Something for the boys! WOw FreeCycLerS

Gotta love freecyclers, thank-you to the lady who answered my call for more material...
Two large bags of NEW yes NEW material, her brother works for a fabric store.  Dang why cant I have connections like that, my bro is a boiler maker, grumble grumble.. I wasnt expecting anything like this, the pile is awesome, floral and cottons, stretch, cord, fleecy, and flanelette. So ladies how does that saying go?? "Ask and you shall recieve"....im soooooo greatful

So out of the stash today I made some cord pants for grandkids 3 and 4 (lol birth order)...J and K,

 I love cord its soooo soft and cute on little boys

I included Number 3's initial on the pocket

I used lots of top stitching and played around with pockets.....little fellas need LOTS of pockets

and my 'famous" graffiti stitch lol... I had plenty of sewing 'meditation' this weekend, gotta love that byeeeeeeeeee  Di

New Jeans YAY

I found these Wrangler jeans for 2 bux at the market, too good to pass up, but alas, when i tried them on perfect!! Only if i choose not to sit or eat, walk or breath!!

Nice thick old time denim, no stretch

I found some black cotton stash lace

Cut the jeans from waistband to the hem line, on both sides

I lost the pockets but who cares, there are two more on the back, lol and my belt will cover the seam in the waistband

I cut some strips of denin (the length of the pants) from and old pair of jeans and sewed the lace to it

While the seams were open i sewed some 'graffiti stitch' on the legs

DA DA!!! Ive added about 7cms 3" to the width of the jeans...now i can sit, walk , burp and dance lol

and now for the dodgy part, self portaits are impossible lol

See great the belt covers the band and i still have little pockets for coins? ha ha

OOPS wait it gets worse

Boobs, tshirt bathroom u name it i snapped it...and missed the jeans completely
p.s had  big sookies with my blog too, can anyone give me a brief outline on how to reset my big main picture and blog name..unfortunately im in here blind byeeeeeee for now Di

I'm back

After much sadness and pain, grief and many, many tears, I've decided to get back into this blog and hopefully a bit of normality will return to my life.

My man aka 'the bull slayer' aka 'TJ' is gone. After battling cancer for 3 years, in March 2009 the doctors told us the cancer had returned, this time in TJ's bones. My man is gone, Feb 2 2010

at 11.30pm he disappeared from this world, to rest without pain and be with the ones he loved and also lost.

TJ thank you for giving me the privelege of your unconditional love. Physically you are not with me, but sleep peacefully knowing that there is a special place in my heart, only for you. Take my love with you and I will see you again.....one fine day....Di xxx

For those of you who have been devastated by this hideous disease, WE NEED A CURE!!!!

Feel free to read this website of a courageous man and father from queensland, who is campaigning tirelessly, despite his grief, to have the cyberknife brought to Australia.

Cheers everyone thanks for listening....Di

http://www.cyberknifeaustralia.com/fundraisers/win-a-house-for-100/