Owl Tree Designs

I didn’t get any sewing done Saturday. My allergies have me whipped. They are really bad this Fall, and it’s still SO HOT! Blech!!! I can. Not. Wait. For. Cool. Forty degrees (Fahrenheit) sounds so nice right now.

My husband actually got sorry for me today and turned the temperature down on the AC. I had just washed the dogs, which is always an ordeal, and clipped their nails. Fleas have been really bad this year too. They have had them all summer and we’ve tried sprays, Frontline, and baths all the time. They just keep coming.

and waiting for help.

I spent quite awhile yesterday on the phone on hold with GoDaddy for another site I manage. They were very helpful, but their “hold music”–ugh!

I lost count of how many times I heard a Dixieland version of Down by the Riverside. I mean, it’s an okay song and the band was good, but every time they came back to me to say, “Thank you for holding. I appreciate it. I was just checking in to let you know I’m still working on it,” back on hold again, it was AGAIN Down by the Riverside. It started over from the beginning every time! I actually got to hear a couple of other songs, but they were fresh and I didn’t mind.

As you probably guessed, I didn’t get any sewing done.

Today I worked at Locally Grown Gallery in Oak Ridge where I sell some things. I also do their books. Let me just say, I’m not a mathematician. I’m an artist. Locally Grown opens at 11 and closes at 5 and it took most of the day to get that done. I’m a slow typist.

Tomorrow I babysit my two grandsons. I won’t get any sewing done then. But I will have fun. Here’s to sewing Saturday!

 

Okay. Yesterday I bought ribbon by using a picture of the jumper on my phone. JoAnn didn’t have a great selection, but they did have some decent colors of purple to go with the plaid. These are the ones I chose.

I’m wondering about the darker one. It doesn’t really match. It was as close as I could get. Maybe with a double layer of the darker grosgrain and a ruffled or pleated lighter organza ribbon edging? Or an edging of the plaid. I’m not sure there is enough of the plaid left.

I want to make rosettes of the organza ribbon for the attached ends of the straps. I thought about making the straps adjustable or criss-crossed in the back. I don’t think I’ll do the criss-crossing. Maybe a double buttonhole for the strap and the rosettes hiding them.

Why is it that I never have the supplies on hand to make what I need? I hate buying more supplies when I have a stash, but this is my ribbon stash.

You will notice that I don’t have ANY wide purple ribbon. I have almost every other color, but NO PURPLE! Argh! This is about a 30-year supply.

Okay, on a lighter note, these three shirts coordinate.

I want to make a tunic for myself of them–maybe just the top one and the brighter yellow one. Or just the top two. Or maybe use one for a skirt on a t-shirt top in an empire-waist fashion. I would need a scoop neck, not the regular neck of a mens t-shirt though.

To be continued.