Don't Miss the Meteor Shower...and a Skirt Idea

Jack has discovered "Alabama" and is listening to their greatest hits.  The other kids are playing out in the blow-up pool.  This wind is too much for me but they don't seem to mind.
It's a wedding weekend!  We are all excited for Lily and Jon.  Hoping that the pollen doesn't do too much of a number on Brian- a preacher with no voice would make for an interesting wedding ceremony!
Did you know there is a meteor shower tonight that could be of historic proportions?  Possibly up to 400 per hour???  I will be out there!  Read about it at this website.

Yesterday we made skirts!  Matching for Kayla and Lucy.  Kayla did the sewing while I did the cutting and pinning.  We got both skirts done in about two hours.  Not bad for an afternoon.

Hopefully I can get a picture of both of them wearing their skirts soon.

Rebekah, over at The Homemade Engineer, sent us a link with the directions.

Super easy.

I think we could make it our "own" pretty easily but this was a great start.

You can find it here.

Baby Sewing Projects

A special friend is having a baby girl in just a couple of weeks. This special friend happens to be the one who has been spending time helping Kayla learn to sew.   Kayla and I decided to make a baby blanket.  She did most of the work.  It was a lot of fun!

She really likes to iron.

A little measuring

Sewing with her favorite stitch- the zigzag

And voila!

She also worked on a "taggy" for another sweet little girl who will be born soon as well.