 guys it is Sunday March 12th is 2 10 ish p.m. I'm hesitating because we forgot I'm just realizing we haven't changed the clock in the car yet it was daylight savings time last night which I didn't even know about until I woke up this morning and went I slept it until 9 o'clock husbands like no we had daylight savings time anyway we are done with our Sunday chores around the house and we are going to go try to get some steps in at the mall because it's kind of rainy and cold and icky outside plus we kind of have shopping to do we have a wedding coming up for one of our nephews and neither of us know what to wear we are gonna go shopping and it's sort of a different kind of wedding where you're supposed to express yourself in your outfit and we don't really know what that means or how far to go with that so I'm assuming that means I can't show up in stretchy pants so yeah so we're gonna go get some steps in the mall and see if we can find anything that appeals to us at 2 50 p.m. Monday March 13th I've been crocheting all morning I'm still working on my sweater I'm adding the hood then tomorrow I'll be working on the sleeves and finishing up the cuffs and then hopefully by Wednesday I'll be doing the final bit of edging around the whole thing then we'll be trying to figure out what we're gonna do about buttons because I have no idea anyway I haven't done any of the posts for Monday morning on any of the social media yet I will at some point and I haven't edited the vlog yet either I will at some point probably tomorrow so anyway it's raining outside but I'm having a lot of fun just having a relaxing day sitting in front of the window doing my crocheting listening to some podcasts and things I mean you know sometimes that's what it's all about yes I'm like sleeveless clothes on I had a sweater on which is over there but the heater event is like right there blows right on me when I'm up here and yeah I got a little hot so anyway I also got a request to do a tutorial on how I am doing my watercolor abstracts something besides a speed through an actual tutorial so I do think I'm gonna make my some notes and I'm gonna work on that yes I'm gonna make notes rather than my normal just shoe from the hip video so so if there's anything in particular about that you'd like to see let me know down in the comments below all right all guys it is 316 in the afternoon Tuesday March 14th I am working on my sweater of many colors working on the other sleeve I've got one sleeve done I've been pretty much at this all day today along with a few chores I haven't done much else Bob for the first time since the world went nuts he's headed into the office right now for a meeting he doesn't do that anymore he hasn't done that for a long time so that's weird he'll be gone for a couple hours and when he gets home we'll go for a walk but yeah anyway I'm sitting here in my cozy corner working on my needlework what are you guys up to today all right I better get back to it I'll be back this is the first time in months that we are out walking after Bob gets off of work and it's not pitch black outside yeah yeah but technically you would think it would be darker not lighter I mean we yeah so it should be dark anyway I don't know I don't get it I don't understand why we still change times anyway we're gonna go walking first step we're gonna make is there's a house across the way that's looking for pots for a plant project they have a little sign out by their yard I have a lot of really big cottage cheese containers so I filled a bag and we're gonna go drop it off at their house and then get some steps see what we can see because why not I don't know about Bob but I've been sitting in my chair crocheting all day and then painting all that required was a couple steps to get to the table so you know I could use the exercise I'll be back I'm morning it's Wednesday morning I don't know about 10 o'clock March 15th I think anyway obviously we're not in the house I need to get back to work on the sweater today but first I just need to get out of the house a little bit I'm gonna go check the peel box I'm gonna probably stop a Goodwill I don't know what else I'm gonna get up to but yeah at least those two things and just get out of the house a tad and then if I can get out of my street because of traffic anyway so we're gonna go do those two things and because when I'm done with the sweater I have a couple of sewing projects I want to do I know I said so and I would like to thrift materials for said sewing projects so I do more of an upcycle than just go buy stuff so I'm going to make it more of a regular thing to stop it one or more of the thrift shops I used to do this when before Bob and I got married before we had our daughter and after our daughter was born I did a lot of thrifting I still like to thrift it's fun to the sweater done I have to take it downstairs and put it away I took all the thrifted clothing and I separated it took the buttons off separated the front from the back all that stuff and so I know I've got to kind of lay it down piles I do have this green cotton it's not quite the right color so I either have to dye it a little bit or I'm kind of thinking I needed I need one more thrifted garment I did and here's some more fabric I did go ahead and piece the pattern together and I cut out the top out of muslin and then I made a couple of alterations it was cut for someone with smaller breasts than myself and so I needed to make it a little longer and she does say in the pattern that she recommends cutting the neck a little higher I cut it the way the pattern was nice now I see why she says that so yeah so I made all the alterations so the pattern is great and it fits really well I was a little worried because it's a woven fabric dress that's supposed to be a slip-on that actually fits pretty good so yay but I'm really feeling like we need one more fabric that's in the green black gray realm that goes with this plaid so I do still have my little piece I might actually grab a bigger piece but so I think next time I go thrifting I need to look for a little bit more fabric let's see grab a piece of this smaller piece there's a pocket over here so all right so anyway I'm going to take all of my stuff downstairs now because there's nothing more I can do up here I'm also kind of really thinking I need a dress form it's kind of anyway I'm gonna take the sweater downstairs and put her away I'm going to make myself some overnight oats because I need to do that and yeah I'll be back you know I could make it using the fabrics that I have and then dye the whole thing some of it will take the dye some of it won't we are headed to the store tonight hey guys it is 1 17 p.m. Friday March 17th Happy St. Patrick's Day anyway I started working on the dress pattern from Ella Harper sorry Ella Harp it's her work dress pattern it's just a very basic dress pattern I've decided to do it in an upcycled way and I had three different clothing items that I took apart and I started piecing the fabric back together with some fat quarters that I had I have them because at first I was like I need one or two more pieces of fabric no I don't so we did that I also took some scraps and I made this trim I didn't finish the edges that I left them raw because that's okay as they fray I'll just trim it but I'm good with the fray frayed edges but I got the top pieced and cut out and the back I'm gonna use the pocket from the shirt for the front of the dress I'm gonna trim said pocket oops I know it's a little dark sorry with the trim that I made all around the edge and then attach it to the ship to the shirt in the center of here here and I'll probably use this trim around the sleeves and then if I have enough of it I'll use and I'll use some around the neckline I have more of the pieced together fat quarters that I'm gonna cut up into probably squares or something to use on the skirt which I'm gonna layer with some of the gauzy fabrics so anyway it's it's going pretty well I'm pretty happy I didn't order myself a dress for them because anyway time for a bowl of popcorn I'll be okay good morning everybody it's Saturday March 18th at least I think it's still morning let's say I think so yep 10.02 a.m. so we just did some relaxing this morning I've had my coffee and breakfast I fixed a couple of construction issues with the top of the dress not pattern issues construction issues so the plaid fabric is from an old thrifted shirt and it's a little bit fragile and I should have lined it with muslin or something before I put the shirt together and I didn't but so I had to go back and add lining and reinforcements without taking the top apart it was a pain it's not perfect it doesn't need to be but it's done thank God so now we can move on to this and it still fits so now we can move on to the skirt anyway not right now because I need to break from that you know we need to do a little bit more grocery shopping today Bob's not gonna go help the kids with their car this morning because they they have a car project it's not their daily driver it's a car project anyway they also have a lot of household things to do chores yard work babies do in four weeks almost exactly and so they want to get some stuff done before grandson comes so can't say is a blame them so they're gonna spend some time doing that and Bob will go over in a week or two and help Polly us with the car provided Becca doesn't have the baby but anyway Bob is checking on some financial stuff in light of all the crazy banking things that have been happening and we're fine we don't we didn't have any money at SVP so anyway but he's checking on things regardless which is always a good idea and then I think we might go thrifting and running errands so I'll let you know I'll be back you guys okay so I talked Bob into going to him at least one thrift store and I found brand-new white twin sheets and a sweater that I've been kind of looking for something like it and then a black little sundress that I think I might turn into a skirt future upcoming projects I also found a tripod a really nice one for 12 bucks so yay and I finished my dress I will put a picture here of me and it on the pink at the bottom is my leggings because I didn't take them off anyway I'm gonna wash it now and some and the thrift store finds but it's the end of the evening on Saturday and so that's it for this week it's been an interesting week getting back into needlework and sewing and working on this and because I had to add the muslin lining to it to reinforce the shooting fabric it's a little heavier than I initially anticipated it being but you know what I'm not mad about it so it's all it's all good I'm gonna some of the fabrics pre-wash some of it's not so wash it on cold and then hang it up to dry so it doesn't shrink too much anyway I've got the windows open and the screens are on because it's nice and warm today I do think a brainstorms coming tomorrow but you know we're gonna enjoy it while it lasts anyway I hope you've all had a great week I hope you get into some interesting creative adventures you know break out something new something old that you haven't touched in a while something you've been intending to get to and just have fun with it I mean that's what it's all about right all right that's it for right now check out the video description for relevant links including the pattern to the dress and I'd love to see what you're making what you're working on leave any questions comments or concerns down below if you want to ready access to me help with projects and all of that kind of stuff previews stuff you guys don't see over here and your own private YouTube channel join my preach patreon link is down below all right that's it for this week go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later bye guys