The book starts, as it should, with what and where to measure. Given my current lack of waist, I haven’t done this lately. (But I’m looking forward to it in somewhere between 6 and 36 months from now. Keepin’ it real.)
…while providing garment construction and finishing details tips along the way for everything from bias tape creation to buttonholes. So many tips and techniques that are useful for skirt making as well as many other sewing projects. It’s a skill building book that manages to be readable and digestible. While the book aims to be a beginning sewer’s reference, there are a number of advanced skills and some options that require more intermediate to advanced tools and skill. In my mind, that’s a good thing. I don’t want to spend money and dedicate time and space to books that I’ll be done with after one run-through. Start with a basic project here and then come back and build on those skills in later projects.
On top of being useful and information-filled, it’s beautiful to absorb.
Ridiculous evening out? I’ll settle for ANY evening out! My blog page (110 Creations) has also liked you on Facebook :)
Wow these responses are too funny! Stacey reminded me of a time in my younger days when I was DD at a bachelorette party and couldn’t find the car. Actually, couldn’t find the parking garage. I had my poor inebriated friend (the bride, no less!) following me around forever trying to find the right garage.
M most ridiculous night out had to be after I had my second baby. My in-laws were in town and insisted that my husband and I have a date night. We went to dinner, but then it was too early to go home because the kids weren’t in bed yet. We couldn’t think of anything else we wanted or needed to do (we must have been super sleep deprived, huh?) so we circled the block until we saw the light go off in our daughter’s bedroom (meaning she was finally in bed). It was super ridiculous.
I agree with Beth, any night out would be wonderful. We don’t get out much.
We had these plans to go to a fancy German restaurant. It was closed because someone had died (I think one of the owners) so we checked out another restaurant that had sounded interesting but it was the grungiest place you had ever seen. And, these were all in downtown so horrid traffic on a Friday night. We were both grumpy by the time we got to a less busy part of town that we decided to go to the first decent restaurant we saw–Chilis :) It was delicious.
Ready for this? It was a blind date and we were just going to get ice cream and watch a movie. I had an offer for a free dinner so we went there first. It turned out to be a sales pitch for fire alarms. The room we were in at the restaurant was filled with elderly folks dressed up for a night on the town, all of them eager to share their stories of fire and cancer. It took so long we ended up missing the movie. Our second date was only slightly less disastrous. I married someone else. :) We just don’t get out much. goddessofsewing{at}gmail{dot}com
I can’t even remember that last evening I went out. My eyes automatically shut when the sun goes down. Ha! Ha! Not a night person at all. But, I’m sure I have a ridiculous evening stored somewhere in my mental rolodex. Maybe when I was in my 20’s? Ha! Ha! Forget it. That was too long ago.
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One Valentine’s day when we were dating I made my husband get dressed up in his suit and I was in a formal dress and we went to Taco Bell for dinner. Afterwards we went to Walmart to get some ice cream for dessert. I thought it was so funny, my husband not so much.
I can’t remember the last time I had an evening out. The life of a mama, right? It’s ok, can’t sew if you’re out!
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My most ridiculous was a Thanksgiving that we had about 10 people in for and were planning on going out to dinner. It turned out the place had closed! We had to drive around for a couple of hours to find a decent place to eat and ended up at a Kentucky Fried Chicken type of place. So embarrassing!
What a great book!
My most ridiculous night out was the day I got out of the hospital with my fourth baby. The other kids were at my parents’ house so my husband picked us up from the hospital…and we drove straight to a movie. We NEVER get to go to movies so it was a treat and my 3 day old little boy slept like…well…a baby. :)
hahahaha I have not been to the movies since my daughter was born. So sounds like I need to have another baby to finally go hahaha
My most ridiculous night out was when we drove into San Francisco (from Utah) at 2 am and didn’t want to pay for an extra night at the hotel so we circled the blocks again and again until we decided that sleep (rather than insanity) was worth the extra money.
Thanks for the chance to win! I would love this book!
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I live in the country and have two kids. I can’t even remember when the last night out was that I had. :) Thanks for the giveaway!
The most ridiculous evening out I’ve ever had was going to a restaurant for my sister’s birthday. The food wasn’t at all very good, and to make up for that fact, my sister kept on ordering different things that she “hoped” would taste better, but it just kept getting more tasteless, and fatty. Bleh!
But the building has actually burnt down (some kitchen accident), so no-one can be subjected to that food torture anymore. :P
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this book looks great! and a night out… probably involves wrangling kids since my husband and i take about 1 date a year, lol
I’d say my most ridiculous evening out was in college with a bunch of girls from my freshman hall. We went on a ghost tour of our college town…but it wasn’t exactly a sanctioned tour and if we had gotten caught, we could have been in big trouble for a bit of trespassing. Yeah, that’s me. All wild and stuff. :-)
I am in such good company! I am glad it isn’t just us:)
My husband and I get to go out to the movies every once in a while, but nothing crazy ever happens *knocking wood*. LOL
I can’t remember dating life in my early 20’s!
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I like crafterhours on FB, and like so many others I don’t recall the last time I had a night out (ridiculous or otherwise). I’m racking my brain to come up with something to share even if it’s from 5+ years ago, and yet I’m still drawing a blank. I guess I’ve always been rather boring, but I’m happy (most of the time anyway). :)
Funny that you would ask this….with 6 kiddos, “date nights” are few and far between for my husband and I. And, it never fails, when we finally get to go out, so sort of “catastrophe” occurs…to the point we have learned to expect it, and it makes us laugh! The most recent night out was going way too smooth…until…..we got our seats in a movie. It was a girly drama movie, so more serious….and we ended up with a group of teenage girls behind us who were silly and one had a cough the entire time. Like didn’t need to be in public kind of cough. At one point she got choked on her drink and spewed the entire mouth full over our heads….even the folks in front of us turned around. It was gross and irritating but all we could do was laugh hysterically….and then head to the bathrooms for some papertowels and anti-bacterial soap! ;)
I’m a facebook fan too! Thanks for the chance! Would love to win this amazing book…..my girls LOVE wearing skirts!
On our last vacation (w my inlaws) we left the kids w Mamaw and Papaw and headed to a nice restaurant. It was Memorial Day weekend at the beach. We got there around 9:00 and put our name on the waiting list. We waited for an hour and a half only to discover that we still had 1/2 hour to wait. Being that it was 10:30 and most other restaurants were at least 20 minutes away or closed, we ended up going back to the condo and eating a sandwich and chip crumbs. That’s not really ridiculous–just sad!
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What a great book! I had a lame ridiculous evening last night- totally ready to relax and do nothing before I found half gnawed food in my closet. I spent the evening being afraid of whatever’s in the closet, throwing out food, cleaning like crazy, and feeling violated. I promise I’m not dirty!
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hoping tomorrow will be a contender for my craziest night out – going to an underground circus/burlesque show with a bunch of circus friends, so im looking forward to a fun time!
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Most ridiculous attempt at a night out was when my husband and I went out to dinner, only to get a call from our daughter that she heard a “funny noise” in our basement, and found that the sump pump had somehow broken and water was shooting out of the pipes. At least we had finished eating already! Looks like a great book – many thanks!
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I already like Crafterhours on Facebook. Can’t wait to see this book – looks great!
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We would absolutely be thrilled to win to make more skirts! Thank you for the giveaway!
Forgot to answer the question! My most ridiculous evening was when we got lost on our honeymoon and ended up in less then desirable area in a large city. It was before everybody had a cell phone, so we stopped at a questionable drinking establishment to ask for directions. Somehow, I managed to lock the keys in the car and we spent the whole night in the sleezy bar waiting for the rental company to arrive and give us a differnt key. :)
Hahahaha When I first moved to Bendigo I kept on getting lost. I had a 12-seater bus as a vehicle provided through work, that had no interior light. On this particular night it was bucketing, so I could not jump outside and look at the map, so I kept on driving till I got to Maccas. Going through a drive through I asked for directions, and the guys were very helpful :)
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This book looks great! I would love a copy. I’m a non-FBer (sorry) so I’ll tell you my story here & cross my fingers.
The most ridiculous evening out I can think of was in my mid-20s (so, ___ years ago). Friends from my church group & I were in the midst of a several week long game called “Spy vs. Spy” (essentially an elaborate “grown up” version of tag). We were on a time out evening & a lot of us were out to eat together. At the end of the evening we realized the time out was almost over so people were scrambling to leave so they wouldn’t get tagged. I saw the person I was chasing get into his car. I decided to be a daredevil (one and only time ever) and *climbed on the hood of his car* while he was stopped in the parking lot surrounded by our group.
So my evening ended with an ambulance ride, stitches in my scalp, some road rash & really sore everything.
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This is fantastic! What a brilliant looking book. Thanks for the offer. I hope I win.
What a great book! I would love to win this. My story, once I was at a party, dancing to night away. Then I check my armpits, while dancing wild with my hand above my head. I’m thinking, armpit one looks ok, armpit 2, is still very hairy. It was so funny! My friend still laugh at it now. It is about 8 years ago that it happend haha. I’m following you on facebook (Lelie)
I went out with the intention of going to a graduation dinner. But…my GPS landed in me in the wrong spot. I tried to find it on my own and ended up having to be rescued by a friend on the phone. Never made it to the dinner. Went out for a cheeseburger instead.
The craziest evening out is when I dressed up heels and all to go out on a date, and my date for the evening arrived on his motorcycle and took me to an all men’s bar. Yes, there were a couple of things he forgot to mention. But he was a funny guy, great to work with, and at the same time I had a great time on my date. :)
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Shut the FRONT DOOR. this book is freaking fabulous.
MOst ridiculous evening out, would have to be the time my date and I (al a impromptu) broke into a new building that was still under construction to get a view of the sky line. It was fabulous and romantic up top, sneaking back down through the building hoping we didn’t get caught not so much. They must have been doing some electrical work or testing of some sort that made it easier to do without the hubbub of rest of the construction crew. Who knows, it was hella scary at the time.
would love to win thanks for the chqance
I had a “date night” much like Niki. Except we didn’t go out to dinner, didn’t do anything fun…we went grocery shopping! It was the only thing we wanted to do without the kids (doh). And we made it back before the kids were even in bed.
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I parked my car in a parking ramp in a city I wasn’t familiar with one night to find out when I was trying to go home that there were at least 4 ramps in the general vicinity of the one I parked in. Took me a long time to find my car! Also liked you on facebook.
Looks le an awesome book !
I dropped a steel barstool on my toe once, I was too drunk at the time to really even notice, but I sure knew about it the next day, it was broken! I’ve had trays of drinks spilt on me at a wedding but to be honest my husband and I have been married 20 years, dating another 8 on top of that and neither of us can think of anything major ally ridiculous, belly laughing funny yes! Only Friday night we went out for dinner and caught a cab home, we were all the way home when he couldn’t remember if he’d locked the car, I told him I was 95% sure he did. We were in our driveway and he told the cabbie to turn around and go all the way back! Of course, I was right and it was locked! His defence was ‘there is 3 jackets in there!’ Lol
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The craziest? Sweetest husband and I were going to Melbourne to see a show. We had a babysitter lined up for ages. The day of the show our babysitter contacted us and apologised saying there was an emergency in the family and she could not come. We still had a few hours up our sleeve, so we asked another friend, and she said she would help us out. 15 minutes before we expected her to come we got an sms from her hubby saying she started vomiting and could not come. So we had 15 minutes to think of someone else. We half considered my other friend who was very pregnant at the time. Lucky we didn’t ask her to babysit as she gave birth that night. In the end, we contacted my husband’s aunty and she said we could bring our girl and leave her there overnight. We got to Melbourne about 30 minutes before the show started, had a Subway on a bench in town, and then enjoyed the show. That was our first date in two and a half years, and I doubt we will forget it any time soon :)
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When my hubby and I were in our teens we went on a date for dinner and movie, and then made out in a random parking lot for awhile. By the time he brought me home, it was getting really icy on the roads and we had to drive so slow to get to my place. He ended up sleeping on my parents couch because the roads were too unsafe to get home.
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My most ridiculous night out… Having to celebrate my 3rd wedding anniversary at a restaurant directly across the street from the Hospital… I was pregnant with our first child, and under strict orders for bed rest… I was determined to go out anyway, and that was the only way my husband would agree to it…
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Most ridiculous night…hubby and I were out for the one year anniversary of us meeting, and we danced so much that I wasn’t able to walk anymore! I had jello legs all the way back to the car (And it didn’t help I was wearing 5 inch heels!)
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The cover looks lovely! Well the most ridiculous evening of my life was when we went biking to Goa and were in middle of a forest when it turned dark and we did not have a hotel near by to check in! Most adventurous night it was..
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I can’t really think of a night out but a couple months ago I took my 9yo nephew on an overnight trip to a suburb of chicago. Planned to go to medevil times and stay at the hotel and swim for the rest of the time. The hotel had a pool but I missed the fact that it was outdoors and therefore not open in march. So I had to come up with an alternate plan. Miah and I did a scavenger hunt at woodfield mall. Had to have people take our picture while we posed with mannequins, tried on hats, crazy shoes, sunglasses, we did a whole lotta silly stuff and made much better memories than just swimming at the hotel. Miah even got to “open” the Disney store.
I like you on Facebook. This looks awesome. I started sewing for myself last year but haven’t really made any skirts. This would be a great prize.
I went out with friends when I was in my early thirties. I should have known better by then. We ended up in a local store riding in shopping carts wearing holloween masks and racing up and down the isles. Needless to say we were asked to leave the store and never return.
This looks like a great book!! I can’t wait to pick up a copy!! Thanks for hosting this awesome giveaway!!
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Craziest night out was going out with the hubby and almost falling in the grate with my heal! Liked you guys on Facebook!
From Anonymous at 12:56PM my email is moesmits03@yahoo.com. Hope to win this book!
Eeks–craziest late of late is having one of my three children alternate waking every hour from midnight until 5 o’clock.
Night out? What’s that? Sadly, I have no fun stories to tell. Looks like a fabulous book though!
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Not so ridiculous but kind of funny — my second was exactly four weeks old and I got invited out for a girls night. I was nursing so I promised my husband I would be gone for two hours, tops, and that I would take the cell phone in case he had problems. I walked in the door at exactly the two hour mark to be greeted by a very upset baby and husband who hissed at me, “why didn’t you answer the cell phone??” I assumed I’d missed the call or turned the phone off by accident or some stupid thing like that so I didn’t say anything at all, just put the phone on the counter and took the baby (who was fine). After I got her settled my husband came slinking into the room looking all sheepish. He’d been phoning our home number from our home phone (!!) so of course it went straight to voicemail. It was good leverage for a couple more nights out :)
That looks like a pretty useful book for people who don’t really know how to draft their own patterns (which is absolutely me). Thanks for the heads-up :)
As for the most ridiculous evening out I’ve ever had… I’m ridiculously boring :/ My evenings out, rare as they come, are usually dinners and movies/concerts with friends, and we’re not a rowdy bunch, LOL.
i love to win the book! sadly, no crazy night out stories to share…i’m super lame, but i still hope i win the book!
We the weirdest one we had was our waitor kept changing accents and it wasn’t a joke he really thought he was good at impersonating others… not that good it made it really awkward.
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I might be too late for the contest but my strangest date was a first (and last date) with a new fellow. He was a masseuse and asked me to take off my shoes and socks so he could use tuning forks to “align my energy flow”. All this in the middle of a Starbucks. Nice guy, but just not my type.
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PS, just discovered your site and loved the skirt contest.