Sorry it's taken SEW long...

Ok..Yes, the title is cheesy...BUT it has taken quite a while for me to get this post up! Two weeks ago, my Sweet sister Julie, came over for a "sewing" day. I was sosos excited, because the last time I can remember sewing something, was when I was 13!! Ya that was OVER 10 years ago...Yikes, that is weird to say..

Here is the sewing wiz herself! 

So she brought with her my little sister Laura (Thanks Laura) to watch the boys, while we sewed all day! It was a PERFECT day to do so, as it was raining...and I had coffee brewing...coffee makes any occasion perfect!! Julie also, brought her little guy along, to play with Ayden! So, we got started around noon. We both had a pile of fabric that we had purchased at a tent sale. I had no idea where to begin! I am learning (thanks to Julie), to look at fabric, and not see fabric..but to look at it and see..a DRESS...or the perfect pillow in my living room...or a scarf. She is really good at it! So we weeded out a few pieces and came up with ideas! I didn't realize that the longest part was going to be the cutting out of the patterns! But after that long process was done...onto the sewing...

I soon discovered that one of the most difficult things for a beginner to sew, is a zipper! At least for me it was!! Especially since I ended up seem ripping my whole dress TWICE (to get it the right size), and had to redo the zipper as well! I was so happy when I finally finished this dress a day later than expected! But the feeling of getting something accomplished, is AMAZING!! 

So what did I sew??? Well the first thing I did was this dress! It has two layers to it, one being a satin "teal-ish" bottom, and then the top being a vintage lace! I Love the vintage style!! Before I wear my dress out in public, I do need to fix the hem! Other than that, it's almost "wear" ready!! 

Here it is!!! As you can see it is a "tank top" style on top, and the bottom (as you can't see) runs just above the knee. To the left is how I might wear the dress :) Everything is better with a scarf...right??

 Next up is a shirt I created. Not really sure what the name of this "type" of shirt is called...But ya, I made it out of a heavier lacey like material. I made this without a pattern, but copied a shirt I already had, similar to this. The right is a cheesy pose. I dislike taking pictures of myself, but I don't mind others taking them for me...thus the cheesy shot haha :)

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Thirdly, I made a SCARF!! If you know me, you know I LOVE  a cute scarf!! My favorite outfit in the fall, winter and spring is a cute pair of skinnys, flats (or boots), a cardigan and scarf!! I saw this fabric...and it screamed SCARF to me!!  This was super easy to make! And to my surprise, my Husband LOVES it! He keeps telling me to make more and sell them..lol.

Alright, my last project was pillows for the boys room! I wanted to have a "reading" corner in their bedroom! I want lots of pillows that are all shapes and sizes! So I took these ugly ones...and covered them up :)

After..

I still want to add quite a few more pillows! 

Then I need to rearrange the letters that spell "READ".

This was the most amazing salad EvEr!!
A White Bean And Goat cheese Salad,
 with a Tuscan Vinaigrette! 

Then...as if I didn't have enough fun that day...My other sweet sister Hannah (I have 9 of them to be exact..haha), told me she wanted to come over and watch the boys that evening, so that Ben and I could go out on a date! Of course, I wasn't going to say NO!! So, we headed out to a new place near by called "Houlihans", and it was AMAZING! They we browsed Anthropology...how I appreciate that store! At least their sales racks..haha..Then we headed off to the only coffee shop open past 10pm, Starbucks inside of Barnes and Nobles! We had a refreshing night! To top it all off, Hannah had cleaned the house, did the dishes and I came home to this!!

Auntie Hannah, putting Little Ayden to bed...too sweet!