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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Diane Kimono Dress

This week, I've been busy every night preparing to travel to the Moscow, ID Palouse Patchers' Quilt Show as a vendor. Granted, I only have to "travel" 20 miles to get there, but it does involve a lot of pre-planning, last minute quilt making, and general organization. Not to mention...loading all that stuff into a trailer, and then unloading it and making it all look pretty! Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it!

It occurred to me last week that I usually make something to wear to the shows in the Spring each year. I hadn't even thought about what to make, or when exactly I was going to find the time this year.  Then, I walked by the Accu-Cut in the back room at the store, which my mom so nicely organized last month and covered up with a large piece of fabric.

Wait! That's not just any fabric! Mom had used the teal blue with brown hearts piece of fabric I've been hoarding for over a year now, with big plans to make another dress.  The fabric had been stuffed in a bag and stashed on a shelf in the back after we moved the store last Fall. 

For some reason unknown, just like that, the mood struck me, and I have been a dress-making, mad-sewing crazy person all week. Not to mention, I have watched 2 full seasons of Star Trek Voyager on Netflix while I whipped up my latest garment.  I guess sometimes, insomnia can be a productive thing!



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