A Rainy Weekend

We were on the receiving end of torrential downpours and thunderstorms in our corner of Alabama this weekend. Fortunately our house sits at the top of a hill so we were high & dry, but when it came time to leave the house we came to the realization that we were landlocked by flooding. Every road out of our area was roadblocked. Later in the day Mom {who just so happened to be delayed from leaving by the inclement weather} and I decided to go for a drive. This is exactly what DaddyBoy would have done too. He too loves extreme weather and anytime we had a snow storm or major thunderstorm he'd be the first one out to survey the damage. We saw a lot of this...

Earlier that morning the girls enjoyed making ciniminis with Mom.

And I enjoyed a simple sewing project that I found here.

If you have a serger it is SUPER easy.... sergers tend to do that... make sewing so much easier. I went years without one and now that I have one I often wonder how I managed to make anything! But if you don't have a serger it's still easy!! I made both girls a skirt {I used the smaller template for both}. I changed it up a tad, by:

1. for Morgan {age 4} I added 2 more panels for a total of 10 {for more "twirlability"}.
2. for both girls I added about 1 and 1/2 inches to the top of each panel to avoid adding the "quilt binding" that she used for her elastic casing} I figured their shirts would cover the top of the skirt anyway.
3. I assembled mine by serging all the panels together in a long strip... all 10 lined up. Then I hemmed it {because hemming a straight line is easier than hemming it once it's assembled}. Then I serged the back seam. Serged the top and turned it under for my elastic casing. And added a homemade tag because that helps Daddy when he dresses them.
4. It only took 25 mins start to finish. That's my kind of sewing!

Here's a picture of the inside of the skirt to give you a better idea of what I did.

When I was done, I cleaned my little nest so you can see. This is my favorite seat in the house... and where all this blogging/sewing business goes down.

Have a great Monday... I'm all smiles because Mom is still here!!!!! We love her and hope she never leaves. :) She's informed me she's going to stick around until we get some of these bathrooms finished up. I hope to come to you later this week with some before & afters.