On your mark, get set, SEW!

Sew, today is June 1 and the official start of the June Capsule Competiton from Stitcher's Guild. I made my "made before June" item back in May and have even worn it a couple of times already. I used a home dec rement I found at GStreet - Potomac Mills just before they closed out that location. The colors formed the basis of my capsule:

The lavendar is a quilting cotton from GStreet FC and the blue stripe is also from there. They were purchased when K was here in May. We also stopped at Michaels and I got the beads for the accessory. The white is a RTW cotton blouse - the one purchased item. So..... that's the background.

As of now, at 3pm on Sunday, I have cut out the top and the skirt, including skirt lining. And I have sewn the lining. I will probably get further tonight after W leaves for Kuwait. I'd like to finish it today, to be honest. And if the zipper cooperates, I may do so - hemming excluded.

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I have a pile of altering I need to do, though, as well. Issues with time? Oh, yeah.

Notice the snazzy new pictures - the 2 on the left. W bought himself a new Nikon Coolpix yesterday and I got to play with it. I asked for a camera for Mother's Day, I got the first season of "The Tudors", W's comment on his purchase was "this will be our new camera, I can keep it in my manpurse". Doesn't that still leave me without a camera? Hmmmm. But you gotta love the manpurse. Really his briefcase - a softside computer bag that make me envious of the stuff he totes around. Need a sinus pill, no problem, toothbrush? Gotcha covered. Had a little accident? Hang on a sec, I have a spare pair here somewhere.

The buttonholer for my Singer arrived from Ebay, safe & sound. It's missing a cam, though - there should have been one in the holer and there wasn't. Still haven't played with it any, just no time! Maybe this week I can dig out the machine and play some.