A Cleaner Version

I'm definitely one whose's always on the hunt for clothes that are comfortable these days especially when I have such a busy schedule during the week ( Home health at home as well as in the evenings away from home ) and I'm even busier on weekends with running errands, church, spending quality time with family which usually entails me cooking dinner, hosting and/or attending an event or engaging in one of my most favorite things....SEWING!! Oh no I can't go for too long without stitching something together.  Which brings me to share with you all, a few details about this long tunic with splits on each side. I wore this very comfy top today with one of my favorite pairs of skinny leg jeans ( old, from Chico's ). This tunic was a very easy make with the Simplicity Pattern 8138 view A and the fabric I used was a med weight 100% polyester and is the reason I opt to not make the cap sleeves as shown on the model in the picture.  The layout and ins...

Growing up in the south (Florida to be exact ) with fresh vegetable/fruit market and stands on almost every corner, fresh was never hard to come by. Although there were some can veggies stocked in the pantry they were there only if getting to the market to buy fresh wasn't possible.  I can recall right now the many of mornings and sometimes evening my granny and I would walk to the corner store and purchase fresh green beans and potatoes, return to the house and gather all the things we needed to prep the beans and head out to sit on her huge front porch to snap and wash the beans for cooking.  And even to this day I can still hear my granny say " Chile add a few iced potatoes, which were white potatoes ( although I use red potatoes now ) in those beans" as she showed me how to cook green beans. So here I'm sharing how I prep and cook this delicious green bean and potato dish that is great as a meal all by itself or a side dish with one of your...

First off I would like to say Happy Spring to all!! This year's fashion crave are garments that focus on sleeves so I'm starting my  Spring fashion review off with this balloon sleeved top. Surely you all can tell by that huge smile on my face ( in the following pics. ) that I love the outcome of  it!.  The pattern used was a McCall brand number M7687.  On a scale from very easy to average I would say that it's average due to the fact that it has a six button closure on the back ( sorry I didn't get photos of back....rats!!! ) and darts on fronts bodice as well as having to assemble the gathers on sleeves.  My fabric choice was a leopard print, light - medium weight cotton that I purchased at Joann's Fabrics, second thought....it could have been Hancocks Fabrics before it went out of business because I have had this fabric for quite sometime now.  Will I make this top again?  absolutely and probably in a linen or silky fabric.  Thanks...