Gardens, Costumes and a sad swap

Lovely, beautiful... ahhh, yes... my garden is finally done!!!! After much drama with landscapers... I have a gorgeous garden!!!

And below, all sweaty and dirtier than I've ever seen him, is the wonderful Bald Man who thought up the landscape plan... dealt with the hateful "I'm retiring in 2 weeks!" landscaper...
and he even put in a soaker hose watering system!

Yep, I sure do love my man!

Wasn't it nice of the landscaper to leave ALL this compost all over my back yard... a pile of it! What a mess!

But, Bald Man is shoveling it up so Brian can put it on the little garden spot up front and so I can use it for more garden projects I have in mind!

So its all good!!

Here's a not so happy moment... remember on Swap-bot.com

how much fun I had when I received my swap??? Jackie went through so much trouble to make sure I had things I would like...

the black poodle beanie baby (y'all know I love my poodle babies)

sparkly rhinestones I can use for costumes, a pack of pins (cause you know I sew, right?) You get the point... she did good...

This swap to the right here was so disappointing... 2 cards, some non- sparkly black beads, a couple of pieces of cut plain ribbon....

I see now why so many people have complained about stuff they receive.... this was a very sad little swap indeed!

But now back to happy times.... Here's me this last weekend at Mirage in a costume I made last year.

Also this last weekend...

me and drummer Tony! We had fun!!

I'm wearing the "Kiss Kiss" costume I made a couple weeks ago... Love it!

Now check this hot lady out, its Rach!... the costume to the left is one I made some time ago and sold to her yesterday! I like it on her better than me! You've heard No one looks better in green than a red head, right? Just look! Its true!

And ofcourse to the left is her mini skirt costume I made during the costume crunch! I LOVE IT!

She was sweet enough to give me the left over polka dot fabric too!
Yay!!! Cause I can never have to much fabric... and polka dots are so fun!

Tunisian and Tapestry crochet on the hooks

It seems that no matter what or how many projects I have going one is always Tunisian and one is always a tapestry or fair isle type with color changes or pictures. I love this tapestry handbag. It’s going to be The perfect bag for October!! The pattern was included in a booklet that cane with a Simply Crochet magazine from the UK. It’s eating a lot of yarn so Caron one pound yarn is perfect! Cause there’s a lot of it and it’s an easy care for acrylic. Handbags tend to get thrown around a lot so washable with all this white is super important when I was choosing a yarn. I’ll be adding a liner too. And pockets .. I can not have a bag without inside pockets! For oh so long I’ve wanted to try the double hook Tunisian technique. I have Lily Chins dvd on it but she’s way over my head at this point! This simple pattern is in Interweave crochet magazine fall 2018. Great pattern to get started with! The Bavarian blanket is still on a hook and will be a long time because ...

The accidental costume coming right along......

Ok! I didn't mean to start this costume. I meant to finish my Fire costume first but...I needed to make a 'muslin' for my holiday skirt though... and I thought I would make it out of this beautiful stretch velvet fabric I got from Gail K's back in the summer... and so a costume is born!!!! Just check out the color combos on this. I'm styling it after a Sahar costume. And so now... I can go ahead with Project Holiday Outfit too... the fit of this skirt is divine! I'll be making it again and again!

The "Panama Dress"!

Here is my "Panama Dress" from fabric I bought in... yes Panama! Its actually a skirt and top but it does look like a dress. No pattern, all draped. The skirt is made up of 4 separate long triangle panels that are that are rounded at the bottom. There's ALOT of movement in the skirt. The top is a fitted band around the waist and the top bust part is only attached in the back and at the sides so the bust part makes a pretty drape and I could get the waist part super tight and fitted. I hand knit the belt out of some beautiful copper yarn I got up in Philly and attached it to the skirt. The purse is some fabric I got at the sewing expo last year and is covered in tiny black poodles. It draws up at the top and through a little black crocheted doily I made that I covered in crystals. The pattern for the purse is called Circle Purse and I can't remember the designer!!! Someone asked me where I bought this dress when I wore it out last Tues. and yes I beamed when I said ...

Handworks Crochet and then Some!

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