Suburban Belle

They are done! Now that I have two unpredictable children, projects seem to take 2-3 times longer than I expect. You would think I would get a clue and readjust my expectations, but I remain optimistic. Unrealistcally so.

Oh well. Here they are. I mainly used scraps of fabric I knew would appeal to a 3 year old boy, so they aren’t as matchy and pretty as I would like, but that’s not really the point of this exercise.

I used the Little Fishies Undies pattern by Bonnie at Fishsticks Designs.

Currently under my needle: “practice underwear” for Mr. T. He was confused by the term “training pants”. He kept looking at them asking where the train was. I love three year old brains.

Here are the pieces all cut out. I just used scrap knit to blow through some of my smaller pieces.

Two down, eight to go.

My aunt called me today and told me she was on a way to a sale that said they had fabric so she was going to check it out for me.

She called me back a bit later and started asking me questions about what I might want. The sale was in a barn and it was packed. It started this morning and they had already sold about half of what was there when they started. My aunt ended up buying so much that she filled up the back of her van to the ceiling.

Apparently this old lady was a quilter (and obviously a hoarder) and her house had been full to bursting with fabric with only a small path through the boxes. They are buying me so much vintage fabric, I’m afraid I am going to become that woman.

These pictures are unbelievable.

The barn

a hint at what lies beyond

My aunt called my mom to come help her because there was just too much. (That’s my mom in the pic)

I started laughing out loud when I saw this. There is HAY in the barn. lol

My aunt’s van loaded down

She hasn’t sent me any pics yet of the actual fabric. I can’t wait to see it though. my family is so awesome. They are always on the lookout for stuff for me. That same aunt mailed me a big box of stuff yesterday. Oh yah, they got all that for a little over $60.

In case I wasn’t clear, all those boxes in that barn were fabric & sewing related.