Apparently all that I can be counted on for these days is a little gift sewing...
...but at least it gave me the perfect excuse to try out the sweet Buttercup Bag by Rae. It's a belated birthday gift for a friend who likes rather simple things (as I do), so I hope the polka-dots will be OK. I'm not too worried about the Heather Ross print since all of her prints are so charming and dear, but sometimes I find dots a bit worrisome. This is such a great pattern though--I adore the shape and proportions of it. I have plans to try making a larger version for myself now. I really don't think I could fit all of my purse-crap into the original size!
My sewing seems to have fallen to the wayside lately--we've been back and forth to the lake nearly every weekend and in between I've been busy nursing
our little garden. Does anyone know what can be done about a rather
persistent and pesky herd of chipmunks? They continue to tunnel into the garden
and pull my precious tomato plants down their holes to devour the stalks. Really, it’s like something out of a Bugs
Bunny cartoon. In hindsight, I probably should
have lined the raised beds with wire mesh, but it’s too late for that now. Help!
Well I've got a slew of 40th year photos to upload tonight, so I'm headed off to do that now. And I have yet another present to finish up. I have a feeling I'm going to have a hard time giving this one up!
cute stuff! i think it looks great, I may just have to use some of my horses to make another buttercup
Posted by: ~Michelle~ | June 19, 2009 at 10:45 AM