So, the red wool I was trying to dye a few shades darker is exactly the same shade it started as.  I cut a little piece off before I dyed it to do a comparison,  absolutely no change.  Sigh.  I think this might be fate’s way of telling me that it is my destiny to own orange red wool.  Double sigh.

Jude’s birthday party was a big success.  He had a fantastic time and got a ton of loot.  The food turned out really well, we had tacos, refried beans, and mexican rice.  I used recipes from the America’s Test Kitchen books.  They were really good.  I’ll try to get some pictures of the cake posted in a bit.  It was really pretty, but I didn’t think it tasted that great.  I tried using a new cake mix and I think that might have been the problem.

Lorenzo came by for a bit today and we got a body block done, but I’m still a bit unsure about drafting my own patterns, so he’s going to come by in a few weeks to help me work that out.

I also bought some dark red dye to dye the wool gabardine that I originally bought to make my Star Trek uniform but was orange-red when I received it.  Hopefully it will come out a nicer shade and I can use it to make a practice kirtle for my Eleanora dress.

I’m in a really crafty mood.  I think it is the beautiful, sunshiny weather.  I want to make everything that I see right now.  Embroidery, partlets, gowns, hand towels, you name it…Now if I can just put this energy to good use instead of trying to do everything, focus on one or two things.  We’ll see.  It is already 5 and I haven’t really accomplished anything besides the body block.  Well, I did take a nice nap and go to target 🙂

Okay, now going to try to update some stuff on the rest of the site.

Well, as with most grand plans, I didn’t get as much done as I wanted , but I did make a good dent in my list.  I figured out what  cake I’m going to try to make for Jude’s birthday.  I’m going to model it after the one on this site: http://simplysweetsaz.blogspot.com/2008/01/brendans-2nd-birthday.html, Jude loves trains, so I think he’ll love this cake.  I didn’t actually manage to get the fondant, but I think I’ll have time to get some on the way to the business meeting tomorrow.

I decided to just do straight lines on Jude’s quilt after I saw a quilt that I really liked online.  The straight lines look really modern and aren’t too fussy.  However, they are taking me forever and my bobbin keeps twisting up and jamming.  I’m about 75% done now, but I decided to stop for the moment because if the bobbin jams one more time, the sewing machine is going out the window.  I need to take a break.

My men’s shirt has been moved upstairs so it will quit staring at me.  I promise I will finish it later.  Jude’s presents got wrapped and the decorations were bought.  I updated my school blog and organized my readings for my class.  Only four more chapter to read.  I also promise that will get done…sometime…Now I’m off to go do some cross stitch and zone out for a bit.

Jude’s birthday is next week, the 9th, and I have about a million things to do this weekend to get ready for it.  I’m posting right now because I’m a huge procrastinator.  Today I need to finalize my idea for his birthday cake so I can start working on some of the fondant tomorrow.  I need to finish his quilt, so I have to commit to a free motion design and I’m having trouble deciding what will look best, especially since I’ve never done it before.  I need to finish my men’s Elizabethan shirt which has been draped across my kitchen chair for a week.  I have to do my A&S report for my shire, wrap birthday presents, decide if I need to go get some party decorations and clean the carpet upstairs.

Okay, I’m off to quilt.  Let’s see how much I can accomplish today.  May the Force be with me! 😀