Long Evenings....Cold Pugs...

Well a trip to the fabric store today I think has given me the kick start needed. Little Busy Issy needs a nice quilt to keep her warm in the evenings. Just like Olivia she loves to be covered up.....

Needless to say that silly store had major sale on and I think 1/2 the town was there!

Going to devote the next couple evening between coffee visits with friends to getting the sewing room organized again and up and running. Seems my cat loves to sleep on the cutting mat...........not the best place for him but he is happy :)

So The Busy Issy quilt coming soon.

Where does the time go...

Well summer is officially over and time to buckle down and get at it! Can't believe another summer has gone~and with a late start to it too! Hubby away next week........well suppost to be so we shall see.  The cat has taken over the sewing room with a great revamp to the look...........knocked over the sewing basket and played with the spools............

So more to come shortly..............not another 2 month gap!

Rusty me...

Ok it has been awhile since I have sewn....the weather, holidays and all have been a factor. 

We went to a pug picnic on the weekend and needed something to wear.........so last minute made up something....till 2 am sewing.........Eliott in boardshorts with frogs and Olivia in a 2 piece polka dot halter top and pleated skirt.

Unfortunately Isabella was in heat so stayed home...good thing otherwise could have been 3am!

The Lady of The Bend Bed....

Just been doing some dabbling for the dogs lol. Too nice of weather to be inside sewing alot so outside painting :)

What more could a girl want than a four poster bed with a lovely floral pillow? Painted rather shabby chic with black undertones and creamy light light pink.

Spent the last few days in our get away house in the Fraser Canyon and painted out in the sunshine :)

NO VELCRO............

Eh gadz.....went to sew the velcro on the dresses to send to the Farmers Market and at 9:30 last nite I realized I  had plenty  no white velcro........................

Time Keeps Ticking by....

Haven't done anything for awhile, weather has been so lovely crappy and just haven't got there lol...something like a writers block? Who knows.But when the weather has been nice I've been outside as much as possible.  Have some velcro to sew on tonite and just going to get at it! Dresses are heading up to the Okanagan this weekend to the Farmer's Market :)

But on a brighter note, my daughter had gone to Ikea and I asked her to look for a little mirror for the dressing room  kitchen for the pugs to admire themselves. And she found a great little one for them.

So time for the velcro to be sewn and hopefully back to the machine in the next week.

Smiles and sunshine.

Rain..........what rain.........another trip to the store :)

Ok the rain has just sent me on a  trip to the fabric store...........such devastation, coming back with Rain gear fabric! Not today but sometime in the near future.  Of course if the sun comes out, yes lets be optimistic shall we, I won't be sewing much at all. So on that note we know that there will be new surprises this week. Got some cute green too same as the yellow on the Sunny Day Dress, and some plaid!!! For the Olivia Kilt.

Finished The Sunny Day Dress

Wow......finally finished! And a bit of a sunny day today too so of course took advantage of the outdoors, well aside from the Costco trip......but got some great yard stuff so all in all it was AOK!

So this evening as the TV is blaring away ....I really truly don't like surround sound and I am not a TV watcher ......so as devastated as I was............ I run to the sewing room and finish it up!

Isabella was not a willing participant to model the dress and the color is not her best......Ms Olivia was sleeping soundly after all her yard play today so just was not going to get up to do anything! But if the truth be known I do think it is more a black girl color and would look so bright and cheery!

Some unfinished sunshine....

Oh it is such a glorious loveley sunny day horrid day of rain outside. Makes one not motivated in the least bit. When one should be outside enjoying the yard and the sunshine.

Started a bit ago on the Sunny Day Dress.....but have to now head out in the rain......finish it up tonite.

Well tonite has come.............just not motivated..........something about this liquid sunshine just doesn't do it for me tonite.....jammies here i come.......

Caged Scraps.........

Waiting for the company for our Mother's Day dinner :)  But in the meantime we have a basketfull of scraps......

The 1st attempt...................

Well for the handsome gentleman in the group a business tie is in order! The first attempt is not how I envisioned it to be and it is just a temporary design with scraps.........plus a morning when I really should be getting ready for work.

Piles and Piles......

Well this sunny weekend the machine did not move......but brush & dirt piles did. Blisters on blisters but in the end it will all be worth it. Every year the trees grow bigger and need more attention.........sigh.......the bones get older and slower but so thankful I have a nice yard.

The piles of fabric sits............so what next?

The Olivia Garden Dress

What started out as a totally different dress last nite was ripped out of the machine due to major malfunction.....

So out came some other fabric and The Olivia Garden Dress was created. This is a heavier cotton material for the cool spring evenings of the early mornings while you have your cuppa tea in the garden.

Pressy....from Nancy

Nancy at my work brought me a presant today to put in my sewing room to inspire me!! Got to love Nancy!

Isabella's almost finished dress....

Away for the weekend, no time to sew......so.......here is an almost finished dress.  Brad is thinking that Blue really isn't her color.....

Stay Tuned....

Little Red Party Dress

Here is the first dress I made in 2008 for Olivia's Christmas.

The Beginning

Ok, I really hate, like, to sew. I actually am starting to really enjoy it. I love to create and put together colors and fabric and just experiment.  My sewing room is almost finished and just waiting for the baseboards to be bought and put up. My son painted the room for me and my husband did the light........which now I realize is much too dark. Trial & Error on that one. 

As the owner of 3 pugs, Olivia, Elliott and Isabella I find that they don't like the cold, especially Olivia.  At all costs she will avoid anything that is not pleasant weather wise. She practically has to be dragged out in the cold for her bathroom trips.

When we first got Olivia we bought some sweet little hand knit sweaters and rain jackets but once she started growing we realized that her body just isn't an off the rack body! So I started sewing jackets for her.  She has a collection that is growing with her as she gravitates to a large football size.  Good thing for Velcro adjustment.

My goal is to sew unique one of a kind dog items that you can purchase.  Keep an eye out for items on here.

Olivia in her 'pee coat'