I decided to head out to a fabric shop that I don’t usually frequent this week and I stumbled upon a very happy find…some Katie Jump Rope fabric that was half off!!! That is right 50% off! Very exciting! I think that the green and blue print is very anxious to become a quilt and the orange print is pretty certain that it would like to become a skirt. Now I just need get sewing! 
Sister got invited to a last minute birthday party so I was thrilled that she requested a doll for her friend as it comes together pretty quickly. I am still not sure how I feel about the little skirt but sister said that it is a must have, so it stays! I wish that the fabric would of been more than a scrap so that I could of made the birthday girl a matching skirt as well but that would be the negative of the scrap drawer. I really enjoy picking out the fabrics that go into these little dolls…mainly I love going through my scraps and salvaging some favorite fabrics! Happy day everyone!
So this was fun!!! I have really wanted to try out a push reel mower for a few months now. There is just something about them that says simplistic to me. Plus there is nothing like mowing in silence. It is an amazing concept I must admit. Brad had said that there was really no way that he would buy one until I had tried one so when a friend recently offered me a push reel I jumped at the chance to give it a good home. Today was my first attempt at mowing with it and I must say that while it was a little bit harder than mowing with a self propelled mulching lawn mower, I loved it! Yes, you have to work harder to mow…but is that really a bad thing? It is quiet which is fabulous! It is much greener! It does not kick up as much grass for your nose to breath in. Sure it leaves clippings behind but isn’t that better for your yard anyways.
I have to admit that there was one man who did a double take as he drove by and slowed down just past our house only to turn around and drive by again to verify that I was a crazy woman mowing with a push reel lawn mower. Some of our friends drove by as well and had a good laugh over me mowing that way. I don’t know what it is but I really do love it! To me there are lots of benefits to using it and very few negatives! Give it a try…you really just might enjoy it!
With the dress you must have a matching baby doll to bring along in tow. A friend that you can snuggle with and tell secrets to in the night.
When snuggle time comes the baby doll would most certainly need a cozy blanket.
And because we all know that sharing blankets is so hard the baby would need a matching blanket to match her baby doll…of course!
*Please forgive the desperate need for a very hot iron.
I am not sure what is going on with me lately but I just cannot follow a pattern! There is just something about needing to tweak or simplify patterns with me lately. I made this Comfy Jumper Dress from Amy Butler’s Little Stitches