Neglecting housework

So tonight, I left the house in shambles, read some blogs, and made these funny guitars from scraps I have. I saw some online at etsy that were too cute (much cuter than mine) but these were free and could be whipped up tonight in time for the kids to play with them in the
morning.
I had a quiet evening, nursing my 4 bee stings that I got today (see my other blog for that detail!) and eating frozen grapes to try and cool down while I sewed....
Now I'm up too late... Again.

Be a friend and vote for Libby Dibby

Hey folks... some sweet fan put Libby Dibby skirts on the home page at kirtsy.com today...
do us a favor and send us a shout out over there by commenting and voting for us.
Thanks!!!!
libby

New patterns

This one is a prototype... I have only a M (maybe one more...) but if
you all like it, we will get more.
It is "moonlight summer"

New patterns

This is "Sweet Sofia"

ps- Sweet Sofia skirts are the first skirts to be made pre-washed - MEANING that you can wash them and not dry-clean them.... (no drying, though... we recommend washing on cold and hanging to dry)

Hooray for new patterns!

They're not yet up on the site... But can be ordered, in all sizes
(email me)
This one is called "Classic"

Lilycake shirts

Another Saturday morning in my pajamas at my sewing machine before a
birthday party....
The Design Director and I worked on this one for her friend that she
calls, "lilycake" ... So we made a "lilycake" shirt... Cake on the
front and Lily on the back. The second shirt, the one that M is
keeping, in my opinion, is a lot cuter and deserves some repeating.
I'll attach more images later...

(my phone only lets me attach one photo per email so I am trying to
figure how to best deal with that and still not have to spend
inordinate amounts of time at my computer at home... I generally only
blog from my phone)

#3...

Figueroa Hotel #2

Date night

So J took me out tonight and we, wisely, forewent The Grove and
instead we went downtown to Hotel Figueroa for coffee (we were too
tired for real drinks) after dinner... He'd learned about it through
work and filming... They filmed lots of ALIAS here...(jill!)
What a gorgeous place... I'll send a few photos...talk about
inspiration... In the shadow of the Staples Center....its been around
forever...

Same quilt... Different heart

So if you look a few weeks back, I've already blogged about loving
this quilt, which was given to me...
But now it has more of a story... I took it to the cleaners because it
smelled pretty musty and got it back... Well.. The very antique
batting shrunk up so small that I had to cut the top open and venture
into the quilting world... Which I never have done before... I bought
batting and spent the last two nights doing little loops to anchor of
all together. In the past, I've known I don't have the patience to be
a quilter, even if I love the aesthetic, but this has confirmed I will
never be able to do it...
Don't get me wrong, its been nice, but I like short and sweet
projects...

Thought I'd give you a closer view of the fabrics, which I am
appreciating even more as I get more aquainted with them.