OT Yards and cubic yards

Not being much of a gardener I can't really understand why that's fun, but I know you love it. I also know the end result is awesome to me, both from a picturesque standpoint and my knowledge of the work involved.

I might add, it sounds like your garden is almost as big as my whole house.

I haven't seen your house, Lucille, but have seen Cheryl's garden. It IS big!! and also very beautiful.

Gill

So come visit.

It's a typical, two bedroom, two bath gated community sized house. My second little bedroom is a den, with a comfortable loveseat, my computer and my needlework stuff. Not tiny, but certainly not big and very little property around it.

Definitely big enough for me.

It could be! maybe when I'm done with some of the heavy work, I'll go measure approx. square footage.

Cheryl

Now that I thought about it, I'm sure it's bigger. My house measures 1450 under air.

That's that's .03 acres. My house sits on 1.25 acres....

Cheryl

Enjoy -

I wonder if I can find the picture of a teen aged me in perfectly matched plaid pants I made myself.

That's how you can tell an item is homemade - the stripes & patterns match!

Hey, Sue - I found in a box some 1970's-80's patterns - want'em? Also - some printed cordurouy - clearly of the era. I'm getting ready to trash the stash from DH's mom - which I think is more 60's and some really horrid synthetics. But, OTOH, there is some really different looking print material. Hmmm .

ellice

Or well sewn - as in really good clothing, suits, etc.

Ellice

I'll take the corduroy if Sue doesn't want it... Got a nice bag of pieces from gowns from Bobbie today.

When I retired five years ago I went to the best tailor in town and acquired my very first, really good quality, hand-made jacket & trousers. I paid more for those two items than I had spent on clothes in the previous five years! However, my reasoning was that it wouldn't be worn every day and when it was worn it would look good. Then we moved up here where "formal wear" is most unusual; in the last five years I've worn those clothes about a dozen times (funerals, weddings, Christmas) so they should last me for at least another 30 years or so!

True. True. Not necessarily very, but certainly more expensive than not. I remember the first year I went to services at the synagogue I now belong to, the woman sitting in front of me was wearing a gorgeous suit - with kind of a fleur-de-lis variation pattern on the fabric. Black on white. Stunning details in the darting, inset waist, etc. I had just taken another sewing design/tailoring class - and was mesmerized by the perfect matching of this pattern. It was very fitted - and this is a very athletic, well-built woman with curves. Amazingly well done. She and I are a bit friendly, and we've laughed about my complimenting her on the suit - and I've always remembered that. So, I guess in the ready-to-wear world it is striking when something like a suit is so well matched. I expect easy things - like skirts to be matched properly. But, maybe I ask too much.

OTOH, I still remember my home-ec sewing project of a pair of hip-hugger bell bottoms, done in a long, broad, floral & stripe alternating on the solid background. I had to match all those inseam angles, and the rear of course. I did actually wear them on one of my first dates!

Ellice

If your alternative was to just toss 'em, I'd love to have a chance to go through them before you do! If you just want to get rid of patterns/fabric, I'm willing to take them, pick through what might be useful to me, and bring the rest to Salvation Army or Goodwill or recycling (as appropriate).

But give Cheryl a crack at the corduroy!

Sue

When I was sewing I really enjoyed gettting the seams to match up when I was cutting the pattern. It was something like a jigsaw puzzle and I found it a fun challenge.

Lol - you will appreciate this Bruce. After David came out of the RN and we stayed here, he had all these uniforms, bum freezers, tropical gear, the lot. They sat around for ages (long after they would no longer have fitted him anyway) and one day a friend mentioned her son was doing a hitchhiking thing daily and suffering from the cold. I gave her Davids great coat and sure enough we saw him on the road side hitching in the great coat. David first off said, ``That`s odd, there`s Simon wearing a navy great coat`` then after awhile `That was mine wasn`t it` Finally he said, you could have taken the stripes off it.

Simon told me it was humongously warm, David said when the Falklands was taking place, ``There! I might have needed it now`` yeah right!

Phew - I`m worn out just reading this, Cheryl - well done indeed!

Pat