The Garden

I have been forgetting to blog about our Spring Garden.  I started late on the seeds, lesson learned.  I have so many pictures that I'm just going to give you the link if you want to go see them!

Enjoy!

Under Pressure!

This is a friend of mine Maria!  She asked me a while back about making her a vest to go with one of her favorite skirts.  So we have been discussing style and color of fabric.  I purchased the Lutterloh System years ago and I've used it a few times.  So I told Maria that I could make the pattern for the vest and custom fit it to her.  She was very excited to hear that.  At the time we discussed it she said she wasn't in a big hurry or anything.  I was suppose to bring my patterns to her for her to look over and I kept forgetting them.  She was in no hurry right?!

Well I finally remembered to bring them to her this past Monday.  That's when she popped it on me.  She handed me a bag with some fabric, thread and buttons in it.  She said, "Can you make this by Thursday?"  I about pee'd myself.  LOL.  I told her I would try my best.

So I measurement her and took everything home to get started.  I made the pattern that night and had to take it to her to make sure it would fit her. So on Tuesday that's what I did and it was a perfect fit!  While there she told me she'd rather have a white one instead of the green one and handed me some more material and thread.  She also wants a new blazer, she showed me her old one, but said that could wait til later.  I about had a heart attack until she said "could wait til later!"  I told her I would do my best to make them both.

I started working on them that night.  I finished the white one on Wednesday first and tried starting the second and my mother's machine started acting up.  I got so frustrated that I just said enough!  Thinking I was going to have to take my mom's machine in for maintenance (would be hard to explain that to her later) I decided to try cleaning it first.

This morning following the manual I did it, re-threaded it and VOLA!  It was working!!  I was SAVED!!  8am I was sewing my lil butt off trying to finish the second vest, by 11am I was finished.  I packed up everything, including the machine, so that I could fit it exactly to her.  I was at her work by 1pm and had fitted both vests by 2pm.  Here they are...

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She has them on over her street clothes mind you.  She was very happy with them too!  

I also made her a few rosettes and leaves out of some of the scraps of both colors.  I gave them to her so that if she wants, she can tack them onto the vests. 

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday weekend!

Now to the really neat stuff...

Codeman and I did Silk Tie Dyed Eggs today!  Oh this was just way to cool.  I picked up my silk ties at my favorite thrift store for less than $.20 each.  The hardest part was taking the ties apart!  Get you eggs and lets get started...

I took tie in hand and placed a raw egg on top of it...

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wrapped the tie around it tight and then cut the excess off.  Kept it wrapped with a rubber band.

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Then another, then another until they were all wrapped.  Then I tried two different ways for the second wrap, cloth and pantyhose.  I felt the pantyhose was easier to do then tying the cloth.  Anyways you can wrap the eggs in a white cloth (thrifted pillowcase) or nylons, tie off.

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Place in water with 1/4 cup of vinegar and boil for 20 minutes.  Let cool then unwrap!

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TADAAAA!  Aren't they total awesome!!

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Codeman's reaction...LOL!

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This was so much fun!

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Look at the texture and colors!

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Next time I'll boil the light colored ones separate from the dark.

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Wished I done this sooner...

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The red ones were paisley ties...Luv it!

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Check it out...

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No mess...no fuss...

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This was the only mess besides the pot we used.  Awesome!!

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Can you hear the wind?

I've had this idea for quite sometime.  I've been collecting old stuff in a bin for this purpose, like silverware I've flattened or curled, wooden spoons/forks...etc.  I love the idea of recycling old stuff and getting new stuff!

We have a horrid time with flies here with all the animals.  About a month ago I made a couple of "Fly Reflectors" out of lamp shade frames and strung up some scratched cd's with fishing line.  Sort of a take from the old wives tail of water, a penny in a zip lock bag and hang them in your windows and door frames.  These have been doing a fantastic job at keeping the flies at bay and I recycled some junk...kewl!  

So I had some squirrel feeders that I wasn't using anymore just laying around and I wondered if I could make them into wind-chimes?!  Using fishing line I strung on the feeders spoons, forks (for the chime) and a cd for reflection. Did it work?  Check this out...