Thank you :)

We have enough to pay the plumber, but the sale will continue until 2/2, as a thank you for all the help :)

Now the plumber was supposed to come today, but evidently an emergency with Chuck E Cheese's sewer lines kicked us out of the line up. That wouldn't be so bad, except we are expecting 'the storm of the century' - first, up to half inch of ice, then between 12 - 18" of snow on top of it. Wed night it's supposed to be -8 degrees. Now... how is the plumber going to work in this?

Really, I'm just hoping our power doesn't go out. Brings back memories of the Winter of whatever a few years ago, when we had no power (same kind of storm) for 8 days. ugh. But now, I"m making sure everything is charged up - phones, camera's, iPods etc. Am putting together little kits of things I can work on without using a sewing machine or anything else electric. Expect lots of embroidery and knitting! lol

If you remember from this post, I was challenging myself to use the embroidered parts of this dress, (from my Lingerie Class I'm taking from Don McCunn) on my new shirt. Well, after much noodling, I decided to use some Heat n Bond (which I've NEVER used on clothes), and fussy cut the embroidery from the dress.

The fussy cut pieces

Then, I arranged them on the new shirt until I was happy with them, ironed them on, and then sewed around each piece. I wasn't going to trust Heat n Bond to keep my pieces on, but it did help keep things from fraying during the process.

Closeup

Before Sewing

Pinned Together

This dress form isn't my size, but it's handy for taking pictures. Just don't judge the fit by what is shown here. It fits ME lovely :) My plan is to make a gauzy white blouse to wear under it, since I am over 50 and I feel like my halter top wearing days are past me.

Closeup

Now, I have to put a word in here about the class I'm taking Swimsuits, Lingerie, & Empire Dresses This has been a fantastic class. He taught us how to make a bikini top in a few styles and then use that pattern to create different garments - such as this top.  I've learned so much and am sorry this will be the last week. I can't wait to take another one, and I will!