...this is another W.I.P. post from before Christmas...

...while we were in Alabama wandering around 'Whoville' (Enterprise)...we went into a cute little boutique...filled with baby things... ...and they had these adorable little baby overalls...in a sweet t-shirt material...and the Airman's Wife thought they were so cute...so while they wandered around the store...I secretly snapped a photo of the little overalls...you know...for future reference...haha...(do y'all do that too?)... ...y'all know that I love the Grinch...so I snapped this photo for future reference as well...I thought these little hats were so cute...a little scary for a baby maybe... ...I found a $1 red t-shirt at the Dollar store...and this Romperalls pattern online and printed it out... ...I got out a couple of Our Airman's saved baby things...a little onesie...and the little sleeper on the right is his actual 'going home' outfit...because I wanted to check the size a little bit...as the pattern seemed a little bit long and skinny to me...but you can see that the length (shoulder to crotch) is fine...but the 'bottom' (or diapered) area needed to be a little bit larger... ...so I just traced a little curve onto the bottom area... ...this is some plaid flannel from my stash...left over from some of Scout's old pj bottoms from ND no doubt...but since the pattern is for a stretch material...I folded it on the bias and cut it out so there'd be some give in the fabric... ...everything all cut out and ready to sew... ...I got some red thread out of my sewing box...and was surprised to see this sticker...from North Dakota...sweet memories...probably bought to sew the flannel pj bottoms...haha... ...anywhoo...back lining done... ...front lining done...then there were just two side seams...and there will be snaps on the inside legs... ...the pattern doesn't call for this at all...but I thought it would be cute to have the plaid lining the snap placket as well...so I just cut that shape out of some scraps of flannel... ...sewed it to the inside seam...and pressed it back... ...then tucked under the raw edge and sewed a neat seam all around... ...had a quick little try on...while the kiddos were out Christmas shopping... ...it's a pretty good fit...a little big...but she'll need some room to grow... ...went to the button box to find some buttons...I originally thought about doing two white buttons on each shoulder tab...like the inspiration piece...but I found these two wooden buttons and liked them better...so there will just be one button on each tab... ...sewed the buttonholes and the buttons... ...and added the snaps...and the little red overalls were finished...

...I'm sure I'll post a photo of her wearing them at some point...

~Have a lovely day!

...wow...what a weekend... ...the Man and I gathered Christmas-y costumes... ...and dressed up as Santa and Mrs. Claus...for the community breakfast on Saturday...we had so many photographs with families from the community...it was so much fun visiting and hearing what all the little ones are wishing for this Christmas... ...the Church was decorated... ...and a beautiful cake was picked up... ...because this was The Airman's Baby's Baptism day...she was a perfect angel...as always... ...my dear friend Amy was there...so we did our Christmas gift exchange too... ...and my sweet Mama was there as well... ...so the kiddos did their gift exchange with her as well...

...it was a wonderful weekend...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...the Man and I were planning on going to the Halloween Party as Martin Luther and his wife, Katharina von Bora...

...so I ordered us two generic nun and monk costumes...Luther's wife once escaped from her convent in a herring wagon...and my costume is just fine the way it is... ...and the Man's costume is really nice and came with a cincture (but he'll wear one of his own) and a wooden cross...but no tonsured wig...and of course Martin Luther needs a tonsured head...so I got out an old pair of pantyhose...and cut a circle out for the bald part of the head... ...I also cut a ring of the waist elastic and stretched it over a head sized bowl... ...then I pinned the bald head part to the elastic...then I just stitched the circle to the elastic... ...goofy photo of me trying it on for a fit... ...now for the hair...I'd had this ball of old old Spped-Cro-Sheen in my stash for a long long time...I think it was part of a bag of yarn my Mom gave me years ago... ...it's labled 'boilfast' and fudge brown...so the perfect hair colour...and it even still has an old price tag on it...and cost 69¢... ...it was four ply and I thought it would be more hair like if I un-spun (word?) it into more hairy strands... ...then I just chained a ring...and did one round of single crochet... ...and then still single crocheting...but I made a loop of 'hair' around an old paper towel tube...and then I cut the loops... ...I did that three times...so there are three rows of 'hair'... ...this is the inside...and it's quite elastic...so...I probably didn't need the elastic on the hose cap...but maybe I did as I think it would be more difficult to sew this hair onto the flimsy cap without the elastic... ...I put it on the bowl...and combed it out... ...and gave it a bit of a trim... ...pretty even... ...then I pinned it to the bald cap... ...and stitched it in place... ...it was a little bit too long when I tried it on...so I gave it another little trim... ...and one final fitting on me...it just makes me laugh for some reason...it looks hilarious...what were they thinking with this hairstyle...but I'm crazy happy with how it turned out...I think it's perfect for the costume... ...oh my the costume was so wrinkled when I took it out of the package...it's a good size though and pretty well made...it took me longer to iron it than it did to make the tonsure...JK...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...it was a chilly spring day...we made a fire in the fireplace... ...and had a warm and comforting dinner of cornbread and bean soup...love that...home fries, potato pancakes and fried cabbage...

...and for the movie...Agatha and the Truth of Murder

...we took Éphée's advice...she blogs at L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie ...it's a delightful and inspiring vegan blog...

...the movie was very good...it's a fictional story about what might have happened during her infamous 'disappearance'...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely day!

...alternate post title..."What I did on Christmas Eve"...

...when I got the Man's Shepherd costume out of the closet...I (wrongly) assumed that everything was there...
linen robe ✔
cloak ✔
head scarf ✔
head wrap ✔
beard ✔
SANDALS...er...uhhmmm...NO ✔

...and IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE...and the service is in a few hours...and the Man dresses as a shepherd to tell the Christmas story to the children...ARGHHH!

...we had a pair of sandals in North Dakota...but if they survived the move...I certainly cannot find them now...

...so of course...I cast about the house for a substitute...and I came upon Scout's shower sandals that he took to camp...

...well...I can't imagine our shepherd running into the Sanctuary in flip flops...so my creative mind got busy...and found some brown yarn and a crochet hook... ...I started with a chain...in hindsight a bit long...but I chained about 100 stitches...this will lace up the leg to the mid-calf level...if you want yours to stop at the calf you'll want to make this chain and the ending one a little bit shorter... ...then I double crocheted back down the chain... ...and attached it to the sandal thong... ...if you just double crochet around the thong strap you'll only be attaching the top of your double crochet strap... ...so you'll want to do an upside down double crochet at the bottom of the thong to attach the bottom of the long strap... ...just make sure it's secure...you don't want a weak point there... ...then just double crochet around the thong... ...I slid my stitches back down so that the thong was well covered with yarn...just by pushing on them... ...make some extra double crochet stitches at the center V of the thong and space them out to get good coverage there... ...then just continue double crocheting around the thong strap... ...up the other side... ...when you reach the end make a chain to match the other side...so mine was 100 stitches and double crochet back down... ...make sure you do the upside down double crochet at the end to attach both sides of your strap... ...and in about an hour you'll have a pair of lace up thong sandals for your Shepherd Costume... ...and here's our costumed Shepherd...I can't believe he let me take a photo of him... ...a close up of the sandals...I realize you can't see much of them here...I'll try and get him to put them back on for a better photo... ...and finally a photo of him telling the children the Christmas Story from the Shepherd's point of view...

...it was a wonderful service...

...have you ever had to do any last minute crafting for a costume?...

~Have a lovely day!