It was my first free weekend at home in a month, and I got to do so much! My house is clean, I got to spend some time in the ceramics studio (bit by bit I'm regaining my old skills)...
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I bought myself a ticket to see The National. They're not coming til October, but it should be well worth the wait. Check 'em out
here, if you want.
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Library loot! I got my library card--which never ceases to be exciting--and this is what I came away with for now. I've got a few holds on other sewing books. The
Built by Wendy Dresses![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sRb8A4DdvxEHwIFVpOlsbQLPfI6Q70uTLUZkcd9MG_p7IJwxNypi8_49mjzIE2ooGhgQGI7am4FuWhyzdWYH6YmJ0M_lXm6ZHqQvFvmSJqiMfzeN9q9K3tcnrq1Cmo0NjjGPJGe0JsZDCxFuH8=s0-d)
book has some fun ideas in it. Hopefully I'll have time to make something before I have to send the book back to the library. I'm hoping the
Threads Fitting DVD Series![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sZ6hREHgNyMnPCr9Oh23cQaDsOEIzE0k53-UXdppqh2hpO2XleeOlzaDTb3SAiUT9gsqMnH1jMwY1NpOx_Djp9GCMCV8VOFO-N6i8MRBp2Fv_MyZiGixTLlqAKQqniV2XnWSFOBOS6MF_DCC7c=s0-d)
will help me figure out how to get a better fit on this tricky vintage dress I started months ago.
Bag Bazaar![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uSH3aZim-F4nEdMzxSPJ0WLchxqXkzLwGZB0v39eBKXFatGgGFS10wmMGKbskx_z09Vp3Rw6QTELpzPFkzLeuVS30tF0m_YFAhgZJUTeXZlP866X3-PUVPPccu3PwCRGmd5z201IwxMgvNw5Ox=s0-d)
would be a good starter book for people interested in sewing bags. The patterns I'm interested in are fairly simple though, I could probably figure them out on my own.
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There happened to be a street fair outside the library, so I stopped by and picked up some free Lara bar samples. Yum!
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I also walked around the art museum for the first time, and snapped some pottery inspiration photos:
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The handle and spout on this South American pot are so elegant.
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And I love the simple yet striking designs on these pots.
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Not exactly awesome, but I've decided, after all, to unpick the messy free-motion circles from my quilt. It's just too frustrating and slow to try to do this on a queen-sized quilt on my tiny sewing machine! I was pretty crazy to think this would be a successful idea for my second time quilting ever, but hey, I like to dream big. Once I finally unpick the edge I started, I'm going to machine quilt in a zig-zag pattern following the blocks. Hopefully that will be more instant gratification!