SuperEggplant

Melissa made Deedle this lovely bed for the warehouse. Deedle is testing it out on our couch (please ignore the gross towelket* under the lovely bed). I was really touched that Melissa made this bed, because the gal is not particularly crazy for dogs. You can see that Deedle loves it, and she will love resting on it at the warehouse if she is allowed to go to the warehouse. Our landlord is being kind of a stickler about the rules, and now that we are in he is insisting that Deedle obtain the Canine Good Citizen certificate in order to be allowed on the premises. I checked the lease, though, and it says “good citizen” in quotes like that, nothing about the whole AKC affiliation. So, I’m going to push my luck, because a) I don’t think she can pass the CGC test, and b) nobody messes with my dog.
So superbuzzy is having its first-ever sale, so I hope you will all go take a look. We also got a ton of new fabrics, including some very cute little animal twills and new colors of the kerchief girl fabric. There are some good books as well, especially the ones for kids, and for you patchwork enthusiasts, I think “My Patchwork Time” is quite nice.
Now I am off for the next few days to parts unknown (okay, to Crater Lake). The Hedster and I are going to run the Crater Lake Rim Run Marathon, which should be an adventure. We’re just doing it as a training run, and today we decided we don’t even care if we finish. It’s on my birthday, and I don’t particularly want to kill myself on my birthday. I was in bed all day today with a raging migraine (which did make me want to kill myself), so it’s not like I’m 100%, anyway. I am rambling. Is this what migraine meds do to you?
*In Japan they have these awesome things called “towelkets,” which as you might guess is a combination between a towel and a blanket. They are GREAT for sweaty summer sleeping. You can use them as sheets and as blankets. Those Japanese, so clever.

This summer has been much cooler than last summer, so it hasn’t been necessary to wear sleeveless tops much. Little cap sleeve deals, though, are just the ticket! So before things went from crazy busy to super crazy busy, I found a minute to make a new summer top from the summer issue of Cotton Time.

I was going to make it out of one of the double gauze fabrics we have at superbuzzy, but I decided I should just dig something out of my stash in case the pattern didn’t work out. The top has a little bit of embroidery on it, though you can’t really see it, and the sleeves have a cute little bias tape edging. The neck is more open than I am accustomed to, but overall I like the pattern quite a bit. The pattern only comes in one size, and I didn’t have to make any adjustments (I know that sounds really obnoxious, but hey, these are my people, so it worked out). I’m going to try it out with double gauze next!