Almost…

I’m going out tonight in a fluffy silk ball (sorta) skirt that I made today all by my lonesome. It’s deep cream (cafe au lait, maybe?) and lined in a light teal. It’s a little, uhm, big. It’s fluffy. I’m wearing it with a white tee shirt (tucked in) and a black cashmere cardigan with black sequins down the front. Old school, baby. Black silk strappy shoes.

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(pushing the “C” button cccc c for the Crabcake, who is copyediting right next to me as I type–by the by, he’ll be FOUR in two months)

Please take your face off of my computer, dear boy. Thank you.

I learned to bind a quilt, so in the past two weeks, I’ve bound one exquisite quilt (seriously–it’s a work of art, covered in hand embroidery) and I’m almost done binding a big quilt for the Girlchild. It’s very simple–two big pieces of fabric on one side and a very old, very soft sheet from Goodwill on the other side. I turned the sheet over the mute the colors a bit. The quilt would probably fit a queen-sized bed. I machine-stitched big diamonds on it and I’m on the 3rd of 4 sides stitiching the binding down. So proud of myself!

I made each child a cute outfit for Christmas and have a pile of sewing to do for them. I’m about to start on very fluffy Easter outfits (gotta finish this quilt and one more needs to be quilted and bound–I am on SUCH a roll) for them that they can wear to/in a wedding next summer.

What’s on my list o’resolutions for 2009? Same as it ever was: to improve. To keep tennis and exercise at least slightly on the forefront. To cook more. To get our bathrooms redone, landscape a bit and MOVE. We turned over our guest bedroom to the kids–it’s their playroom now–and our house feels bigger, thank goodness.

Improve.

What about you?

Finally, to my kind cheese straws commenter from yesterday or recently: I’m so glad you’re still enjoying the recipe. That was my sole holiday baking desire. Didn’t cook anything wonderful, but wanted to. Sewed instead.

Read: Nelson DeMille’s The Gold Coast. Recommend. Am on the sequel now. Gotta go get dressed. Must also make more skirts for self.

Happy 2009!