sunday night plan #5

It's the weekend before my Hallowe'en shindig, so Mr Poppleton and I went in search of costume supplies today. We woke up at eight, courtesy of Piper, who gets exactly 12 hours of sleep each night, no more, no less. (She wakes me up by being so darn cute I can't help but pry my red-rimmed, late-night-up-sewing eyes right open just to look at her. I love my life.) So we got an early Sunday morning start to our costume hunting!

We talked it out over breakfast at Kazbah (which was amazing). We'd been toying with ideas for a while: me as Dorothy, Piper as Toto, Mr Poppleton as Obi-Wan Kenobi...but we couldn't settle on anything. Then I remembered when I was fifteen, I was on a field trip, digging through some costumes backstage and I found a tree costume! A green shawl for the head, a really simple trunk, and voila!  Mr Poppleton, on the other hand, decided to go as CSI. And Piper? I bought a meter of blue gingham...so it looks like I'll have a very tiny Dorothy!

Anyway, it's Sunday, and my house is tidy, my baby is sleeping, my darling husband is busy watching reruns...it's time to plan!

Sewing projects:

x Tree costume - dyeing shawl, attaching leaves, sewing trunk
x Dorothy costume - making pinafore and ruby red slippers
x Finishing Birds' Nest quilt
x Fabric yo-yos for J3's quilt
x Bat, back, baste J3's quilt (oh yes, I finished the top!)
x Spring Blossom quilt top backed, batted, basted

Writing projects:

x Plan for NaNoWriMo
x Write every day

Home projects:

x DVD to computer project

So: I do have a lot to do this week. I'm going to try and sew a LOT tomorrow, and at least get the costumes finished by Wednesday, so I can bake guilt-free on Thursday and Friday. I'm just making a lot of delicious junk food for the party and making some punch!

Meanwhile I started an entirely new quilt last night and finished the top! It's so bright and sweet. It's for a little friend of Piper's. Here's a sneak peek.

Don't you just love that minty blue?

Sneaky me, I had to include a little bit of hand-stitching. I have a hard time with writing evenly when writing large, despite having beautiful handwriting...chalkboards and quilt blocks have always been tough for me! Thank goodness for removable fabric marking pens!

Despite being busy, it was a lazy-feeling weekend. We spent plenty of time at the café, cuddled the baby lots, and even made time to visit the Parents. (Well, we do that every weekend. We're good kids.) Piper was a bit overwhelmed and whingey, but Nanna got to hold her when she was on slightly better behavior – taking a much-needed nap.

Precious thing. She just hates going to sleep, but she does need her micronaps!

Also up for this week, just in case I get really lucky and have the time, is beginning my Sophie quilt. I picked up some more Kona Snow (I really should just buy a bolt) and I have an idea percolating. So once my costume is done, and the Birds' Nests quilt is finished...onward, quilt!

And, finally...a big hello to everyone who has come to visit this blog over the past few weeks! Some are from the Modern Quilt Guild, and others from Freshly Pieced, but wherever you came from, thanks for stopping by!

All right, off to bed...time to catch up on last night's missed sleep (and read more of my book). Here's hoping for a busy, productive week for all!