Pants too short??

I seem to strike out more often than I like with pants that shrink in the washer. (They fit perfectly when I buy them)
I decided to upcycle 2 pairs into 1 & love the results.
The Brown pants are still good, just too short. The jeans were worn out. I used the legs & back pockets, some extra fabric for lining and trim.

Inspiration in a wrapper

Has anyone ever noticed the motivation captured on the Halls wrappers?  I discovered it today, it comes at a good time when you feel miserable with a cold, sore throat and coughing. 

"A PEP TALK IN EVERY DROP"

Matthews Farmers Market

Beautiful mural at the Farmers market in Matthews NC. Saturday outing to get some farm fresh foods & were entertained by a local Blue-Grass band.

Holes in the clouds - hole punch or fallstreak hole clouds.

We were in South Carolina today & saw a hole in the clouds over the town of Lancaster. It was such a rare sight & strange feeling to watch this. We took a few pictures before it disappeared.

My research revealed per the Weather Channel:

These rare cloud formations, called "hole-punch clouds", develop in altocumulus cloud layers and are often the result of airplanes passing through the layer of clouds.
So, how does this happen?
The altocumulus cloud layer is composed of small water droplets that are below freezing called supercooled water droplets. If ice crystals can form in the layer of supercooled droplets, they will grow rapidly and shrink or possibly evaporate the droplets completely.

and National Geographic:

Clouds are made of water droplets, and hole punch clouds—also known as fallstreak hole clouds—occur when part of that cloud falls out, leaving behind a hole. That opening in the cloud is the result of an extremely localized snowfall.

Usually, atmospheric water droplets latch on to particles in order to form ice crystals, or snow. This happens on a massive scale during snowstorms. The only way water droplets can spontaneously form ice crystals without those particles is if temperatures fall to roughly -40°F (-40°C). (Learn more about these giant cloud holes.)

In a hole punch cloud, temperatures fall in only a small portion of the cloud, forming a localized snowstorm. When that snow falls, it leaves behind a hole. Refraction of sunlight by the ice crystals results in the rainbow, while the arrangement of those crystals gives us a bright patch of light in the middle called a sun dog. (See pictures of sun dogs and halos.)

The expansion of air as an airplane passes can also produce hole punch clouds by cooling water droplets enough for them to form ice crystals.

Duck-tape Flower Ring

This ring was made in less than 30 minutes. From duck-tape. Tutorial to follow.

Upfashioned tablecloth skirt

My Tablecloth Skirt

 

 

I found this tablecloth on a yardsale a few weeks ago & could see it as a DIY skirt. The lace & embroidery fabric screamed "skirt"!!

It is easy to up-fashion a round tablecloth as all you need is to cut a hole & add ribbing.

 

 

 Ribbing is found at most fabric stores I had this piece left over fro a previous project and it was just long enough to add the desired length to my skirt. The width was also perfect, so I did not have to seam the ribbing. I just folded it over to double for the top half of the skirt

 

I measured my hips & folded the tablecloth in 4, took the 1/4 measurement of my hips & cut the fabric curved to follow the tape.

 

I attached the ribbing to the cut edge of the tablecloth & serged the inside edge.

 

I will be wearing a short petticoat with this skirt.

 

Cool pictures

Photos that speak to me. I love taking pictures & sometimes you get one unique picture. I will post them here as they happen.

Flying to the sun.


Paragliding - the last flight of 2014. The winter sun was brilliant & the color contrast perfect.

 

 



Butterfly in action, one late spring afternoon.




An Angel catching the last afternoon sun.