.

6 things that have been floating thru my head lately:

1. I need to sew the 50's & 60's dress/suit/blouse patterns I bought off e-bay. Need to buy the fabric first!

Here are the patterns I bought:

Simplicity Jiffy Wiggle dress # 4884

Simplicity Jiffy Shift dress # 5960

McCall's full skirt Dress #6080

Butterick blouses # 8206

Thing is I think I am going to have to learn how to do a 'full bust adjustment' on each pattern because after teaching myself more about sewing a dress I learned that patterns are made for an average B cup size-way not big enough for my DD's! I also have to get up the courage and learn how to put in a zipper and use fusable interfacing to give shape and structure to the dresses.

2. Get to know my sisters and mom better-I sent them each a little questionaire to find out stuff I didn't know about them-I got the questions by doing a google search for 'get to know you questions' and cobbling together a list that seemed appropriate. The answers I have received back give me a nice insight into each of them.

3. Use up what I own instead of buying new things - I own way too much 'stuff' and am trying to reduce what I own. For too long I have had the urge to buy buy buy but now all I want to do is reduce. It makes me feel weird to look at some of the stuff I have bought in the past and think to myself 'Why did I buy that?'

4. Mop the kitchen floors more often-I really hate that chore-in fact I would love to pay someone to do it for me-I hate it that much.

5. Exercise because I am getting older and my body is telling me so-problem is I am lazy like so many other people.

6. Missing my friend Diane in Australia something fierce