Catching Up

I realized that I don't get much done during the week when Tad is home. He left again Sunday evening and I spent yesterday going full steam ahead again, just like the last time. I tossed some more things out of my scrapbook room, got the laundry going and put things back together again. This job creates a major upheaval in our lives with the weeks on and the weeks off. We'll get used to it when we finally have a real schedule.

My sister Jennifer reminded me that when I wrote this, I didn't post any pictures. I know. It was a hideous time of day, and it's hard to take a picture of yourself, at any time of day. Here, then, is the picture of me wearing my apron. Thanks, Hailey! I think it turned out really well. JoAnn fabric, Wrights bias tape.

Here is also a picture of Hailey wearing her apron that I just whipped up this morning. Cute girl, cute apron. Fabric is from Walmart, leftover from her quilted bag. Wrights bias tape.

In the interest of full disclosure, here is another picture of Hailey and an apron I made for her last year. Fabric is again from Walmart, and bias tape is again by Wrights.

I love making aprons. I can make one in less than 1/2 hour. That includes cutting out the fabric. I plan to make even more.

In a completely different topic, I just finished this, also this morning. I have this little lamp on the nightstand by my bed. It's a cute little lamp which my mom gave me a long time ago. The original lampshade fell apart, so I bought a plain one from, you guessed it, Walmart. It must have been larger than the original, because every time I turned the lamp on or off, I had to twist and contort my wrist to reach the switch. Finally about a week ago I got fed up, took the lampshade off the lamp, took it upstairs and cut 2 1/2" off the bottom of it with a box cutter. Not the prettiest of finishes, it was a little raggedy and crooked. Not bad, just  not finished. While I had it upstairs, I decided to decorate it with the paper flowers I had leftover from this.

That didn't fix the edge of the shade, though. On another trip to Walmart I found a spool of this beaded trim by Simplicity and thought it would be perfect for the lampshade. Et voila!