new tie for the bday boy!

shirley was in town last weekend and we embarked on a new project together.  she bought this amazing vintage simple box pleat dress.

i've had this bold striped corduroy fabric by lisette for several years now.  i was so drawn to the colors and the softness, but have had a hard time figuring out exactly what to use it for.  it is rather ridiculous...  i've decided to use it for the dress on the left!  crewneck with long sleeves.  the front yoke will have the stripes going horizontally.  i'm slightly fearful that having long sleeves will be entirely overwhelming with this bright fabric, so i might shorten them to the cap-sleeve later.

but then, before i could finish, eric had a birthday.  and a family birthday dinner.  so i put aside my dress and stitched him a tie... in the same fabric!  selfless?  yes, i know.

eric also loves bright colors too.  hehe.  we both consider orange the best of all colors since it is the BRIGHTEST!  here's a pic his dad took of him donning the super cheery tie!

this weekend i also made 3 dozen molasses chewy cookies.  we tore through them.  less than a dozen left  =)

tomorrow we leave for oregon.  we're running the mckenzie river trail for his bday.  26 miles.  gulp.  we've been training.  i've also allotted us 3 days to do it.  (now it sounds easy, right?)  really the scary part is that i'm making 2 running shirts for eric for it.  with wicking fabric.  i've drafted a pattern because he really wants the shirts to be raglan sleeve and i didn't have a pattern for that before.  i cut out half of 1 shirt last night.  can i finish in time?  we shall see.............

moth-busters

we have a bit of a moth problem at home.  they keep attacking our wool.  and grains.  it's getting old.  i read online that moths hate the scent of lavender because it is so overpowering.  lavender isn't my favorite scent either, but it sure beats having little holes in all our sweaters, so i sewed 11 sachets out of this cheap cream poly gauze that my coworker gave me from the theater department's stash of fabric.  (they gave me the whole stash!!  it sits behind my desk at work because i can't possibly keep it all at home.  no worries, eric!)  really i cut out fabric for 12 sachets but i somehow lost 1.

eric has a ton of dried lavender buds, well a pound really hehe, and i bought another half a pound.  we literally have lavender everywhere now.  next up, i'm going to cook the wool in the dryer to kill any moth babies, and then i plan to wash it in the washer with woolite.  no worries, we'll hang dry them after.  we'll then store all the wool in tubs stuffed with lavender satchets.

death to the moths!