Tagged!

The amazing JoanneM from Miss Muslin tagged me, and like a good blogging friend, I will comply with her desire to know more about me!

Which pattern/vintage style have you been thinking about lately?   This is probably my favourite vintage pattern- and I have a lot of them! 

I have made it once- but not reviewed it..yet!   Here is the back.   I love the underbust gathering, and it has three nice darts at the elbow.  Really a well drafted pattern.  Which causes me to ponder.  Where are all those well drafted patterns in McButtVogue or SimLook?   It uses an interesting slash and gather method that I have never seen elsewhere.   I would like to use that drafting for a tee shirt, or excercise top, as I think it would be a neat feature!  For all of you techo geeks, here is the pattern layout!

What is the one place you want to visit you’ve never been before?  I’ve been lucky enough to do a fair bit of travelling.  When our girls were young, we would plan a trek every summer, either in Canada or the States.
One place that is is Very High on my to see list is California!  MyPR  friend Kathi has been “encouraging” me to visit, and sent me photo’s of great fabric stockpiling shoportunities.  We have a hiking trip planned for Peru with a bunch of friends for the winter first, then I can start California planning.

How do you relax?  Relax? What’s that?  For me, sewing is relaxing.  I think that is the way for most of the people who read this blog!  Other than that, I enjoy (in no particular order) golf, reading, skiing and geocaching.  Relaxing for me doesn’t involve sitting!  In fact I remember when the Fivemonsters whoops.. FiveBlondes were little, the only time I had the luxury to read was in the shower.  Yes I said the shower!   

What is your favorite holiday/vacation?  Truthfully, I’m  not much of a “holiday” person.  I always put way too much pressure on myself to make everything perfect, and end up stressing myself out.  It doesn’t help that our business is a 365 day a year job, so even on Easter and Christmas, we are in the barn.  I like the vacations that we sneak in – like going up for a day to Niagara on the Lake to cycle with friends, or taking a 1/2 day off to geocache with a friend.  Those are my favourites. 
If you were to change that phrase to ” what WAS your favourite vacation” – that is easy!  The time that I remember with the biggest smiles and laughs is the 2 weeks I spent with our five daughters (then aged 11-16) “vanning” our way through Europe, staying at hostels, and exploring.  We started in Prague, went across to Holland where we stayed in a convent, to Paris, sunbathed in Cannes, flew around scary curves in Nice,  gondeliered in Venice,  skiied in Austia, drank beer in Germany…I wish we could do that again!

What is/are your sewing skills you want to learn/try out? Can you knit? Crochet? Other crafting talents?   I can knit and I can crochet.  I don’t get as much enjoyment out of them as my daughters do.  I have tried my hand at pretty well every craft- I’m a pretty crafty person!  A good friend gifted me with a Cricut for my birthday!  I really want to master that this fall.

What garment/accessory do you wear most often?  I have a black/white  brocade coat that always gets complimented.  I didn’t make that.  I think though, that my leather croc purse that I made would top this list. 

How much time do you spend reading blogs(per day/week)?   Per Day- 10 minutes.  1/2 hour.  1 hour.  3 hours.  …Standing up.
“Hello my name is Connie and I am a blog addict”!!   I’mnottellingandyoucantmakeme!

Your Motto/Mantra?  ”On to the Next“  It comes from a book my husband and I both read years ago.  We can’t for the life of us remember the name!  In the book, the main character is a writer(?)or a student(I can’t even remember!)   HIs mentor, instead of praising him, when shown a piece of work  just says “…on to the next“.  Meaning, don’t dwell too long on your accomplishments, and what others think of them; instead strive to get to your next level of achievement. 

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There, that was fun!  Now it’s your turn…I tag any fellow blogger who was at the PR Weekends in either Philadelphia or Montreal to answer the same questions!  Come on- share time!  I’m not going to name names, cause you know who you are and I don’t want to leave anyone out “on accident” .  But link back to me when you do so that I know that you did it!