project list....

this list is going to keep growing...

yesterday afternoon, i started one project - new pillowcases. i had bought just plain white standard pillowcases at target a few years back and now it's an off-white color so it was time to change them. i found this really cute print last week at m&l.

my reindeer sleeps in the same position as i do :)

i eventually have to change my body pillowcase and want to make a new duvet cover, but will have to put that on the bottom of the list.

i started a sewing class on tuesday nights. my sewing teacher graciously sponsored both stephanie and i to take the class again this quarter. we started taking sewing classes at cypress community college less than 2 years ago when we were laid off from our jobs. the classes were a lot cheaper then and they even offered the class for free for one semester right before they bumped the price. the price is still pretty reasonable and much cheaper than taking the class at a fabric store. instead of class, steph and i, along with michelle ton, started sewing together about every other week for spiritual accountability and also in our sewing, but now we started the class and i'm back to sewing almost every week. 

last night, i went to class and started working on my cynthia rowley dress. i ran out of the polka-dot fabric since i only purchased 1 yard so i went to m&l and bought the purple. of course, i ran out of the purple and now need less than a yard for the back of the skirt.

i'm making the blue dress on the bottom left without the sleeves
(maybe i'll make sleeves, depends on how it looks)

i'm also going to make a coat in class since the dress won't take long to make. i started cutting out my pattern, but haven't bought fabric yet.

one yard wonders

whenever i go to any fabric store, if i find a print i like, but don't have a particular project in mind, i always end up buying one yard of it. at the very least i can make a skirt out of it. i bought "one yard wonders" a while back and love it!

i haven't made much from this. i've only made baby bibs using their pattern so far, but have so many projects i want to try.

i'm currently working on the folklore bag. i bought the denim at the fidm scholarship store during my trip to downtown la with steph and michelle. at 3 yards for $1, it was steal. they have a small fabric wall in the back where you can purchase 1 yard/ $1, but i was able to find denim already cut for cheap. the lining of the bag is made from leftover fabric i had from making connie's bridal shower gift.

new banner

instead of making a new poster every year and having to pay $ we don't have to make a vinyl banner, i sewed a banner for cbf at uci this past weekend. most of the time was spent on cutting out the letters. i had cut out "wed 730pm" for the bottom, but the table wasn't high enough to display all the letters. hopefully we'll be able to use this for several years.

lazy weekend....

sat afternoon: watched coffee prince (korean dramas are now on hulu) while crocheting a blanket inspired by tif. enjoyed a crunchie that i found at the candy store in long beach, reminded me of the campbells and time in the czech republic in 2002.

sat night: totally forgot, and made a mad dash to m&l fabrics before they closed to buy some fabric. i only was able to get a few prints and ended up making 3 pillowcases for craft hope's conkerr cancer project. then went back to crocheting and coffee prince. after completing 2 squares, i realized that it wasn't coming out as a square, but with scalloped sides. i unraveled the whole thing and called it a night.

sun afternoon/night: spent it with jess wu crocheting and watching miss potter. finished coffee prince and 1 square, then off to bed....

oh shenandoah, i long to see you...

had lunch with a few friends on a nice friday afternoon at shenandoah at the arbor including a new friend:

created by jw

something wanted the watermelon more than jesse

extreme close-up....seriously hate bugs!

i love the food and ambience. hopefully next time i go with the ladies, we'll be donning our big hats to fit into the southern feel.

inspiration

love this room setup...

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cute patchwork

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hope to find a sweater in my closet to make this

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i caught a cold last saturday and trying to recover from it. i'm feeling better and finally getting my appetite back. hope to get back to normal soon.

macarthur on forgiveness

i just finished "the freedom and power of forgiveness" by john macarthur. highly recommend it!

i highlighted quite a bit of this book. here are some of excerpts:

"a sinner's best efforts at good works are always tainted with sin and therefore cannot merit God's holy favor."

"Reconciliation with God can never be accomplished by a sinner's self-efforts, because all such efforts are themselves inherently sinful. That leaves the sinner with only one hope: if reconciliation is to be achieved, God Himself must be the initiator and author of it."

"divine forgiveness has two aspects....judicial forgiveness God grants as Judge. Such pardon is immediately complete and never needs to be sought again....parental forgiveness God grants as our Father. The forgiveness of justification takes care of judicial guilt, but it does not nullify His fatherly displeasure over our sin. So the forgiveness Christians are supposed to seek in their daily walk is not pardon from an angry Judge, but mercy from a grieved Father. This is the forgiveness Christ taught us to pray for in the Lord's Prayer. The opening words of the prayer, 'Our Father,' demonstrate that a parental rather than a judicial relationship is in view. Judicial forgiveness deals with the penalty of our sins. Parental forgiveness deals with sin's consequences."

"justification erases the guilt of our sin in the eternal court of God, but it does not necessarily guarantee an escape from sin's consequences in this life."

"we should forgive in the same manner Christ forgave us--generously, eagerly, magnanimously, and abundantly. How does God treat a repentant sinner? With total, complete instantaneous forgiveness."

"a morose obsession with one's own guilt is not a godly virtue. It is actually a kind of self-righteousness."