Check out my post on Planting by Diarmuid Gavin and Terence Conran over at CPL.
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So I finally made time to wash Dahlia’s hair today. I gave her the boiled water treatment and then a quick shampoo and light condition, per the recommendations made by those more knowledgeable in the ways of Blythe. It seems to have worked really well! Her hair is super easily combable now and looks nice and shiny. Meanwhile, though, she has to dry and I don’t want it to dry funny from laying on it, so…
There are a few of these popping up around the front garden. It looks sort of like strawberry to me (though I haven’t grown strawberries myself), but I’m not sure. Anyone have an idea?
Hey Blythe peeps, check it out! Morgan has created a super easy-to-follow tutorial for making shorts from the Simplicity 2353 pattern for Blythe.
She’s taken clear photographs illustrating how easy it is to make a quick pair of shorts, and even includes some pro tips based on her own experiences making the pattern. Definitely recommended, and thanks, Morgan!
So Simplicity just came out with a new pattern especially for Blythe. K picked it up for me at the Lob last week and I finally had time today to try it out (he got a spare which I sent to my sistrah).
The pattern seems well made overall. It does the usual thing that Simplicity does of using the same pattern pieces for multiple views as much as possible, but with over a dozen pieces of clothing to make, that still adds up to a lot of small pattern pieces. When I make my own patterns I don’t always make patterns for everything – I make a pattern for each piece that has to be exactly the right size and eyeball the rest. So this Simplicity pattern has a lot more exact pieces than I’m used to working with anymore, but it’s not too bad. I opted to make the view E shorts and view D top.
Of course I didn’t follow the pattern exactly – it included trim on both of these pieces and I was interested in seeing how they looked without embellishment. I like the lounge-y look of both pieces, and I think the gathered top is a cute style. I’m not a huge fan of elastic waists – they end up being pretty bulky, which this one definitely is. Still, I think this outfit works well. It’s been a crazy rainy day (hello, tornado warning at the ‘brary! Welcome to the sweaty, smelly, cramped but tornado-safe space, way more patrons than can truly comfortably fit! Thanks for being mildly cranky yet cooperative!). So I used my phone (woot to having a phone with a camera, finally) to snap this pic of Dahlia in one of the patio containers. The flowers I got for ten cents a six-pack on clearance a few weeks ago and they are looking awesome!
I’m also using the Blackberry WordPress app for the first time with this post. Seems to be working so far, except I can’t get the WordPress app to actually insert the photo, so I will have to do a workaround. We finally bought real patio furniture so we can enjoy spending time out back. It’s sort of squished together here since we were hanging out just prior to taking this photo and wanted to be in the shade of the umbrella.
Soon we will have the gutters and trim replaced, too, which will improve the look of things back here. Brodie was hanging on K’s lap for awhile today.
Doesn’t he look like he’s thinking deep thoughts in that one? Mr. Philosopher, Brodie. (Those who have met him will find this funny, I’m sure.) more photos on Flickr
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