surprise, surprise...the Governor is taking a nap, something we'd thought he'd given up for the time being. we'd not considered putting him down for a nap on the weekends, however we are all getting over a cold and/or flu and/or infection that makes one's mucus full of blood (in Conan's case), and so a nap was a good idea.
so, for a change, i have a little "me" time--some quiet time. i used about an hour of it to take care of some work, but for the past hour or so, i completed a couple of sewing projects. one was hemming a pair of new work pants, and the other was fixing a long sleeve t-shirt with a Buddha design, courtesy of the McIntosh family (go visit!).
i'd forgotten how relaxing sewing can be. i've not sewn a purse in a while, due to lack of inspiration. i'm not finding any shapes or fabrics for fall or winter that i love enough to design around. i suppose a holiday collection might work, but that would result in my breaking my back to get accomplished. i see all of these talented crafters launching sites and i'm terribly envious. i wish i had the time to sew and make jewelry and cute pocket journals and reconstruct t-shirts, take pictures, find an e-commerce provider and launch, but i don't. i'm considering selling my jewelry inventory with a certain amount of proceeds to go to Q's school as a fundraiser, but the selfish part of me wants not to start from scratch. isn't it awful?
Q has decided on being a pirate for Halloween, and i'm going to sew his costume. the pants i've figured out: take a pair of navy blue sweatpants and shorten them, by cutting them, shortening the legs, and resewing them using a shorter band of fun fabric. for the shirt part, i'm thinking there has to be some sort of stripe element to it. then there's the hat (to buy) and possibly a sword (but not plastic), and an eyepatch (to sew). i've thought about the fluffy shirt, but since the itch risk is so high, i'm thinking it's a no-go.
Posted by equilibrium-girl at September 26, 2004 03:55 PM