Annual Pantlifest

Last weekend we had our neighborhood party.  The weather was nice, maybe even a little hot, but we still had a nice time.  

Earlier in the day the kids had a bobby car race.  Adrian was beside himself with excitement.  He rode a bobby car that is about 20 years old.  Needless to say it was a little slower than the newer models.  But he still did great.

Here he is waiting his turn.

 This is the course looking toward the finish line...

 and then back up.   Ryan is at the bottom of the picture with a neighbor friend.

 Here he comes!

He did great!

After this we went down to the buffet area with our pasta salad and apple crisp and had nice time, and as usual, ate too much.  

Until next year Pantlifest.

Check Me Out!

I don't usually make clothes for myself because they end up not fitting or they look really home-made.  But I am proud to say these turned out pretty good.

I found the tutorial for the cardi here.  And then I tried it.  But then I needed a tank top to go under it.  I figured I could try and make that too.  I found a tutorial on how to make a tank top from an old one at this blog. 

Not so bad, right?

My material wasn't as stretchy as my old tank top.  It turned out a bit tighter than I had hoped.  

 I wore my new outfit to church today.  It was kind of fun to wear something I made that didn't look all that bad.

A Little Thrifting.

Yesterday we all went to the Salvation Army.  Our church is re-doing the nursery and I went to scope out anything we could use.  I found a big fat nothing.  But I did run across something for myself.  How's this for a find?

You can't really tell what it is in the picture above.  So I'll tell you.  It's a vinyl cloth.  

It says Benetex on the back.  I looked it up and couldn't find anything about it.  All I found was one german blog that couldn't find much either.  Her blog said that it was made in the 50's and came from Germany somewhere.  If anyone has ever heard of it you are more than welcome to fill me in.

It's a little yellowed in places, but I think I can salvage some parts and make something cute.  I immediately thought of a gift for a teacher.  We'll see what comes of it.