30-minute pants...

I did my workout tonight (yoga, which I like, but it's 2 hours long! plus a shower, leaving me not much time to play!), and then C said he was coming home from work early (sad that midnight-ish is early, huh?), so I knew better than to start cranking on the western shirt for him...

instead, I did a little more hooky stuff:

and then I churned out 4 pairs of summer pants for D.

Dana, from MADE, has her now famous 90-minute shirt... therefore, these pants must be called the 30-minute pants... seriously, cutting and sewing, all in under half an hour (of course, at this point, I've made about 40 pairs, over 2 years, so I've gotten faster, but even my first time, probably about an hour... Nowadays I don't even use a pattern, I've memorized the proper shape, so I just have to measure down from the top to the crotch to well past the hemline, and cut my "j" to make the right shape... LOVE IT

this time around I did natural linen, black linen, white-dyed-teal linen, and loosely woven green cotton...

They all need hems, but I have to see how long my boy is first, and, as it's midnight, my 3yo is asleep and un-fit-able.

I make them reversible, no outer side seam, just a crotch seam, with cargo pockets on the hip, (not the knee, too low for little hands), simple elastic on the waist, so my 3yo can put them on and take them off all by himself. He's a RTW 6-8 now, 'cause he's so big, but he can't possibly do all the buttons and zippers expected of a 6-8yo, so I have to make ALL his pants...

luckily for me, they're super fast!

Finally asleep, time to craft!

First I got the Bean to fall asleep...

Then D...

now it's time to get busy! I have this crazy plan to work out (I'm doing P90X), and then whip up an entire western shirt, TONIGHT, before C leaves on his work trip...

We'll see how it goes...

but first, look how pretty!

I used the yarn bits I dyed on Saturday with the left over easter egg dye, and I'm LOOOOOOVING them! I used up all my natural color, cause that's what I dyed, so I can't finish the squares till I get more of that, but LOOOOK!

aren't all the blues and greens and turquoises and teals GORGEOUS!!!

I love wool and food coloring. so so so wonderful!

Easter Bunny Peeps Pins!

I totally couldn't resist, especially since I had some white felt and easter egg dye...

I dunno how big they are, I didn't measure at any point, but you can see the scale...

the colors are a little off, the red one is actually pink, pretty close to the candies, and the yellow is a PERFECT match.
I used the ball head of a pin to do the eye dots...
I think there are more of these in my future... I really wanted to make the bunting, but didn't have time... perhaps if I start it next week, I might finish it in time for next year?

Happy Birthday Tutu!

Some bunnies and a tote to hold them!

More Easter prep...

while the Bean took a (short) nap today, we colored eggs...

C and D colored easter eggs...

(I made C wear an apron, and I only have girly aprons...)

this was D's first time, so mostly we did plain eggs, but he was thrilled by them.

look how pretty! (they're drying on D's geo-board)

there was plenty of dye left, so I made some small skeins of natural colored yarn, and just dyed all these in the microwave... (all shades of blue and green for my crocheted blanket)

I also made some yellow and pink felt so I can make some bunny peep pins tonight... so I'd better get to work!

Wet felted Easter eggs...

I was clearly overly ambitious. My plans were to knock out 18 of these
tonight... I did 6. Will start earlier tomorrow night...

(based on the tutorial found here)

Easter prep

here's a sneak peak at what I've done so far... Hopefully I won't run out of steam, as I still have lots planned....

check my flickr for details and more pics....

Why is my kitty hanging out in the bathtub?

To take a bath, of course. He's very well trained. Oodles of manners.

Today's quilt blocks...

Skinny 9-patch, Hither and Yon, (Modify Tradition Quilt-a-long blocks
for me) and 4 Framed Wonky 4-patches (for a Bee)... Now back to Easter/
birthday gifts....

better pics on my Flickr

Easter basket and eggs...

pink stripes for the bean

blue stripes for D

eggs for both!

10 eggs done, 25 to go, and both baskets done. I loved making the
baskets, but they're really small. I might need to make more, larger....
I'm gonna try wet felting some eggs tomorrow, and I need to put faces
on the bunnies for the kiddos. And make them Easter outfits. (Even though we're not religious, and therefore don't really "need" the traditional Easter dress-up thing...)
Am thinking of sewing a shirt for D with a stencil of "Milo the Really
Big Bunny"