V Neck Shirt.

Why in world do I try over and over again to make v-neck shirts? They never seem to work out for me and I have to take them to my mom to fix.
I started to make this pajama shirt to match my nephews pajama pants. But as you can tell from these pictures it isn't working out. These pictures were taken after several attempts to attach these pieces together correctly. Thankfully, I'll see my mom this weekend and I hope she can fix it.
Not what this shirt should look like.

Girls Taggie Blanket

Since my last taggie blanket was so easy to make I thought I would make another one for my niece. She is 5 months old so I think she will enjoy it a lot. From cutting out to last stitch sewn about two hours worth of time. Some of the time was spent picking out the ribbon and placing it just so around the fabric.
I used some green minky dot and some cute pink polka dot fleece I had in my stash. I still have plenty left over to make a few more.

This is the front of the taggie blanket. Now I'll have something to give my niece when I give my nephew his pajamas. I can't do for one without doing something for the other.

Penn State v. Alabama

Bo and I went to Tuscaloosa this weekend to watch Penn State v. Alabama. We are not the traditional house divided in Alabama. Yes, that's right I'm a Penn State fan at heart. More than likely it has something to do with my parents growing up a half our away from the campus and Maw being a huge Penn State fan. When Maw died some of her tailgating buddies from 20 years ago came to her funeral. They must have been a tight group of people. I still don't completely understand football, but I'm understanding why Maw liked to go tailgate at the games.

Next year Bo and I hope to go to the game at Penn State. I plan on staying with relatives. So if they are reading this I may need a place to sleep in your basement and you could help me find some tickets.

As you can see by this picture Bo and I got a little wet. Okay make that a lot wet. It rained just long enough to soak everything and then it stopped. All our tailgating friends keep on saying, "last weeks game had beautiful weather."

The tiny speck in the blue jacket is Joe Paterno. I just hope when I'm 83 I am still able to get around and do something I love as much as he seems to. I think I heard a thousand times on Saturday, "Joe Paterno should just retire." or "He's old". So what. We are all going to get old one day. Sorry for the little rant, but I don't anyone to tell me what to do when I'm 83.

I just thought that this was an interesting picture on the big screen.

Pajama Pants

Nephew LOVES animals! So I thought I would make him some new pajamas. I used either a McCall's or Butterick pattern to make these, but I can't find it online. They went together super easy. The matching shirt is cut out and ready to be sewn up.

Swamp People

Great Show! Bo and I love to watch this show. We have decided that Troy and his crew are one of our favorites. I love the fact that they show several of the crews making items for them to take with them aligator hunting. This has to be the most entertaining hunting show I have ever watched, and I can say I have watched more hunting shows than I would like to mention.

Definately check out this show if you haven't already.

Troy and his crew.

September is here!

September has always been a busy month for Bo and I. We always seems to have tons of stuff happening this month like birthdays, football games, and this year Bo's brother is getting married in September. Needless to say our September is always hectic.

But we always start the month off right with a good trip to the beach with my family.

Earlier this year we worried about the oil spill, but we didn't see any evidence of the spill except a few BP workers walking the beach. They really stuck out because they had on jeans and work boots as they walked along the beach. I bet they were asked the same question 50 times within my ear shot. It was "Have you seen anything?" over and over again.

This is Bo swimming in the Gulf.

I just took this picture to show how clear the water was this weekend. It was so calm almost like a lake.

Besides swimming we also went out to eat, shopped, and played games at the arcade.

I just wanted to let you know if you are thinking about going to the gulf coast Panama City Beach looked wonderful and there were some deals to be found.

Rolling and Whipping

Don't laugh but it took 2 and half hours to roll and whip this neck band by hand. I have worked on this day gown for a few years now, but now that I have some one who will wear this I hope to finish it by the end of the month. Most of the work left on it is hand work which always take a long time.