A Little Break... Back to Work!!!

My Bald Man and I took a little trip on the holiday weekend to Tellico Plains.. now growing up in Athens, TN I have been to the falls and river up there often.. but Bald Man, after living in TN for over 20 yrs had never been!!!

Ofcourse we had to take Pac, he loves a good road trip! This is at the overlook going up to Indian Boundary Lake ...

Down by Tellico river... Bald Man just had to 'test' the water and see how cold it was... yeah.. its pretty cold,,, mountain rivers typically are.

Bald River Falls....

I am the first to admit we do not take advantage of living so close to such a beautiful area... many beautiful natural areas are so close to us ! I mean, in K town... we are so close to the Smokies,,, not far from lots of North Carolina mountain lakes.... we really should get out more and explore close to home.

I used to enjoy hiking a bit... but after almost stepping right on a huge copper head up in Coker Creek I stopped... that was 16 yrs ago. I think it may be time to 'let it go' haha!! and hit the trails every now and then. After all, its great exercise!

But now back at the homestead.... my work... (joy) this week is to make Bald Man a new shirt...

so far its all cut out and the collar is almost ready to go on. This is a super easy shirt to make.. Hopefully I will get it done tomorrow!

Remember, all you who sew out there, sew for your man! He will buy you more fabrics and machines!! hahaha!

I've had several embroidery projects I've wanted to get to...

The first one is this thrift store pair of cropped skinny jeans ($5).....

I finished the leg embroidery today and did some Sashiko stitching on the pockets... I'm also adding a brocade detail to it.. and maybe 1 more thing.....

Below...

This is now on the back of my short sleeve hooded knit jacket,thrift store find, ofcourse ($3)

A pink camo skull!!!!! Done with reverse applique', the little flower was done regular applique style! LOVE IT!

And its not done either.... I need to add something to the front and I want to line the hood with cute fabric (probably pink camo... shocker!)

Both these designs are from Anita Gooddesigns.. Urban Boho and Asian Fusion,

her embroidery cd's are my favorites! I need a few more from her collections!

Everyone have a blessed weekend....

God is so good to us....

Whoo Hoo! we're getting lots of rain today.... much needed rain!

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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