Imagination

The kids are moving into a whole new level of their friendship. They are able to work collaboratively together now. Indi is fully conversational and is deep into imagination, as Jude has been for some time. They engage in the most magical games! Today they created a fairly elaborate zoo together. It's always so fun to listen to them conspiring with one another. Here are a few photos of their zoo.

A couple of weeks ago I read this post on the Oliver + S blog, which discussed the reasons that one would sew in this day and age. Back when my mother was growing up, people often sewed to save money. Nowadays, sewing can be expensive. Of course, you need a machine. Then you need to buy the fabric and you need to buy the pattern. When one can buy a dress at Old Navy or Target for $10, there's not a whole lot of financial incentive to take up sewing. Usually one sews for other reasons.

Sometimes, however, sewing can be a great way to stretch a dollar. I am absolutely delighted when this happens! And this weekend, it did.

Using a Portobellopixie pattern that I already owned and some fabric that I had lying around, I made Indigo this dress:

Last month I bought two yards of 100% organic cotton french terry. Each yard was 60 inches long, so it was a lot of fabric. Using those 2 yards of fabric I made:

8 washcloths

1 skirt for myself

1 pair of lounge pants for Indigo

[Aside: I loved this idea, from Oliver + S to use a little bit of ribbon as a tag, so you can easily distinguish the back from the front of the pants.]

I still have some of the red french terry and lots of the green left! Now I just need some inspiration on what else to make! Dan said he didn't want anything made from red french terry cloth.