Crafty Weekend

It wasn't incredibly crafty, but I did to some crafting this weekend. Namely, I cut/grinded almost all of the pieces for my current stained glass project. Now, I have to do the background and then fine tune it so all the pieces fit nicely together. Then, it's off to black-backed foil tape and my solder. This will be my first patina project. So, I'm thinking it best to do a trial run before I do the real thing. We'll show picks of the tests.



I also stitched a little. I decided to make me some pants. Those are coming along OK. I need to fix the waistband so it doesn't look like I have lumpy hips, because I don't (or at least not as lumpy as the pants make me look). I also worked on Rhonda's dress and Jayme's dress.

Good times. I even got around to bruising my knee at hockey yesterday, taking a 3 hour nap, eating sushi, working on syllabus and the such.

"OH, working on syllabus?" you say. Yes. I am going to be a part time instructor at Tulsa Community College. I'm teaching 2 statistics courses. :)

I'm Sew Happy.

Saying that (the post title) reminds me of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I remember that movie being rather fun. Hmm.

Anyways. I've been sewing a lot, particularly yesterday. I made a 4th of July table cloth. It was inspired by my favorite country, USA, and some stars and stripes fabric I had.


Then I finally finished putting the zipper in Shannon's pants. I had started this about, oh, a long time ago. Now he can wear them and they will stay on. Or so we think.


Keeping to the "Pants!" theme, I took a previously ugly pair of blue corduroys and made them, well, that's debatable. I would say awesomer, but some may say uglier. I suppose there may be other opinions too, but either way, I will actually wear them now. (I put the poo colored stripe in the legs.)


As a dramatically polka-dotted end to "Pants!", I put a fantabulous idea into effect. My favorite jeans are getting weak in the knees. I bought these groovy, purple polka-dot iron on patches and put them on the inside of my pants. Unfortunately, I put one of them on a little too high, but we'll see. Even if I only extended their life by one washing, that's one washing well worth it.

Pants!

Check Out My Pants!

I can't help but laugh out loud when I see this picture, particularly these pants. This is outside Wayne Highlands Middle School around '94 or so. From left is Amanda Jaycox, me, and Candice Carlile (also rockin' the pants). This was my most favorite coat.