Memorial Day sale items

So... this weekend turned out to be not so good for my creative side. To give everyone a heads up I may be lack-luster on posting this week as well. My Beau and I will be attending a wake sometime later this week, so the urge to sew really isn't there for me right now.

I did pick up the Ruby's last night and did some basting to check the fit. I'm going to have to take in my seams a bit when I'm ready for the final sew. Looks like the waist is just a little big for me, I can probably attribute this to taking my measurements during that time of the month. T.M.I. warning: I bloat like you wouldn't believe. Every month around the last week I gain about 5 pounds in water weight... bleh. I'm also worried about the fabric stretching out and giving me saggy butt after a few wears, so I figured it can't hurt to take the waist in. 

Forgot to take pictures of the endeavor, but there wasn't much to see. I need to get my pockets done. I'm thinking of using one of Husqvarna 118's fancy stitches for the top stitching around the pockets. She came home Friday so now I have one fully functioning machine at my disposal. Finally. I'm very glad to have my automatic button hole attachment back. I hate hand sewing buttonholes, unless I have a good movie to watch with it. Preferably something with Patrick Swayze. To note, Road House and Red Dawn are great movies to sew and/or knit by. 

I did manage to stop by JoAnn's Memorial Day Sale like I said I would. Didn't buy too much in the way of fabric, since JoAnns stuff can be a little blah sometimes. They were having a great sale on fashion knits though so I HAD to pick up some great striped earth-tone Jersey knit for a steal. $3.95 per yard! It has alternating brown and green stripes, but is overall very neutral colored and would be great with some brightly colored bias taping around the edges. I picked up two and a half yarns and I'm hoping to make something like this out of it.  

Something like this I would make knee length of course. I'm a shorty and anything below the knee tends to look horrid on me.

And with the leftovers I'd love to make some sleeves like these on something!

I also picked up a great floral print in cotton from the kids apparel section. Pretty similar to this one, but not quite identical.

I plan to use it to make with one of my 1940s blouse patterns. I'm thinking I'll make it from my vintage 1941-1942 Advance 2963.

Picked her up for $0.99 on ebay. Best deal I ever made. I ended up deciding that I loved the fabric so much that I ended up buying 3 and a half yards. I was thinking I'd make a dress or skirt out of it as well. Don't blame me, I got the fabric for, get this... $3.00 per yard. Awesome. 

What I did all weekend

Well, I'll start off by saying that I did not finish the Ruby Shorts this weekend. But I will show you where Beau and I were on Saturday.

Lt. Dan is an amazing person. He lost both his legs in August '09 after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device. He's managed to keep his spirits amazingly high, despite everything he has been through in the past year. During his speech he was so positive and seemed to only be looking towards the future. My Beau has worked with Dan's family in the past few months as they set up a fund for him and during that time I have only begun to understand the tip of Dan's inner strength and courage.

Dan thanked everyone who came out to this event to support him, but it is us who should be thanking him for everything he has done. Without doing what he does, we couldn't live the lives we do and for that we are so grateful. Thank you to all the men and women of our armed forces who have fought, who risk their lives everyday, and those who have paid the ultimate price to defend our country and its ideals.

The rest of the weekend took on a slightly more somber note. Sunday was taken up by some very sad family news. Then Monday was used up by helping Beau finish the work he missed this week because of it, but I should be back to the Ruby shorts this afternoon. I guess I really can't keep to a set schedule.

And on one last note-- This Memorial Day I want to send a heartfelt thank you to all my readers for stopping by the blog. Thanks for your support, comments and funny stories. I've made some great friends in the first month of this blog and I hope to make many more.