adventures in home-making

A weekend with the Coryells in Atlanta.

Patrick, Bradley, and Jonathan on the couch at the home in which they grew up. We were able to celebrate Jonathan's 32nd birthday while we were there-- which was kidtastic. Grandy and Gramps Coryell dropped by and brought an heirloom gold baby bracelet for Micah.

And Micah was the most eager baby-pooler of the crew (poor Max had bronchitis, so he was a little on the tame side).

Here is a family photo at the neat playground which Pops selected (I think it was in the Highlands area).

My tag for the semi-decent stitched-goods.

So much fun.... I'll post the silk skirt and other fun stuff once I get some photos taken and uploaded. It seems my camera is always out of battery. Always. 

A-line dresses at 6:00 am on a Sunday morning.

Dear Patrick created some handy fabric shelves for me in our guest bedroom; I loved folding my fabrics and putting them away yesterday save for the fact that a million ideas kept running through my head. Right now, I am trying to find the best free pattern or tutorial for a well-cut A-line dress. As usual, my wanderings lead me to many neat distractions and/or future possibilities..

• Drawstring halter and a-line dress 
• Reversible aline dress tutorial
• Men's shirt to cute summer dress tutorial
• Men's shirt make-over tutorial
• Modern aline dress with pockets tutorial 
• How to make kid's clothes from tshirts
• Apron pants tutorial
• Adult t-shirt to baby bloomers tutorial
• A little gathering tutorial
• Crochet flower tutorial, makes a great accent for dress collars
• Ruffled almost-Anthropolgie top tutorial
• Doorstop tutorial
• Reversible girls pinafore dress tutorial

In my searches, I've discovered a few tempting pattern shops, including Klassic Line, which sells patterns for vintage and costume clothing.