...was kinda awesome. You wouldn't have thought that to yourself if you had been here, but to me, it was a good week. I finished up some stuff at work and took the rest off. We found a babysitter who is great and will come over and "play" with Zadie for four hours a couple of days a week. Summer is half over for me but I feel as if it has just begun.
A new friend came over to my house for the first time so we Lemons cleaned up as much as possible and it still feels better almost a week later. I tried to act like Martha Stewart by making my famous iced tea and a designer snack. I fancied everything up in a low-key way (putting anything in Fiestaware makes you look professional, for reals). We spread fresh, local chevre from the market onto crackers (because Aaron didn't know what I was talking about when I asked him to buy "cute little breads or something cute" at the grocery store). Then we topped that with ripe organic blueberries and drizzled it all with honey that another friend made in her house a couple blocks down the street. I had no idea how all this would taste but it turned out to be rather delicious.
I actually don't usually like looking at pictures of cooked food on blogs (unless it's cake and stuff, Honey, don't worry) but I love looking at people's dishes.Anyway. I also got some sewing and organizing done. I am almost finished with a cute romper for Zadie inspired by
this post and another pair of
these pants in a different fabric -- just gotta sew some buttons on them both. I hemmed a pair of pants, fixed a hole in a sweater and a zipper in a skirt, cut out the wipes for the winner of my Earth Week giveaway, and have been getting ready for our upcoming trip. I'm a planner so when we leave the house for more than a day trip, watch out.
It's Friday night. Mr. Lemon is out. I'm listening to the hum of the baby monitor with a cup of decaf green tea and I'm about to work on
a little bag to haul legos in. It's all good.
I am now officially obsessed with Oliver + S patterns. This playsuit was an absolute breeze to make. I didn't have any problems cutting it out, putting it together, or stitching it up. It was so well written and easy to follow. The playsuit is part of the Tea Party Sundress pattern and seems more targeted to boys. But since we have enough dresses (for now) and I love rompers, I girled this up with some Lizzy House (pearl bracelet from the Red Letter Day collection) and Michelle Engel Bencsko (pre-Cloud 9 days). Who knew these two fabrics would look so good together? The two collections are radically different but were next to each other in my bin. The peach is a solid I had in my solids bin and is absolutely necessary to break up the two prints. I also used it to make some bias tape edging the hem of the shorts and to line the top.
After my initial problems deciding between buttons or snaps (thanks for all the help), I got over my fear of sewing buttonholes, and finally finished this up. I chose some very pretty little faux-pearl buttons with the scrolly detail.
The pattern had a snap tape option. I had never used snap tape before and I'm not even sure I knew what it was when I started searching for it. I don't have a sewing shop nearby (only quilting and upholstery) so I had to go online. What I saw came in massive quantities and in weird lengths and widths. The amount of space between each snap just didn't make sense. So I made my own (tutorial next week -- I had to test the technique out again).
I am super happy with how this little outfit turned out. My kid (for reasons unknown to us) is rather tall so I made the 2T top but cut the waist for the bottoms at the 3T mark. I'm glad I did this because it allows some room for the bulky cloth diapers for now and will hopefully still fit next year (if only for Spring). Anyway, I've not seen much cuter. I've added a couple of their patterns to my mental to do list. I just need to pick a size. The speed at which I'm working seems to be calling for 4T and up. 
