Show 'n Tell time:

Tie Dye Skirt class....from a pillowcase to a skirt! (class w/Bralia)

Lisa's Pretty Little Purse (class w/Portia)

Lori's dress from One Yard Wonders

.....and back

also from Lori - also from One Yard Wonders

also from Lori (she's on a roll!) - The Sandlewood Jacket, with added pockets and zipper, AND it's reversible!

here's her Schoolhouse Tunic, made from David Butler's Parson Gray fabrics....

.....and the solid gray camisole underneath, made from our Bella solids.


And me?  Well, no pics yet, but I've been busy sewing with our knits - a t-shirt, a maxi dress, a cardigan - easy to make, so comfy to wear!

Is this not the ultimate multi-tasking mom?!  With her newly-sewn Multi-Tasker Tote!

Meet Lark:

Lark took Re-Create it with Sharon, and after lots of sewing, seam ripping, and sewing some more, she re-created her dress!

Here she is with the before dress:

Leanne came by to show the Miss Dolly she made, along with an adorable dress to match:

What's being made......

Lorraine brought in dresses she's been making for her little girls......

The Oliver + S Birthday Party dress.

Camila took the Re-Create it class w/Sharon, and made these:

....fabulous high-waisted, wide leg trousers.

And I know this is KNITTING, but Trish made this little "pea in a pod" for her granddaughter, Isabella:

....who's just perfectly perfect!

Last night the store was HOPPING:

with hookers.....(RUGHOOKERS, PEOPLE) 

 and quilters

doing their free-motion thing:

which was really cool to watch!

and I have to add this adorable picture of our Valentine baby, in a t-shirt appliqued by mom:

and this happened again.....I can't rotate the picture!!

and finally:

Goodbye, Uncle Jim......1929-2012

A quick getaway....and saying goodbye

Nashville, TN, was our destination - my mom and I.  A 3 hr. delay in Chicago had us HUNGRY - and we found a mouth-watering Reuben sandwich here:

I texted my Aunt Debbie, jokingly telling her to have a bottle of red wine ready when we arrived.  I got back this cryptic text: "have jac/honey 2".  I keep reading and re-reading it, thinking it must be one of those Mad Gab - like messages, where you have to pronounce it a certain way to get the message.  But alas, it was a local favorite: 

And so we spent 4 days in Tennessee, visiting with Uncle Jim,  Aunt Debbie & cousins, and laughed and cried and looked through old pictures, and talked about the past and the future and the life he led, and the legacy he leaves behind.  We toured a bit around Nashville......

.....took a sail w/Debbie 

(thank goodness she didn't quiz me like she threatened me she would, on all the part of the sailboat)

.....wandered around the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, where there was a cattleman's convention going on, so there were signs like this all about:

I did get to visit THIS fabric store, and picked up some jersey knit to make another dress.

....and then said our final goodbyes to Uncle Jim, and headed back west.

Goodies from Alexander Henry

A great shipment arrived Friday, including these:

We had to say goodbye to the Amy Butler Trunk Show.....

...this little beauty spent some time at the store Saturday - only 11 days old!

....a sneak peak at upcoming classes:

And finally, I'm off to Nashville for a few days - leaving on an early flight Wednesday with my mom.....we're going to spend some time with my uncle/her brother, who has terminal cancer.  Back on Saturday, it's a quick visit, but one that we wouldn't miss - time for saying goodbye.