Sew Fun

Corny title, I know. Sorry.

But last Saturday I took Jeremy and Emma to a neighborhood garage sale and it was the best I've ever been to. I know lots of people hate garage sales, Nathan is one of them, but I think it's so fun to walk around and see what little treasures people have held on to and are now ready to part with.

I was able to find some great stuff.

*I got a beautiful sheet set for $3 Here's one of the pillowcases.
The sheets are for a twin, which is what we are always in need of.

However, this particular pillowcase didn't stay a pillowcase for long.

It now looks like this


I stayed up late that night to make skirts for the girls. Megan got the part that was already embroidered. Since the embroidery was about four inches long I figured it would swallow Emma. I used what was left of the pillowcase for Emma's skirt, adding a little trim around the bottom and flower which I can switch out to match whatever shirt I put her in.

*An Amish made baby doll bassinet for $5 which needs only a little TLC

This will be a Christmas present for a little girl who loves baby dolls.

*A game for the kids-Bed Bugs-for FREE

The game already has been a life saver with the kids. They love it and play it all the time, freeing me up to do stuff like shower.
Yes, my friends, my hygiene has improved because of a game called Bed Bugs.
Ironic.

*A cute sweater for Emma for $1

Here she is going for the camera. It's a little blurry, but I love it.

*A fun toy for Emma (she's a little old for it, but likes it anyway) for $1

*And a cool iron chair that is similar to one in Megan's room for $3.
The pillow needs recovering or replacing and the iron should probably be repainted, but those are easy fixes.

And because of my wonderful luck at three garage sales (and I've only been to three here), I will never knock Cleveland garage sales.

Apple Picking (Again) and More Fun

Grandma Mary and Amber requested pictures, so here they are!

Jeremy saw me with a towel on my head after a shower
and then asked for one when he got out of the bath.

We went apple picking at Patterson's Farm. Megan sneaked up a tree to get some of the apples because they were all too high for her to reach.

Sharing Apples

Emma gets to just hang out. Lucky girl.

Megan really wanted to try out this swing. She was just all kinds of excited about it.

By this point in the day the kids were all really tired and getting them to smile wasn't easy.

This was a gorgeous lake they had on the farm. The trees around it were all changing and it was just really relaxing to be there and sit by it while Megan and Jeremy looked for flowers and weeds to throw into the lake. Of course, very little of what they threw actually ended up in the lake because of a breeze that was going toward us, blowing everything back in their faces.

Here's a primitive stitch I did for our neighbor.
(This is a really random post filled with all kinds of stuff, sorry.)

On a rainy day we decorated cupcakes for Halloween. I know it's a bit early, but I really wanted cupcakes. We invited a couple kids in our ward to decorate them with us. Most of the cupcakes were eaten before the icing or sprinkles even made it to the table!

The other day Jeremy decided (or Megan talked him into it) to wear Megan's pajama top. They called it his school coat. Apparently he is ready to go to school only if he is wearing it. Here I think he's actually wearing the bottoms, too. This surprises me because I didn't think he had enough waist to keep them up.

Megan kept insisting that Jeremy go to school, so eventually I played teacher with
them and did a math lesson and a geography lesson.

So as you can see we are having fun and being busy. Now I am off to work on Megan's Halloween costume.

Feelin' Crafty

Nutter Stuff had a crafty post last Friday featuring Grace Violet and I saw these clips and dress. I immediately fell in love and am now blog-stalking her. Love it, love it, love it! She makes everything look so easy and simple, and so far, it has been.

Here are the hair clips I made for Megan.
Ok, and myself. I won't lie.
I've been wearing them, too. They are just so cool. And I am totally going to make more.
I'm thinking Christmas presents here.

Megan loves them!

Now the pillowcase dress.
I was in such a hurry to find a pillow to try this out with
that I didn't notice on the packaging that it said, "Reversible" on it.
So the back of the dress isn't the same fabric as the front, but Megan doesn't care.

I added buttons on the front because I was lazy and didn't want to change the thread on my machine. When I decided the visible stark whiteness was unattractive after all and I should have just gotten my lazy butt up and grabbed a darker thread,
I thought I'd just go with buttons and hide the white thread.

I also added the little belt-like feature to cinch it a little more in the back, keep it from looking huge on her. I could have just taken it in a little more, but I thought this would be better because it would maybe make it look like I meant to have a different fabric on the back.