Easter 2011

Happy Easter Everyone!  I'm amazed it's already been a week since my last post.  I am anxious to travel the blogs and see all the beautiful Easter outfits that have been posted today.  Alas, I have nothing finished to show you.  Several things have been distracting me, a couple of which I will share below, but I do have a work in progress.  Remember how I said I was going to try to work out the fit with Simplicity 2648?  After three tries, I still have no suitable fit, and my pattern is hacked beyond recognition.  I'm not sure why this one has thrown me for such a loop.  Never-the-less, not wanting to give up on a princess seamed dress, I decided to start over with a new pattern.  I chose New Look 6910, view D.

I made a muslin of the bodice and was pleasantly surprised to find it fit me pretty well.  I needed to remove some gaping along the back of the armhole and along the neckline.   I have now begun putting the final dress together.  I am using a bubbly, sunshiny, aloha, fabric with a pale-yellow dotted voile for the lining.  I normally don't work with sweet fabrics like this, but I fell in love with the color combination and print on this one, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  I will also be making a matched cropped jacket, but not the one that came with this pattern.  Here is my progress so far. 

French seams on the skirt.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on the last outfit and location.  While out on that excursion, my boys and I stumbled upon another beach along the north shore called Sugar Cove.  Since we were not in our swimming attire, we didn't stay to check it out, but we went back to it today!

Narrow path to Heaven

Sugar Cove is a small crescent shaped sandy beach.  For a holiday weekend, it was surprisingly uncrowded.  The people who were there were either like us, enjoying the sand and surf, or there to launch their kite boards or take off wind surfing. 

Kite Boarder Launching

I always love it when we can go to the beach as a family.  My youngest DS cannot swim, yet.  So having DH with us, gives me the opportunity to snorkel.  Today, the water was rough and not very clear, but that won't stop me.  I like to dive down and swim along the bottom when the water is silty or murky.  Why?  Treasure Hunting of course!  Today I came up with a golf ball, surf fin, 4" lead weight, and a red toy truck.  You may not be intrigued by this list, but in the past I have come up with a coral encrusted, men's, 18 karat gold, wedding band, a squid hidden in a shell, and my one and only view of a seahorse.  I love to hunt the sea floor almost as much as I love to hunt the fabric stores!  Okay, maybe I'm stretching the truth a bit there. 

Rocks to Explore

Wind Swept Palms

In other news, we are anxiously looking forward to VIP's (family) coming to visit from the mainland.  They will be here this next Thursday and will stay for a week.  There has been and still is plenty to do before they arrive.  One of the benefits of having visitors is it gives us the chance to be tourists along with them.   Look forward to more Maui posts in the next couple of weeks.  I do plan to sew when I can, including finishing up my current dress, and will keep working on my jacket for the RTW Sew-Along.  Hope you all are looking forward to a gorgeous spring week!

Bring our family safely to us on your way back!