Homemaking Crack

Something has taken hold of me. I am hooked on some kind of homemaking high(somewhat unnatural).
When I was called to be the YW president, I was asked to teach homemaking skills. Initially, I thought,"What is this, the 19th century?". Not really. Kind of. But then I prayed, and thought about it, and the Bishop was right. My greatest treasure(these days) is found in being a homemaker. There is great joy and satisfaction in serving in this capacity, and of course, the girls have loved it-almost as much as the karaoke.

But in the midst of teaching these skills, I've become an addict. I can't cool down. If I'm not involved in something 'productive' I begin to flounder.

Here, I'll show you.



So, I'm almost done with Norah's quilt. I just have a strip to sew down the back and then it's off to the machine quilter's. Then I start with Lulu's.





While I was at the quilting shop, I noticed giant ric rac. I conspired to produce pillows decorated with the ric rac for the kids play area. But it wasn't enough.

*this is Abram's rebellious do, meaning he rebels and I don't do it.



I saw some pretty little a-line skirts made from vintage polyester. They were $70. I decided to check ebay for vintage polyester. Yup, vintage polyester for $1.50. I now own it, and I will show you the results in a few days.

I started thinking about Easter dresses. I love this one at Jcrew. But 3 of those, at $118? Probably not. So this weekend I found a very similar pattern, decided to mix these two fabrics





and we will see how it goes. I have until April 12th, right? Maybe I can pass this off in my personal progress.





I also(finally)uploaded photos to Shutterfly(first time ever, because I am that awesome), got a number of enlargements, bought a million clearance frames at Target(a bit boring in color, but workable) and unfinished frames at Roberts. For family home evening we are going to have a painting party and by the end hopefully we have colorful frames and not broken fragments of discount store trash. I will let you know how this works out because I know you can't wait.

You are probably thinking that I need to lay off the hooch. You are probably right. But I need to seize the hooch while it flows, because soon enough it may dry up.

You know what I'm sayin?