Yes I love to sew. But obviously I don't get a lot of time to pursue this hobby any more. I do however do a little each time I am home. So I thought I would share a few recent and current projects.
This is a quilt I am making for my husband. When he was in the Navy he bought t-shirts at every port his ship hit around the world. You could say they were his souvenirs. Only problem is that he was 2 sizes smaller when he bought them. I know there are other wives out there with similar issues. My husband was a skinny teenager, but has grown up to be a well muscled large man. So the question was always what to do about these t-shirts. I couldn't throw them away, since they represented a lot of memories for him. Yet I didn't want to see him wearing them either. For a while the solution was just to pack them in a vacuum bag. Then I saw a sitcom on TV one night that was the perfect solution. She took all of her husband's "favorite" shirts and had them made into a memory quilt. What a great idea! I have always wanted to make a quilt so this was a double winner in my book.
I ran the idea past Randy and he wasn't to sure, but was willing to have me show him the idea. So I dug out all of t-shirts and folded them to show the graphics I wanted to use. Then I laid them out on the floor, along with some brown ultra-suede to use for the border. Randy is a very literal guy and has to actually see stuff like this to be able to "imagine" how it will look. He loved it and even wanted to help in the designing process. So we have been working on this for a little over a year now a little bit each time we have been home.
So far we have chosen all the panels, cut them out and ironed on interfacing to give a little more body to the flimsy cotton t-shirt material. Now I need to either buy an embroidery machine or have someone embroider the front border I want to do. We decided we are going to put things like the name of his ship, years in the navy, ports of call and medals he received along the outside edge of the quilt. It should look really neat when all done. Now all we have to do is get it finished.
Yes, you are seeing yellow rubber duckies. I get cold easily and so I love footy pajamas. But they are hard to find in adult sizes. So I went to the fabric store looking for some nice warm material. Randy was with me, so when I decided on blanket fleece and was sorting thru the stacks looking for just the right design, he chose this. He pulled the roll out and said with a big smile, you should get this one. At first I thought he was joking, but then after discussing it for a minute I agreed that they would be really cute.
I ripped apart one of my old pairs and used it as a pattern. I took care to lay out the pattern so all the little duckies swim across the front and around in a right to left pattern. I found nonskid on ebay for the feet and an extra long zipper at Wal-Mart. They couldn't have turned out better. These are the warmest, most comfortable things I have every owned!
We even went back last fall and bought more fleece. Enough for a another pair for me and even one for Randy. Not rubber duckies this time though. I got Randy a dark red fleece with black moose walking across it and mine is a brightly colored geometric jester like pattern.
NO, I am not going to model them for you...
This is my 6 bone hoop skirt. I have bought the material for the dress, but haven't started it yet.
It is going to be a beautiful purple shear over a lavender, mauve color with a huge sweep of somewhere around 200+ inches.
He was just like a dog and wanted his belly rubbed all the time.
See what happens when you don't rub his belly fast enough :-D
Hitching a ride...
Since we don't drink champagne, so I still have this unopened bottle and glasses. The chocolates Randy polished off in short order and the crystal frame sits on my dresser with a photo of us from that day. It is such a lovely reminder of the special time we spent together there.
This was another adventure in the Bowl by Randy's buddy, Ed. He was climbing this run he had climbed several times before that day, when his engine suddenly started over revving and smoking! He had to shut it down just before he made it to the top of the run.
This picture kinda gives you a little perspective on how steep a climb this really is and in sand too. LOTS OF FUN!
Finally the guys gave up and rolled it down the hill. 
The theory that flat ground might make a difference didn't hold up. So we hooked a strap to it and towed it home. It turned out just to be the throttle cable. From the heavy beating it was taking climbing that hill it had bounced up and back and gotten hooked onto something behind the carb. This effectively shortened the cable enough so that the throttle was full on all the time. That is till they found the problem and unhooked it! Such a simple thing, but they just couldn't see it till they put a trouble light under the hood.
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