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Week Of Lasts

Well its only one week till we leave on our big US trip. Monday the 8th we fly away.

Thus begins the week of lasts. Last Monday before we go, last Tuesday before we go and so on.

Next week is a jammed pack week as I do all my last minute packing, sure to be done the night before and make sure I have everything.

Still haven't totally finished that concert dress. Will have to get a wriggle on with it, need it for next Saturday.

Did make this cool bag that I am going to take away with me. See photo. I am making one for my daughter and maybe my husband but he wants manly cool fabric. I guess I can do that.

Anyway the count down begins - 8 sleeps to go.

Concert Dress

Yesterday I made a dress for my 9 year olds end of year Australian Girls Choir concert. She had to have a knee length white dress, and could I find one in the shops. NO. All the fashions are short. I couldn't find any dresses or skirts that were longer than a wide belt.

So it was off to the fabric store to get some material and make a dress. I haven't followed a dress pattern in years. I can make quilts and things but dresses are a whole different ball game. I thought, this will be easy, nothing to it. So I got a pattern that said, EASY, "Make in one hour". Who were they kidding. Five hours later I think its almost finished. I don't know who writes those patterns but seriously, do they think that normal everyday people can understand them. Well maybe they can but I couldn't.

But its done and doesn't look too bad. I am thinking it needs a bit of tweaking though. That's were my creative thinking kicks in. It needs something else. I have a few ideas. Just need the time to make them happen. I need it finished in a week and half. When I'm done I'll take a photo so you can all see my work of art. LOL. :)

Storms

Well we have had some of the biggest storms in 30 years hit us over the last few days. Sunday saw raging wings, lots of rain and giant hail stones. We escaped pretty well when you compare it how other people faired. We only had water coming in the doors and windows. Some people had trees coming into their living rooms. It has rained almost every night since then. We lost power for 2 days. Its amazing how you rely on electricity and what you cant do when its gone. I'm happy to have technology, thanks, no going back to the "good old days" for me. Well hopefully we will be filling up our dams and drought is definitely broken. Bring on the sun.

New Blogger

Well today marks the day that my sister joined the ranks of bloggers. Check out her blog at http://memoirsofatsunamigirl.blogspot.com. I can only imagine it is set to be an awesome read. She always was a good story teller, just ask my 9 year old daughter.

Etsy Listings

I have just finished listing a whole bunch of stuff on etsy. Take a look.