Busy Time of Year

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

This is the beginning of my busiest time of year. The garden is ready for harvesting: canning and freezing, and processing everything that comes out of the garden is top priority for th next month. There's all the regular housework to do, plus all the fun Summer activities to do with friends and family....It's my favorite part about Summer : )

Sewing Class at the Root Cellar
Errands in Town
Feed and Water Chickens
Trim grass around Garden Beds
Pick: Green Beans
   Cucumbers
   Bugs - feed to chickens
   Weeds - chickens
Snap Beans - freeze
Make Summer Squash Casserole for Dinner
   with Green Beans and Biscuits
Fold Laundry
Ironing
Mending

I stayed up late last night to do a couple alterations on some of my dresses. My favorite wrap dress, a hooverette style house dress - perfect for doing housework. It needed a new collar - luckily I had some more of the blue fabric left over to make one : ) I think I like the new shape even better!

4 comments:

Jeanne said...: very cute dress i would love to have that. MMMMM? maybe i need to get sewing again soon.; August 2, 2011 at 8:56 PM
Sew Blessed Maw said...: Love this wrap dress..Did you have a pattern or did you draft it yourself?? so pretty..
I so agree..this is busy time of year.. I too, am busy putting up the vegtables, keeping the extra summer stuff done..
God bless.; August 2, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Rebecca said...: Hey! I see that sewing class has an affiliation with the Church of the Brethren. Those are my people! What a small world....; August 2, 2011 at 10:18 PM
Eva Girl said...: Yes, we're all from the Church of the Brethren. My good friend, Sarah, started the project. She called it the Dorcas Project. A group of us girls all go to volunteer. It's working with the children and teaching them how to use a sewing machine. We've made drawstring bags, quilts for babies, and this fall we'll be making skirts and P.J. pants.; August 3, 2011 at 8:26 AM