In The Wake of the Storm

Monday, July 2, 2012

As you may know, last Friday, June 29, a huge storm barrelled through the mid-Atlantic states, bringing fierce winds, lightning, and rain, and leaving behind fallen  trees, damaged buildings, and no electricity for thousands of people - 500,000 in West Virginia alone.  Well, we did NOT lose our power - we live at such a high elevation, a lot of storms don't affect us. So while the rest of the county may be without power for a week or more, here we are, high and dry ...which brings me to my big project this week.  Most of my family lives in the no electricity part of the state, so they took themselves to a hotel for a few days, and my dear sister gave me most of the contents of her meat freezer.  Since the bulk of it was in the process of thawing, we are going to cook. and cook.  I am making meals and freezing them for later, and would love to share my recipes with you as I go.

The Thrill of the Hunt...

This Memorial Day Weekend sure has been a good one for scavengers! Yard sales everywhere, and then there was an auction Saturday evening. I never spend much, prefering small items (translated cheap) and box lots. The box lots I leave to my DH, Steve. He can't resist when something gets down to a dollar bid, lol. I think he spent six dollars, and we came home with the explorer full of boxes and bags. One box was dishes and whatnot that I bought in the actual auction, the rest was his 'stuff'. This evening I spent a couple of hours sorting through the boxes. One box to keep, one box for others to go through, and a LARGE trash bag, lol. Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of my little finds. Some of the items I am keeping will go into my sewing room/studio to become part of some future project. One or two items I will keep, and the rest will go to the booth at Red House.

I'm so anxious to get back to sewing - I have several ebay launches that are coming up, and a special project for my niece too. She is expecting my little namesake in July, and I am making her a sundress and also one for her daughter Abby, who is 3. I'm thinking of using some of the Jennifer Paganelli fabric I posted above for them. I am so crazy about that first green and purple print. I'm just waiting for measurements, and I'll be ready to start. I also have a skirt to make for the Hundred Skirt Projet, which you can read about in Vintage Threads, a wonderful blog by Charity in Alaska. I'm doing a 2X and had hoped to mail it to her earlier this month, but as usual, life happened. I think its a wonderful project, and I'm really excited about participating.

So, until later....................

Today, I'm in love.......

With all of the new fabrics that arrived in the mail on Wednesday. They are stacked on the cutting table, waiting to be distributed to the ladies who joined me in my first little "fabric buy". Designed by Jennifer Paganelli for her ModGirls line by Free Spirit, they are so luscious! I'm not much for the color green, but with the other colors, these spring greens are so very beautiful. I keep thinking of things I want to make with them. A fabric addiction is both a terrible and a wonderful thing, I think! I can't wait to share with you what I'm making.

This has been a day for addictions - I also went to a yard sale, a flea market (just a little one) and worked on my booth at Red House School. Here are a couple of pictures I took of the booth. Its always changing, and just so much fun having it.