Rain, Rain Go Away!

Happy Fourth of July! I only wish it was not so wet. We had rain for the last two days and expect it for another three. Our plans to go to the beach (it is raining at the beach) have gone awry. It is no fun sailing in the rain. My girls are about to go stir crazy so we may make a mad dash down the the beach and hope it stops raining for an hour. My plans to have an outdoor meal to celebrate the 4th is out the door as well. We may still get fireworks if the weather improves a bit.

I do love sewing on rainy days though. Nothing takes away the rainy blues like a new project. Especially if the fabric is bright. My friend, Rene, found a cute, red blouse at Ross and purchased it for a low price. However, when she got it home she found a rip along the button placket. She tried to exchange it, but there were no more in her size. She brought it to me and asked if there was anyway to repair the rip and it was an easy fix.

The fabric is a sheer polyester. I used a piece of cut way stabilizer (organza would work as well) and placed it on wrong side of the seam. Using matching thread, I stitched the smallest width zig zag stitch close to the placket seam.

For repairing her shirt, she made me the best rack of baby back ribs for the Fourth! I love sewing!

Candy Isle at Target

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I had planned a night of sewing and blogging and instead, spent the evening with my two year old daughter walking up the candy isle at Target. The evening started out well. I picked the girls up after work with the intention of sewing after dinner. My wonderful husband made dinner and we were off to a good start. Dishes were clean and we were ready to settle for the evening. I innocently asked Jane (my two year old) how was her day and she began to tell me how no one received a treat today because they were out of candy. Let me just add, I am a dental hygienist and preach against candy everyday but, I am also a candy lover. There are only a few types of candies I will not eat. Feeling sad that my daughter was sad and knowing the the wonderful ladies that watch over her everyday and potty trained her missed the treats as well, I decided we would run to the store and buy treats for the treat jar. Target at 7:30 p.m. was not that busy so I thought we would be done in five minutes and back on track. Well, it took longer to pick a treat out than I had planned. I had hoped for a xylitol candy but could not find any. Anything with nuts was off the list due to possible allergies in her class. I hate Tootsie roll suckers and so we finally decided on dum-dum suckers and a bag of smarties. The smarties were really for me but I told Jane she could have a few to take to her class. I have to admit that I felt like a hypocrite  buying candy for little children. However, I do remember being a child and my older sister walking us to the 7-11 and us picking out all kinds of goodies, so why take a pleasure of childhood away? Besides, I have never had a cavity and hope that my girls inherit my teeth. I did feel like I was getting the stink eye from people, not for the candy but at 8:00 I guess they thought Jane should have been in bed. To that I say it is the Summer and rules of bedtime are meant to the broken. The moral of this story is never make plans, they will change and always brush your teeth before you go to bed, especially, if you eat a lot to candy.