Finished Blouse

I have so many unfinished projects lying around it's not funny. On my grand, plodding quest to finish some of my said projects I finished one....yay, ONE!

I made this tunic blouse around about 2 years ago. Sunday I finally sat down to get it completed. All that was to be done was the collar, I wanted to do some embroidery around the neck before tacking it down so I sat and looked at it, picked some embroidery floss, then changed my mind about the design and chose some different floss. That went on for some time till I finally just went with a white on white design. Truthfully, I don't really like how the shoulders fit but am too lazy to take out the french seams to re-do them so I kept the design fairly simple. I like how it came out, it will be a nice cover in the warmer months (all 2 of them).

Okie Dokie, On to the next project.

Dyeing Projects

Rit has made a new color chart system with tons of color recipes to choose from, and I have a pile of things waiting to be dyed.

Most of my clothes are black, when I do buy things with color I prefer jewel/earth tones, but have a hard time finding those colors, so dying is a great option. It's always a bit of a gamble, and sometimes things have to be dyed more than once to get just the right shade, but it's fun to experiment.

Some time I would like to try some natural dyes like onion skins and the like (I have used tea) but for today it will be Rit.

Do you ever dye? What do you use?

I just wish the colors had names and not numbers....maybe I'll name them myself.

Time to go break out the dye tub. I'll let you know how it goes.

Slap My Hand

I have been neglecting my blog. It was in my head that when school started I was going to be soooo productive. So far not so much. My husband said that I have crappy time management skills. After cooling down and looking at the comment more objectively, maybe he's right. I made a schedule for myself, and will try to stick to it. Anyhoo, hopefully if I manage my time better that will also translate to being better about blogging as well.
On another note, I found this coat on sale at Anthropologie a couple of years ago, waited too long and the coat in my size was gone. A few days ago I found it again on Ebay and dangit the bidding went over what I was willing to pay. I've decided I'm going to try to modify a pattern I already have to make one that is similar. If it works out I will post some pictures.



Somehow I misplaced the photo of the coat on the mannequin where it shows off the lovely waist...oh well.