Sewing like a madwoman

I have finally decided not to procrastinate and in ONE DAY! finish off some of the things that I started in the category of "sewing projects" that have been sitting there for days:
-1 pair of long black knit pants
-1 pair of knee length black knit pants
-a pillow made from a shirt
-hemming my sister's dress
-replacing the elastic for a camisole
-a knit top
-an iron-on transfer for some pants

and I realize, that no matter what kind of fancy tools I have to do my sewing, I must practice. Sewing with knits is not easy, and today I was playing with a new serger, where sometimes my stitches can look either really nice, or really ugly and out of control. Like when I accidentally lop off elastic trim I attaching with the serger, cut by the trimming knife on the machine.
Some of the above items are probably suitable for in-home wearing only- so I won't be showing you what I made on this blog. But I really like both of the pants and will definitely be wearing them a lot.
Now the next mission is to teach my friends to sew...

The Disney Wedding!

Here is my cutey cousin M. arriving in Cinderella's carriage! check out the poor melting attendants in their wigs, and the short little white ponies.

Mickey was there too- and Stitch from Lilo and Stitch.



very cute, really unique- I had no idea I would be watching my cousin get married with mickey actually there!

The only sport I can watch consistently

I've been watching almost every day of the Tour de France, and I pretty much never bother to watch sports on tv. I just figured out why I like it so much- it's because it is one of the only televised sports that isn't contained in a stadium, but the gorgeous countryside of France. How wonderful is that, to see fantastic scenery and cyclists in pain at the same time! There are also lots of crazy fans dressed in funny costumes that get on tv while the riders pass by. Wish I was there....

Tour de France Link

Here is a photo of my little tiny bedroom garden. Mesclun greens are growing out of two containers, and I get salad our of them once a week. Since they are not outside, they are not as flavorful or colorful as stuff you would find at the store, but they are still quite tender and yummy, and free:

July 4th Weekend in Boston!

Went on a "Turnaround Cruise" to watch the USS Constitution turn around, so it gets even wear and tear when it sits in Charlestown Navy Yard all year round. This year they're turning it around a lot! C. will be on the actual ship in a couple weeks to see it turnaround again. It's pretty cool to be in Boston Harbor on July 4th- very packed with boats- we also saw cargo ships and the Queen Mary 2 and, I saw the ICA museum from the water.
So this is what we went to see:

And this is C. with the hah, "COWstitution" which we accidentally ran into along the way back to the T:

This is a photo of the Institute of Contemporary Art under construction to be completed in Sept:

And because I was so ridiculously tired from being out in the heat and water, I stayed in for the fireworks and saw this from my 4th floor window in Cambridge, lucky me: