less than enchanting & pretty fabrics

Hello there, friends. It's Tuesday..and I didn't post yesterday. I know...I know...I thought about it all day but the last thing I wanted to do was sit at my  computer and think about writing. Noooooo thank you.

Yesterday was less than enchanting..

Daddy went to the doctor -he has pneumonia which means he needs to rest for a good week to two weeks. Which is something that really never happens this time of year with his business. Luckily his employees should be able to handle it all if he's still barking orders from bed...hopefully.

I woke up exhausted - I was at a wedding Sunday night (post on that to come!) and didn't fall asleep till 12 or 1, for some reason. Joy.

And then my siblings and I were just in a bickering mood. Hate those days with a passion.

However, today has been better. Which is good.

I have to share my new love with you though - Michael Miller Fabrics. Oh. My. Goodness. Just take a look.

That is all - aren't they just fabulous? I am in love!

vintage dress making equals love.

so I just purchased this lovely vintage fabric yardage from Donna over at her Etsy shop. I fell in love with it the instant I saw it. Totally fabulous! However. After thinking long and hard about it, I can't seem to decided which vintage dress pattern I should use it for!

Last week a lovely lady from my church complimented me on my vintage dress at church! Her and her husband proceeded to gush over the fact that I made it, and how wonderful it was. They then told me that his mother used to do a great deal of sewing, but moved a while back to the east coast, leaving all of her sewing things behind. Well. They informed me that next time they were at her old house, they would peek through her mounds of patterns and fabric to try and find something that might spark interest with me!

last Tuesday she called me up and told me she had a few things for me, and I was delighted! she stopped my my house and brought me two vintage patterns. simplicity 8584 and butterick 3578. I was originally going to use it for simplicity pattern, but I cannot decide anymore! So I need your opinion! here are the two patterns:

I cannot decide which one to use. dear me. please help.

love, ruthanne.

pillows...yes. pillows.

Fact: I am a lover of sewing.

Fact: I will and can make almost anything from, well, almost anything.

Fact: I love JoAnn's.

Fact: More than JoAnn's, I love their fabric remnants basket.

Fact: These pillows cost under $12 for both of them.

Fact: They're just about the cutest thing I think I've ever made. This week... ;) And, even better than that, no pattern was needed...kachow! Freehand patterns are the bomb...

Here are a few pictures of these darling pillows...:)

My kitty, Ivy, wanted to be in on the picture taking...and honestly it was just too cute of a picture to deny her that! She does this frequently, however. She's not camera shy...so she's getting her own tag called "kitty kandids"...with a K...classy, I know...muah.

The ruffles are one of my favorite parts. They're so...just yeah. ha... 

The Nautical theme was for my daddy, as well. Our entire basement has this kind of theme carried on throughout it...pretty snazzy and totally adorable if you ask me....*wink*...

Aren't they adorable? Took me an hour and a half to make two; $12 for both, and a source of entertainment for the evening. And, they realllllly look cute in our home theater.

Score.