The Sewing Mom

I made my first trip to Joann’s Fabric store today since our move back in April!  I’ve put it off because I really had so many other things to keep me busy and I know that once I start sewing everything else will come to a halt! 

My objective today was to get felt (by the yard) that I knew was on sale, for my daughter’s Halloween costume.  She wants to be a package of Sugar Babies and the only place I’ve found that has this simple costume for sale wants $30, plus shipping!  So, I bought yellow felt and will make a simple slip over the head, totally rectangular, dress.  I also bought red felt to make the letters and designs out of and we can just glue them all on, very simple and it cost me about $6, + another $1 for yellow thread.

 While I was there I went and checked out all the clearance decorator fabrics.  I actually wound up buying 3 yards to make 2 valances for my bathroom and I bought another 3 yards to make a shade for my kitchen window.  Hopefully I can figure out how to do these as I’m not using a pattern.  I’ll have to keep you posted.  I also bought several spools of thread while it was on sale, some fabric glue and one tension rod for the kitchen window. 

In total, I spent $50 and will have 3 valances and a Halloween costume to show for it!

Linked to: Electric Venom

 Oh my gosh!  Can I just say how much I enjoy listening to The Boss!!  He and the E Street Band are appearing this morning on The Today show and it’s fabulous.  Usually, musicians who appear on the show get to sing just a couple of songs, but not this morning!  He started with a song just after 8 A.M. as a warm up and then about a half hour later the band was back and they sang 3 or four more songs.  They thought they were done until the huge crowd on The Plaza started screaming for more.  Amazingly, they skipped going to the news broadcast and Bruce and his band came back and sang another song!  This was one of the best Today Show concerts I’ve seen over the years and a great way to get me moving this morning.