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137 lemons

We have a large lemon tree. It produces an insane amount of lemons.

We picked a few yesterday. There are plenty more left on the tree.

What would you do with all these lemons?

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Reviewed: Lily Bird Cuffed Shorts

Well, I finally completed these Lily Bird shorts! Lily Bird gave me the pattern well over a month ago and I've been so excited to make them. Life is making me slow, friends!

How cute are these?? The Cuffed Shorts have a very girly fit. The fabric is fine corduroy from JoAnn Fabric. 

This pattern uses less than a yard of fabric and a 4" zipper. Budget yourself at least 4 hours to cut out and sew. They took me two weeks. Hopefully it won't take you so long!

I made a few changes to the pattern:

• I omitted the button tabs on the leg cuff because I got impatient
• Extended the waistband to make a button tab
• I didn't do all the top stitching suggested, for time sake
• I'm just realizing I also omitted the belt loops!

The pros:

I really love the styling of these pants. The zipper, the button tab on the legs (that I omitted!), the pockets. All very, very cute. I think they're be super cute with a contrasting band like these from Mama Gwen. Now THOSE are darling.

The Cons:

This pattern isn't for beginners, that's for sure. My poor seam ripper got a work out! I also had difficulty hiding the zipper pull. That's annoying but not the end of the world.

Things I'd do differently:

Make the leg band longer (making the finished band roomier). My girls don't have chubby legs but the band was tight and makes for a bit of a strange bunching.

 

The next Lily Bird pattern I'll be trying will be the Katrina dress. Such a cute summer dress.

And, because I couldn't help myself...

Yes, he turned six months yesterday. Poor fourth child doesn't have many photos of himself so I made a point of taking a good one. Scrumptious, if I do say so myself!

Have you found any cute summer shorts patterns?

Linking: Creative Itch, Sugar Bee Crafts, Making the World Cuter, Fireflies & Jelly Beans

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The Rule: I has to be wearable.

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Procrastination via blog banner changes

It's a sickness, really. If you read this blog in an RSS reader you probably have no idea what I'm referring to. And that may be a good thing. 

I've changed my blog banner more lately than I've sewn! I'll tell you what. At the end of a day all I want to do is either sleep or sit and do nothing. So tonight my version of doing nothing was creating a new blog banner.

I really want my blog to look simple. It is the opposite of simple. I think I just need to be ok with that for a while.

At any rate, sorry for my absence! I'm hoping to get back in the saddle and blogging again. I've got a couple projects to show off in the coming week that I'm pretty excited about. 

What have you been making??