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C Bar, Chamna Nature Preserve, Oregon, Portland, Richland, sewing, Sunday Sevens, travel, Washington
I was such a Domestic Goddess this week, I even impressed myself–made chicken stock and vegetable stock, froze garlic and jalapenos for future use, made a new batch of moisturizer . . . .
Let’s just forget about this little incident, shall we?
Yeah, blender shopping needs to happen soon.
On Monday, I took a walk at Chamna Nature Preserve; every time I go these days, I see more green.
Bonus mysterious urban ruin for Natalie:
My pattern collection outgrew the shoe boxes it was in, so I cleared some space in my sewing room dresser for it. Which then got me started working on a hand applique UFO project from a class some time ago (cause the stuff in that drawer had to go somewhere).
These are all my clothing patterns; my bag patterns are still in shoe boxes for now, but I dream of the day when I finish enough of my UFOs to get the bag patterns in the dresser, too!
The vintage (1998) pattern I ordered from Etsy finally came! This is what I’m going to use to replicate the Kelly skirt with a pattern that’s actually in my size. This one has the button front and pockets; all I’ll have to do is turn the front pleats the other way to make a box pleat. This length is better for me, too.
No plans to work on this one right away, so it’s going in the pattern stash for now.
Another 1998 pattern; this one I bought when it came out. I’m contemplating making the red jumper on the pattern envelope in a solid black, so that I have something to wear my VAST collection of necklaces and pendants with. Almost got some ponte at Joann’s, but I was nervous that it might not be weighty enough for this style. Hmmm . . . .
On Saturday morning, my honey and I headed to Portland for some “us” time before the frenzy of the cycling season really gets going. We walked around, shopped a little bit, and both took lots of pictures. Then we saw Ladysmith Black Mambazo–what a fun show!
On Sunday, we had a wonderful brunch at C Bar in southeast Portland, including this Pulled Pork Breakfast Burrito. Pork, sauteed red peppers and onions, scrambled egg, potatoes–seriously delicious! I need to try making this at home soon.
We are home again now and had our barbecued hot dogs (70F is close enough to summer for the Official BBQ Opening Day, I’ve decided), salad, and twice-baked potatoes for dinner. Now it’s time for exercise, then to bed.
Have a wonderful week, all.
STH
Living in Color 
How many patterns?!?!
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I wondered that, too, Beth, so I counted:
40 blouses and tops (!!)
3 vests
12 jackets and coats
8 skirts and pants
39 dresses (!!)
8 patterns with combinations of the above
6 PJs, robes, etc.
4 home accessories
14 bags
134 !?!
I can stop any time I want to, I swear! 😉
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No offence but that’s quite insane!! Unless you have actually used all 134?! That really is quite a collection. You should be proud!
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It’s great to hear that you’ve had a good ‘domestic’ week! I can’t believe how many patterns you have got…any they are organised too! I am wondering what the ruin could have been…hhhhmmm…
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I can’t believe how many I have, either! I have been collecting them over many years, though, and for a while there I bought a lot as I was making all my own clothes.
Yeah, the ruins are strange, especially as this area of eastern Washington was very sparsely populated until WW2, when the Department of Defense kicked the residents out and took over the land for the Manhattan Project. So these communities here are very new, yet you find all these crumbling concrete things around.
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At least your patterns are well organised & you know what you have. Have you got PDFs as well as all them ?! 😀
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The PDFs I’ve printed are included in that total, but you’ve reminded me that I just bought two Greenstyle patterns that I haven’t printed. So the total is actually 136! Yikes–I had no idea!
Beth, you’re right–it IS insane! When I see a pattern with interesting details, I tend to grab it if it’s on sale (Big 4 patterns regularly go on sale for a dollar or so here), so I’ve actually only used maybe a quarter of the ones I have. Obviously, I need to shop the pattern stash more.
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You’ve made me want to have a stock check & get organised 😳
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(The “reply” function is a little weird on nested comments, but this is in response to Thimberlina’s 12:43 comment.)
It’s actually pretty fun because you find all this cool stuff you forgot you had. I’m always impressed by how good my taste is when I go through my fabric. 😉
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