Sunday March the 26th...

Participants

• Mama
• Rozzilyn
• Sadira

Wahoo...another Creative Sunday! And we were in top form this week...let me tell you! I actually got the sewing machine all to myself...hehehe, a lucky break for me and the skirt AND matching bag I made!


The yellow fabric I used is a vintage tablecloth I found at a thrift this week during a 15% off sale for only $3.40! It had about a million holes in it, but I was able to utilize most of the fabric without the holes (yay) and for a few of the holes, I am rigging up some fun patchwork! There is a larger size black fabric band which makes the yellow part of the skirt hang below my hips, and the trim on the bottom is a black ribbon. The pattern on the skirt is dogwood blossoms which is special to me as I can remember my grandmother talking about the dogwoods blooming in the spring...although I remember them as pink...not yellow! (I am envisioning myself wearing this on my birthday...Easter Sunday in Italy!)






I also made a matching patchwork handbag which is odd because I usually don't like matching fabric outfits for myself. Perhaps it's because I realized that I need a new spring handbag! I used the rest of the non-holey part of the tablecloth for the outside and paired it with some fun floral upholstery fabric I happened to have "lying around", and I used the black trim ribbon for even more trim and for the handles of the bag. I lined the bag with the upholstery fabric and made a large interior pocket out of the tablecloth fabric for those all important things like lipstick and gum, and paired with the outside pocket for keys and sunglasses, I'm all set! I am also in the process of knitting myself a black wool cell phone holder...




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My mom and Rozzie worked on some cute Easter chicks out of felt...These little guys are so cute! With thier little hats and aprons and chickie feet! There were a few more that the glue hadn't dried on, so they couldn't be stuffed, and lying on the table made them look like an Easter chick line-up! I think they did an amazing job considering there was a lot of felt flying around and a lot of giggling (there was also a little black chickie eye on the bottom of Rozzie's sock that we found while we were out taking our afternoon walk!)



My mother made a little Japanese Zakka piece...her special project for the day...




And, although it was hard to tear ourselves away from all of the creativity...we went on a walk and window shopped downtown, after some really yummy trail mix...Peanut butter and chocolate and nuts and raisins!