I got a little distracted…and then some….

Get prepared…I’m making up for the last few days……

So….as you know, I was/am working on making the Amy Butler Cabo Halter (post here and here).  Well I have had a little distraction that has interrupted the finishing of said halter top. …maybe interrupted is too strong of a word because, yes I did agree to the distraction and I completely enjoyed doing it AND the recipient was ECSTATIC with the final result!!

I went to a baby shower, um, last weekend…and one of the gifts I made was a roll up pad with built in pillow. (um, oops, didn’t post those pics earlier so here they are)

So anyway, a lovely woman was at the shower with her young daughter and new baby girl.  She saw this roll up and asked if I’d make one for her….but she needed it by Friday since they were going on vacation.  SURE, I said….let’s see what you want it made out of and we’ll go from there.  We chatted the next day as she needed to get fabric.  I had made this first one out of corduroy and put in double batting.  I also used HUGE snaps to keep it all together.  The pillow is flannel.  It is quilted just to keep it all together.  The funnest part about making this was actually putting it together in front of the recipient!!  Let’s just say, she was very pleased to receive it!!  So, back to the rest of the story…this roll up pad, led to the request to make one more….I said SURE on Saturday, helped determine fabric, dimensions, etc. on Sunday then picked up the fabric on Monday.  Now, I tend to be busy on Monday nights so no sewing started then.  I work very early on Tuesday’s (that second job comes in here) so was too tired Tuesday thus leaving me to start Wednesday night.  So, the nice woman, let’s call her S, needed to leave on a red-eye flight Friday night.  Thank goodness it didn’t leave earlier.  I finished the rollup pad and met her AT the airport around 10:45 pm.  Yes, can we say deadlines cause us to get stuff done but come on….a little too close for me!!  And here are the pics…a removable strap was added for ease of carrying and all I did was stitch the ends of this fun webbing (THANKS GENE!) together and roll it all up.

Next up, we take a commercial break for my new shoes!!!  I. LOVE. DANSKO.  (from left to right: brown leopard patent, zebra patent, python – tiger eye)

CAN WE SAY GORGEOUS?!!!

And now back to regular programming…..I have some lovely batik swimsuit wraps that will be going to Hawaii with me….I thought I’d dress them up a bit with some embroidery…

Might be a little hard to see the details but here is a close up of the embroidery….the butterfly arc is by far my favorite…and remember kids, make sure your thread does NOT match the fabric…if you actually want to SEE the design….case in point coming up….oh, and don’t let the fabric get caught UNDER the hoop or you either need to rip out embroidery stitches OR cut a hole in the fabric.  I chose to cut a hole in the fabric and patch it with a purple fleece flower – which when worn…could end up on my butt.  Lovely.

So now…I am back on track for the Cabo Halter.  I just need to insert a zipper, hem it, and tack the front so the girls don’t go visiting without permission…..

Think I might have to make a Jalie criss-cross top and maybe a J Sterns sleeveless T also for this trip…I’ve got time….

*I’m sorry, what…you want what made?  WHEN?!*