Charlotte isn’t the only one who has UFO’s

Hi everyone,
With all the talk from Charlotte about her UFO’s, (Un-Finished Objects… the sewing kind, not the extraterrestrial kind), and finishing them, I decided to work on this outfit that I had made for Violette and it didn’t sell. I have SEVERAL UFO’s of my own and Charlotte has inspired me to finish a few things before starting something new.

This is the outfit I’m talking about…

I decided it must be the shorts that are wrong for this set… I could be wrong though.

I wanted to make a pair of fitted and girlie shorts for Violette. This is a pair I had made her a years ago, but they didn’t have the pockets as they were my first shorts from a pattern I had drafted.

I found the same fabric in my stash and cut out the shorts and began sewing them together… and realized why I don’t sew linen very much! It ravels too much for me… but I continued…

From a distance I thought they were looking fine…

But when I got this close…I could see the pockets through the fabric like I’ve seen some people wearing.

Then when I got this close, I stopped sewing and said, “Okay, this is a question for the ladies on my blog!”

Actually, I don’t even HAVE to ask you… I’m not finishing them… it looks like her underwear is showing…

It’s not even showing it as well in my pictures as it is in person… and when I serged the edges of the inside pockets, the linen sort of made a large ridge and I didn’t like it.

I’m going to see if I have any white denim in my stash and try again… Sorry, but this was as much as I got done and now I have nothing to show you…

However, I did sell both of my things on “Selling My Sewing Stuff” (a forum on facebook) AND the lady I was telling you about who claimed them, turned out to be the nicest lady I could ever have hoped for. She told me I should use Pirate Ship to mail my things… (it is sent from the USPS, but the rates are cheaper and you can get insurance for your item for ONE DOLLAR!) She walked me through the whole setup and I did it!!! She was thrilled and SO WAS I!

Then in the middle of mailing her fabrics, I sold the Bicentennial Cloth Hallmark dolls on Ebay! SO, I sold the 3 items I had listed and hoped to sell. That’s a little bit of space made on the bed, plus last week I sold the big bag of Our Generation shoes and accessories and outfits AND the American Girl Doll Carrier and Travel Seat. I’m hoping to get a few more things listed, but tomorrow is Food Pantry day so probably nothing will happen with that.

My hubby wasn’t feeling particularly well today… just kind of out of it… and his throat is still very sore and red. I was taking care of him so he didn’t have to get up and get what he needed or wanted.

Since my “sewing room is RIGHT off the Living Room” (thank you very much for all your comments, and Rosemary for asking) I piddled in my sewing room to be near him if he needed me.

Well, I hope you have a nice weekend! It’s supposed to be a little warmer tomorrow for us, but it’s okay. I love the sunshine.
See you Monday,
Blessings, Jeanne