Our trip TO Disney

Well, we left home on Friday and are now in Disney! Yay!,
But how we got here is half the story.
Saturday morning we (me, C, S, my BFF and her daughter mini C) hopped on the Amtrak Coast  Starlight. It was fun and different and had great scenery.

First some pictures from Seattle's Amtrak station;

The archechture is so amazing at the station and they're currently working on refurbishing it. Lovely!

Pj's finished and another set started

 It's amazing what a quiet day without too much running around can do for you. I have spent so much of my time off so far running around doing errands to get ready for our trip to Disney that I dispaired of getting any sewing done.

But between quick little forays into the sewing room and a quiet day today......Ta da! C's pyjama's are finished.

Here's the top. (the pants are, well, pants, and not exciting at all!)

And here's a close up of one of the buttons in it's buttonhole (made by my wonderful machine, I love it!)

And here are two loving details; little hearts at the centre back to hold the facing down and some fancy stitches on the hem. Sorry for the blurryness, I'm not sure if that was me, or the camera.

 I had so much quiet time today that I even got the pants for S's pj's cut, serged and the sewing started. I love days like this!!

A blog give-away!

No, sadly I'm not giving anything away. That would be cool.

But maybe this is better because Jessica over at one of my favorite blogs is!

I've only recently discovered the world of blogging but already I have favorites and Chronically Vintage is one of them. And right now she's running a give-away for a set of the cutest vintage Jessie Willcox Smith cards. They are too cute for words. Honestly!

So go take a look at her blog at http://www.chronicallyvintage.com/2009/11/chronically-vintage-is-giving-away.html
For the give-away and then treat yourself - hang around and read some more. Her site is wonderful.

ta!

Finally! Some sewing and the dog's coat

So I finally had some quiet time yesterday between kids and errands and got some sewing done!

Well, no actual sewing yesterday but I got C's pyjamas totally cut out and ready for the serger. What a relief to actually get this started. I so don't want to be sewing the day of Christmas Eve. Not that I've ever done that! oh no, never! ;-)

So first, here's a pic of the pattern. I used it last year too and it still fits. That will help it go together quickly.

The pants are long but C says she likes them that way so I didn't shorten them.
Here's the material we picked out a while ago. It was long before the Christmas season so I think it was from last year. I like it anyway though. Especially since it was on sale! LOL

Yesterday Fabricland had one of their usual sales on so I went to get some stuff and see if I could find buttons. Here's what I found.
C really liked them. I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture but they're very "warm" feeling with a bit of sparkle. Nice.

 Of course I"m not just working on one set of pj's but two so here's a pic of the material for number 2.

 Also bought at Fabricland and of course on sale. What can I say? I'm a single mom and I'm Scottish. Not "on sale" is very rare around our house!

It's not a very nice day weather wise today but being the weekend and blah leads to another picture; Scooby in his coat.

Isn't he cute?!?!?

I can see by looking at in the picture that part of the problem is that his thick neck has made the belly band sit a bit farther back than it should. I shall have to re-draft the pattern a bit to fix that. It's also not quite long enough in the body. It looks like it should be in the picture, but it's not trust me.

Well that's it for today. I have to make dinner soon and then maybe some more work on pj's? Let's hope so!

Belated Thanksgiving Wishes

I cannot believe that I forgot yesterday was T'day in the US!!!

I'm so sorry. Can I plead temporary insanity brought on by pending vacation? LOL

You see, yesterday was my last day at work before taking off for (hopefully) 5 weeks! Yes, if all works out I will not be back at work until January 2010. And that takes a lot of work to get ready for.

So, my apologies to all. I hope you had a great, safe holiday and you had lots to be thankful for.

TTFN !

Wednesday Already?

Well, my plan with blogging although vague, I'm pretty sure included posting once a week, probably on the weekends.

As you can see this weekend.....it didn't happen.

Probably because I got no real sewing done. :-(

I did get some mindless prep work done though so that's good. Both sets of flannel for Christmas pj's are ironed and ready.

Christmas pj's are a tradition I started when C was .....maybe 2? So 11 years or so now. I actually got the idea from a book. The girls each get a set of new pj's (or nightgown or whatever) and they get to open them on Christmas Eve.

It's silly really as they pick out the material and now the patterns and yet, somehow, it satisfies the need for something to open early. Go figure.

I did get *something* done though which was good. I finished spinning up the Mulled Wine I got in September. I got it plied up too. Amazingly enough that means that I have spun and plied everything I've bought this year! And stuff from last year too. Isn't that amazing?!?!? Trust me, it is. Especially since I've gotten stuff at 3 events this year.

Here's a pic of the spun and plied Mulled Wine.

I don't know if you can really see the colours but it's gorgeous. Mostly a deep red with the odd bit of purple and then some hints or orange (which really kinda spun out).

As usually I have no idea what I will do with it. Maybe mittens? Anyone have any ideas?

Well, time to sign off, I have to get a good nights rest as tomorrow is my last day before vacation. I'm home for the first bit and then it's off to Disney! Just over a week away. I'm finally getting excited. Wheeeeeeee

Wednesday Scenery

Today started with some new scenery and the kind I don't like.
SNOW! This was my yard this morning when I got up. SNOW!!!

We're not supposed to get snow this early in the year. I still have roses blooming for goodness sake! See?

They're small (and blurry) but they're there.

Poor confused little roses.

You know the reason I never moved back to Ontario (or NS or NB or Quebec either for that matter!) is because snow and I don't really get along. I love it....on the mountains! LOL. Not on my driveway or the road or while I'm driving!

On the other hand today I also saw a bear heading up the road on the way to work and a deer on the way home.

Almost makes up for that .....snow