Oliver+S Bucket Hat

Okay. No. 

No. It's not done.

I procrastinate with the best of them.

I finished a dress, two quilts, and one skirt this month, but I still haven't stitched the freaking bucket hat together. *sigh*. There are just not enough hours.

However, last night I watched Sucker Punch (which is wonderfully awful) and notched all my pattern pieces...so that tonight I can stitch this baby together and squeak this sew-along in just under the wire.

Sometimes a deadline is just what I need to get my butt in gear.

Thanks a little gray for getting me motivated. I needed it at the end of this month!

Also? For being so patient?

You get Zombies.

You're Welcome.

Someone please take not of his precise copy-editing notation there...one top of the Z. I did NOT teach him that...and I might have hugged him and swung him around the kitchen when I saw it. He was SO confused.

Sew Alongs

Do you know what I love most about blogging

(besides the cathartic rush of adrenaline when I actually get that tangled jumbled of thoughts out and down on [pseudo]paper?

I love the fact that it's such a community endeavor.

You'd never suspect, would you?

Most bloggers are socially awkward [or maybe that's just me??] people driven to write, create, share ... with total strangers.

Who does that? 

A lot of us.

And as my sewing skills have progressed I've been intrigued by the variety of Link Parties and Sew-alongs I've seen strewn about out there.

So I've joined a few.

Two, to be exact.

I'm thrilled. seriously. And a little nervous.

But I've always worked best under deadlines...

So here we go!

First up, Simple Simon & Co.'s Vintage School Girl Jumper

And also, A Little Gray's Oliver & S Sew Along

Squee! Two projects I've been dying to tackle - one for each girl (the jumper) and one for Mr. Man (the bucket hat). I'm letting each Munchkin pick their own fabric...we'll see how it goes!