A Scarf, A Loan & A Van??

Last Thursday I was having to run down to the bank, in -35C weather on foot.

Our truck has been giving us major issues these past few weeks, a new to us vehicle was eminent.

Unfortunately, so was a  walk to the bank for me. UGH!!

I love the winter as long as I'm inside and warm and my family is the same,

I detest being in cold temps and having to get a loan on top of the cold weather at this time of year, 

was a major BUMMER!

Long story short, I nearly froze my ears off so I dug out this yarn and am knitting up an 

infinity scarf for myself!

Pretty, no?

Oh, yes...

our new ~ to ~ us van!

Stitchin' Britches

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I've been having some fun stitching up pj pants and shorts for the boys and myself

this past week.

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My youngest wasn't around when I took the pics,

these are full length pants made from Goosebumps fabric I happened upon at Value Village.

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All sewn from NEW LOOK 6441 (XS-XL) all in one envelope,

I love it.

My pjs are sewn from some of the 9 yards I picked a few weeks ago at a garage sale.

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Then next week's forecast came up on the computer and it ain't pretty folks.

30C + with extremely high humidity. Yuck!!

I can't stand the heat as it is, so this was not good news,

however it is a great reason to whip up a skirt.

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Garage sale fabric too!

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I haven't worn a skirt in ages, at least 15 years! 

I found this super easy idea at a small snippet ,

and since I didn't have a tank (going to the city next week, guess what I'm picking up)

and I couldn't find my elastic thread,

I improvised, cause we can do that!

I just made a casing and ran  2 ~ 3/8" elastics instead of the wide (need to add that to my list).

The sash covers the top band for now anyways.

I do believe I'm getting hooked on stitching up skirts and the Mr. approves.

Yay! Win/ Win :)

There are lots of easy to sew, no pattern needed skirts out there.

Here's another cute skirt and blog over at

googiemomma

If you like vintage you're going to love this .

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HAPPY STITCHING  :)