It's Cattle Ropin' Time!

Itching for a project at one point a few months ago, after having purchase 8 yards of cowboy plaid cotton during a fabric store close out, I had decided to make myself a sort of dress from an oversized shirt pattern. With this "cowgirl" dress I would be able to feel comfortable walking into the most "down home" establishments I could find, or while sitting around a campfire, or while visiting one of my grandparents farms.

The fabric. The pattern pieces.

The quite oversized front piece of the shirt.

All of the pieces strewn on the floor.

My dummy, wearing my unfinished dress.

Here is the dress. After a little adjustment in length (it was way long) and a belt, it turns out to be quite cute, I think.

At home last weekend I asked Jon to take some pictures of me wearing the shirt with Mittens.

So, totally farm-like, but with a bit of feminine flavor.

Mwah! It's cattle ropin' time!!!

What is your distraction?

Twice, while preparing to blog about something serious, I've been distracted by the same little project. The first time was while I was prepping my pictures for one of the Tokyo blogs. The moment when I decided that I was going back in time to make a friendship bracelet was today. If you had ever made one you'll know what I'm talking about before reading the following description. In elementary school, my friends and I went through a phase where we would make ourselves, each other, our parents, everyone, embroidery floss bracelets. The trend took off! The variety became wide. It started as simple braids, using three colors for a very small very simple string. It advanced later round knotted bracelets, then flat knotted bracelets, to woven bracelets. The kind that I decided to make instead of blogging about Tokyo was a woven bracelet. I spiffed it up a little with a star charm, a bead, and a button. Tonight is the second time I've been distracted by that little bracelet. I wanted to blog about it, so, here it is! Ta-da!!!