my strava story.

http://2014story.strava.com/video/3285432 Now I wish I had downloaded more that I did. It is kind of cool

guess what, trainer again last night

I wish I had time to ride out side in the morning but I was too busy

again, trainer

another trainer ride

early morning trainer ride

I usually do class at 6 but because of the holiday, no class this week. So I did an early am trainer ride.

Another team ride

The usual south the ride.

seahawks fans

This is Perla and I last Friday.  We were frustrated with the camera so it is a crappy picture, but it is us in our Seahawks outfits.

team ride in new kit

busy Satruday

Day 1 of two at the Goodwill Glitter sale then Husky Football with Jeannine. The sunset was so beautiful I had to take a picture. Our seats are great.

Pre work volunteer room

volunteers on sale floor before crowd in

pre-customers

behind the register

crowd shot

open door as we wait for the rush

giant draq queen

Team Ride Again

I did the team ride

Husky Friday

Here is my good will jacket I modified, my new scooter plate and my mandatory Friday garb.

back (even though I never left)

I have actually been sewing and working out a ton but I just fell off the blog. Sorry.  I still go go the total body conditining classes 3 mornings a week.  I really like them.

Here is a new dress I made.  All I need to do it put decorative buttons on the collar and sleeve cuffs.  It is a really classy dress. I made it out of hemp fabric a client never took back. It is really nice.

This is made from some fabric Lisa had used in her display window for Seahawks and some denim scraps I had.  It is crazy. It will be even crazier when I wear it.

New coat done

Lightweight purple wool with gold buttons and gold bedazzled collar. I have made this before but the pattern is unined. I made a lining pattern. It came out ok but I would tweak it if I made it again.

before the collar dazzle

with the dazzle

squirell prevention fence

I was right! I saw a squiell and his accomplice on the fence pulling the sunflower towards him. I got Brian to see it too. So we put a little chicken wire we had up to see if it will block them.

New dress

My last summer dress for this year. It has big pouch pockets on the side. I cut it wrong first so I had to piece the front but you can't really tell. And it is $6.99/yd fabric from the remnamt table so you can't get too stressed.

Mariners and backyard birds

I am slso going to finish a new dress today. I will post that later. Lucky I work at Filson becasue there was NOOOO parking in the alley where we usually park for free because there was also a sounders game and the frenzy for the feliz bobbleheads. I went in and told the staff I was parking in our lot and they OK'd it. These were the best seats I have ever gotten when I paid for them. (Ladies night was closer but that was a work thing) And there are so many birds in the yard. This is a a shot from my bathroom window so it is not great. But sometimes there are 15 - 20 birds clammoring for food.

The Chef

Made with vegetables grown by this master chef.

new dress I am wearing today

I have made this pattern before. It is one of the ones I use when I have fabric from my stash that is not enough for a "whole" dress. I made the facings out of the skirt fabric and rolled the armhole facing to the outside so it looks like piping. Off to the gym. I have only missed one of the 6 am classes since I started a few months ago. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Sunflower from our yard

It is one of those giant ones. It looked like this and was really pretty until a freakin' squirell jumped on it and broke it. It is now a flower in a vase in our kitchen. I want to put up some wire on teh fence by them so there can be no more jumping by those little pests.

I am still here

I have been sewing for myself after all the time on that bridesmaid dress. I had a total Wayne Olson neat out this weekend in my studio. I got rid of a ton of stuff and ironed like a crazy person. Here re shots from me, Jeannine, Dana and Dubs this weekend. It was so fun.I got lots of autographs.

this is the latest version of the dress

You can see why the first dress maker had so much trouble re-creating the look they wanted. It just did not work with Chiffon. This is sort of the middle between the desired look and what they originally had.