Busy Weekend

I'm sitting here on the couch trying to figure out something to do! I decided this semester I am not going to do homework on Sundays...I had 2 or 3 lessons in a row about not doing homework on a Sunday, so I thought I better not! This past week I went home, because we were supposed to move Jamie. However, we didn't end up going so this week has been craft week. I started out by ripping up my chair that I am supposed to be reupholstering (sp?) I started to paint it, but it was too windy..so I left that for jamie or my mom to finish up! If you have noticed my post before I found this blog that has a lot of cute tutorials for skirts and things. We (jamie and I, she likes to copy what I make! ha ha just kidding, but she does secretly want to dress just like me! Today she even wore the same pajama pants and a black top! Just like me ha ha) Anyways luckily I bought extra fabric, so around 7 or 8 Friday night we started making the lace for days skirt. Of course she is faster at pinning and sewing then i am so she was way ahead of me...We didn't end up having enough lace which we thought we would so I let her finish and I will go get more and do mine. I did get the body of it done, so I just have to put on the lace. I really just let her finish so I could do it different if it didn't work out! ha ha just kidding, but it did turn out really cute, and I think she is going to post pictures.

When I went and bought fabric for the lace skirt I found some cute fabric for a swim suit cover. So after sitting around all morning on Saturday I decided to make my swim suit cover. I was really nervous about using elastic thread but it was so stinkin easy and turned out way cute. To make my swim suite cover maybe took me 2 hours it was so easy! And after that I decdied to make a skirt from fabric that I was going to make pillow covers with for my bed. It turned out cute, but isn't my favorite...I want to find some cuter knit fabric to make another skirt, this was just my test run.

So even though we didn't get to move jamie this weekend I got a lot done,

• I chopped some wood! yes I did! Last time I was home, Jake was out chopping wood, and of course whenever there is a opportunity to show Jake up I have to take it! I tried my hand at chopping...It was so funny becuase the kids got out the lawn chairs and was cheering for us! That made it even funner, because whenever I got one chopped in half I would do a little victory yell and that made them cheer louder! So this week when I was home Jake came in and told me to come chop wood with him! It was fun, the kids were very supportive this time, they were too involved in swinging!
• I started my chair, ripping fabric off chairs is hard work. If you could see how many chairs we have reupholstered and still need to reupholster you would think we were crazy. I think my sister has done maybe 5? I'm not sure, my mom has done 1 for Janelle and still has 1 to do for her and she has 2 still to do. I only have 1! But don't worry I already called the garage next to start collecting furniture after Jamie leaves! My mom just wants a stall to park her car and I can get the rest! My dad has the barn now so he doesn't need it anymore!
• And last of all I got 2 1/2 skirts done!

I've had a very productive week, but I do hope we can move Jamie next week. Not that I don't want her to leave, but I want to start having an excuse to go to California! I need some warm weather!