Back in the land of reality

well i've put it off long enough -- coming back to this reality stuff but alas I must come back... I am home from what was a wonderful and amazing trip to Italy. The wedding was beautiful, the food was to die for (really -- I'm having such a hard time recreating caprese salads with the tasteless tomatoes we get here!) and the landscapes were dreamlike.

I will have some photos up soon but I'm waiting to get my official wedding photos which should come some time in June.

As for sewing projects -- my machine is in the shop for what I was told, a much needed repair. It should be ready tomorrow which is good timing since the projects are piling up! Among them:

>two sets of curtains for two of my favourite children on the planet.
>a messenger bag for my patient Swedish friend
>a summer top for me
>some pj pants for me

oh the list will likely get much bigger...

Until then happy sewing/crafting and prancing about in this lovely spring weather

-lealou

five fabulous frenchies

A while back I showed you a prototype for a project I was working on but I couldn't show you what the project was exactly. I gave you a hint last week but it's all I could do... but I think it's safe now. two of the people that may or may not read this blog are basking in the loveliness that is Roma, two don't really read my blog (I don't think), and I'm seeing one of them today so hopefully she doesn't see this BEFORE I see her.... plus I myself and taking off to Rome today and I don't want to post this there for I will be stuffing my face with pasta and cheese I'm sure.

It's a little strange that I'm making them frenchies when we're heading to Italy but here we go -- in lieu of getting my bridesmaids jewelry for my wedding, I decided to make each of them a bag with various fabrics I thought they would appreciate and that suited their distinct personalities. They're all from Amy Butler -- I love that I can go through her 'stash' to find something for everyone.













As I mentioned, I'm off to Italy today (to get married!) so I won't have any sewing posts for a while - I will try to add some fun Italian adventure pics during my travels.

Ciao!

such a tease