First Day of School, Sewing and a Quick Trip

Yesterday was the first day of school around here. Meredith and Kaitlyn are freshmen in high school, hard to believe. At the dinner table, they had some great stories to tell.




I usually am taking the pictures but I had hubby snap one of all the girls.



I had this Kwik Sew 3419 cut out in red knit for over a month. Thought I better get is sewn up, the days are feeling a bit fallish. Here it is:



I know in a week or two it will be 90+ degrees again but I am through sewing summer items but not quite ready to sew fall garments. Several reasons why:

1. I really haven't thought about what I need or want for fall.
2. I don't have any fabric for fall.
3. The desire isn't quite there yet either.

The quick trip? My nephew is getting married in Birmingham, Alabama tomorrow evening. Hubby and I were going to head to our daughter and son-in-law's home in Illinois tonight and then drive the rest of the way tomorrow. Well, the high school softball scrimmage was canceled last night and is on for tonight. We couldn't miss their first official high school event and it would be over too late to head out after that (parent meeting after scrimmage). Saturday morning will find me up at 4 a.m. getting ready to go. I have a new Lucky Magazine to look through, maybe I can do some fall garment planning. So driving to Birmingham on Saturday, turning around and heading home at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning. the best part will be spending time with the newlyweds, it is just the 4 of us going.

Remember this Burda Blouse I made last month. I wore it to work and decided it just wasn't me, a quick glance in the mirror in passing made me do a double-take, yuck was the first thought. That is exactly what Kaitlyn told me when I got home, too! The blouse is in the give-away pile.