Sewing is cool.

You know why? Here are my top five reasons why:

1. I am tall. It is hard to find clothes that fit sometimes (okay, a lot!). When I sew I can adjust this! At the moment I don't know exactly how to this in the best way, but I can learn!

2. Immediate satisfaction. I can make something in an hour if I want to- like a simple pillow or maybe placemat? OR- I can start a bigger project to piddle with here and there. Since I have a "craft room" now, I can also keep this out of the hands of the 2 year old!

3. It uses my brain. I have to read the patterns and figure them out like a puzzle, and I've always liked puzzles!

4. I like clothes, and thus I am now finding out- I like FABRIC! I am totally turning into my mother here. She told me a few days ago that my aunt once gave her a bumper sticker that said "Whoever dies with the most fabric wins!" It is fun to be able to pick out the color I want, then pick out the pattern I want.

5. I am cheap. Or shall I say "cost conscious" as the old commercial used to say. When I can get a CUTE yard of fabric for under 5 bucks, and that yard could make a dress for Kara, a skirt for me, or a tote bag- WOW! Awesome. I get to save money and have fun making it at the same time! Lovin' it!

My dress! There will be no pics of the back because it is somewhat of a trainwreck, though the fabric pattern hides a lot :)

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I have been thinking about updating this blog since last September, but Facebook kinda took the place of updating here! Since my mom STILL won't join Facebook, I think I shall start to blog again to share pictures and the antics of the toddler hurricane named Kara! :)

It's been a good year....my first as an adjunct professor and private voice teacher...it had it's challenges, but it was the right choice for our family for sure. I finally lost the baby weight, and now have started sewing, which is bringing me great joy! Kara keeps us busy and is talking up a storm. She loves to play with her baby dolls, help me clean, play with her kitchen, and is obsessed with TV! She loves the Backyardigans, Wonder Pets, and Dora! Here is a new pic of my sweetie in a dress that I actually MADE. Who knew! :) She picked out the shoes :)