What???? Saturday already??

The end of one week and the beginning of a new one . A whole new slate wiped clean and ready to write your own new history on.Kinda scary isn't it? I wonder who invented the calendar and why, was it their way of attempting to contain time? I see it on paper and know that it is real , but as I watch the seconds fly by and turn into minutes and the minutes turn into hours and the next thing I know - a whole day has flown by. We have walked the walk and left our stamp on our very own piece of history.

That is the way I see our sewing. We have the opportunity to change history with a needle and thread and a smile.But, it is a little more than that because we are like researchers as we search for the perfect project and along the way it helps to know a little more about our intended recipient , so we can open up our hearts and let the love flow in.This was where I started my search-found the fabric and found the pattern . All pieces are accounted for ! Forward Hoe! (they used to say that on one of the early westerns when I was little!)

That is my goal, at least - to bridge our lives.So, I am working on a pair of pants as a gift. I have a pattern that I have used before and as I lay it out and study the nice LONG piece of knit I realize that there is a flaw in my fabric. It looks like someone stepped in bleach and then stepped on the fabric . I know - makes no sense at all.I stop and lay out the first  pair and they work fine. I even use the remnets to cut out the pockets.  Then as I lay out the other pair - I discover that there is not enough fabric to make the second pair -thanks to the flaw. I might be able to cut out a pair of shorts ? This is the boo-boo on one side:

And this is the boo-boo on the back side!

Doesn't that remind you of foot tracks stepped in bleach and then on the fabric??? DH came by and saw it and told me to take a picture and send it to them-but I am guessing that they would just say that I did it when I prewashed the fabric . I definitely would never put bleach on colors-unless it would be an attempt to play with fabic and the outcomes??? 

How do you like my weights to hold down the pattern??? I have the ceiling fan on and it really makes that pattern dance around-like it has a mind of its own. LOL

Well, now I have accomplished two sets of pattern pieces -one will be a pair of shorts and one will be a pair of slacks. Dumb boo-bb - I was hoping to weasel  me a pair of slacks out of it too, but is not to be. DH did come in from helping a friend of our children who came up to get mechanical help. He said that he could use scraps of left-overs in the garage?That's not a bad idea. I was thinking about cutting them up as pillows for the critters -OR- cutting them up in strips and then crocheting them into a rug or sewing them onto a rug fabic form for a rug. I really love rugs - but all of that takes time and strength in your hands and arms. I will just keep them laying on the table and let fate dictate their destiny. :)