Sew.....I took inventory of ALL my fabrics (apparel AND quilting) and discovered that, in my little 10x12 (and that's being generous!) room, I have over 350 yards of fabrics!!!! After recovering from the shock, I decided it was time to start taking what steps I could to decrease what I have on hand (if it's stash, that means I haven't been doing as much sewing as I could/should).
Over the past few days I've mad:
-3 skirts for DD (knee-length because we don't allow anything shorter)
-1 jumper for DD (see above, and probably will be too big right now, but great in a couple of months!)
-an apron for myself - to protect me from the thread bits of the serger (yay!) and misc. sewing adventures
-3 fleece sleeping bags, 1 of which is actually big enough for me to use...supposed to be toddler to elementary school age, maybe I could offer them in longer sizes, for older kids...who knows
oh, and prior to Christmas, I finished off the beading on the Elizabethan court gown - wanted to do attached necklaces as opposed to hunting ones up that looked period enough. Pastor's wife wore it for the Choir Christmas Cantata....after additional alterations....it was WAY too low for our conservative church, so I had to find a way to cover the cleavage...lol. In the end, it was dubbed the middle eastern Elizabethan gown because I made the front pieces of a belly dancer's choli and whip-stitched them to the shoulder and under-arm seams....according to everyone (and by now it's been most of the church) who has told me how gorgeous it was, it looked positively beautiful .
On the non-sewing activities....I just finished the tentative paperwork for taxes..yeah, I know, sue me...but, we have itemized deductions...LOTS of stuff went to Goodwill this past year...and we have DHs college tuition, home energy credits, etc. etc. so if I get a ballpark figure now, I won't be so stressed when we finally get all the paperwork that we actulaly need to do the final version.
Let's see......helped my friend mix up a series of bath salts that she is going to try to sell at the March craft fair (have to get application in soon so that we have a table)...hmm....other than trying to cut down expenses and pay down debt, that's what I've been up to...how about you guys??
Larisa, not a math person, but dang good at finding extra deductions