In this photo, I'm just hand stitching down the inside lining to the zipper so it will have a nice smooth look in the back.
Since the dress pattern is made to be roomy, this little couture sash will be perfect to adjust for a small little frame. It can be laced up in the back or the front. I'll let Emily decide.
Second: In today's mail, I received my Silk Ribbon Bible, by Joan Gordon, that I ordered from Chapters books a couple of weeks ago . I'm so excited in just leafing through the book and now I need to plan some stitching right away. This reference book is 8 x 6.5" which is a great size for putting in my stitching basket. It also lies flat because of the coil binding. 
The book gives color photo as well as ribbon requirements for making the designs. The book is over an inch thick which means many, many designs. This book is exactly what I was looking for. 
Do you think I have enough selection? I should tell you that I've been doing my own nails once a week for years. And for the past 2 years I've been stuck on using the same light pink color that was recommended by Prevention magazine - for 50 something girls. It's OPI's "Your Royal Shyness". It's a light pink color that is now discontinued. 
So, my Plan.... I know right off the bat, that I need to make 3 quilts. One for each the Triplets who are now 7. I was waiting until their puppy dogs were out of the chewing stage and that the kids themselves were truly out of the out of the kitty cat, or princess, or Pokemon phase. I think we're getting there.
So the Triplets come for a visit overnight tonight and besides the manicures, one of the activities I am going to do with them is to have them choose the quilt pattern with me, then work with me on selecting the fabrics. Then these fabrics, along with the pattern goes into a Greco Pizza box. I've made their pizza box labels for their picks then I'll cut a kit in the next week or 2. By doing this for 3 quilts, that will help release some of the fabric to be cut to work on other projects.
Second - Last week, thanks to a great sale at the Futureshop, we replaced our big screen TV with a bigger screen TV. It's super thin and sleek looking. We love it. We found a new channel that's called Frame. It's has Canadian photo content although the beautiful pictures are from all over the world. Beautiful pictures of the desert, covered bridges, etc and is set to lovely background music. One pet peeve I have is with this new technology is , what do you do with your center speaker from your surround sound? Originally I think the speaker was intended to sit on top of the TV, but the TV's are so thin now, it's totally out of place. I've now placed the center speaker on the stand in front of the screen, but too me it does look awkward. And when I uploaded this picture, these grey speakers just don't blend. Maybe new sleeker thinner black speakers are in order.
Third - The piece of tech that we purchased this week is a new cell phone. Since I am no longer working, one of the assets I turned in was my office cell phone. I don't use a cell much now, but with cottage season approaching we picked one up. So when we're at the cottage, we're accessible. We got this Samsung model that has a qwerty keyboard that springs out. It will be easier for me to text with my sister. Yes, we send about 10 text messages a year. I'm just learning about it now, and in browsing the manual, I'm realizing how cool this phone really is. If you want to,.you can do lots with it... I'm going to flag a few things in the manual to try. I wonder if it syncs to MS Outlook. If so, that would be so cool! 
Aurora has been here since Friday while her mama went to Halifax to attend a hair conference. I wonder what wacky hair do she'll give Grammie and A when she gets home.
Next weekend, I'm taking Karen Neary's Maritime Beauty class. She has been invited by a local quilt guild to teach and they had a space left. I was so glad when they gave me the space.
Have you ever seen the like. I bought a small iron to take to quilt workshops and keeping the cord in check is challenging. I have had this cord problem with a few things and after years of fighting with it, this is now what I do to manage these cords.
Take your 7" piece of loop Velcro facing out, wrap about 1 inch around the cord and pin as pictured.
Take the 2" piece of hook Velcro and overlap about 1/2 inch with the other end of the 7" loop side. No pin will be necessary since the hook and loop will hold itself in place.
Your Velcro pieces will now look like this as you take it to the sewing machine.
Securely sew with a straight stitch across the pinned loop side so that the Velcro slides easily along the cord. Then sew the the other end, to secure the hook and the loop sides together.
I've used white thread here to show you where your 2 short seams should be. 
Now you should be able to roll up your cord and wrap the Velcro around tightly so that the hook end meets up with the loop end. The cord wrap will always be on the cord even when it's in use. 
Well, the Easter Bunny made a simple Easter Egg hunt for Baby Aurora and she did really good. Here she is collecting all the eggs and putting them in her basket.
I came across a store called Stuckey's. They seem to specialize in Pecans and had many products, mostly candy, that were made from their own grown pecans. I spoke to the cashier and asked about the nuts. I told her my sister loves pecans and she said "What is your sister's name?" I told her Donna. Then she went on and on how Donna would like these nuts, as if she new Donna. So I got them. Then the husband of this girl came out of a back room and caught the the last bit of the conversation as I was putting my change in the pocket. He said, "if your sister is really a pecan lover, she would be disappointed if you didn't bring her some of this to try" and he handed me this bag of Pecan Meal. He said most people cook sweet things with it, but he said, if you put some in the coating of your southern fried chicken, or corn bread, you'll be very glad you did. Well, I didn't like to say, "We're from the North, and we would never make southern fried chicken, or cornbread for that matter", but I thought it would be a unique and different sort of gift for my little sister. So I bought it with a short comment, "Really, how nice". 
Yes, these are square muffins. The minute I saw this square muffin tin while in South Carolina, I knew I wanted it. I love different kitchen gadgets and I had never seen this before. 
I think it's intended to make simple stacked elegant deserts or blondies. I'll browse the internet to see what I come up with, other than my heart healthy muffins. 
Today, we're on our way home to the cool weather. As Jessica used to say, "When it's time to go, it's time to go". 
Seaworld was great. Shamu was up to his old tricks. Splashing the audience and doing back flips were what got the audience cheering! Jessica and Emily were amazed at the tricks that you can teach these giant mammals to do. It's a wonderful place. Jessica and Emily stayed with us last night and all the talk was of Shamu and the dolphins. We told Knock Knock jokes making up Shamu answers. 
