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Productive Week-end

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Wow! What gorgeous weather we have been having. I was able to finish planting my veggie gardens, but it has been so hot that I have had to water them copiously because we don’t have the sprinklers and drip system going yet.

On Friday, I got a package in the mail of a second possible dress to wear to Lisa’s wedding. It was the same make and size as the dress I bought in California, but in a jade color instead of black. I tried it on and it was too big. So I tried on the other dress and it was too big. I have not lost that much weight since we were in CA, but I guess I have lost lots of inches. These were both 0X which is the smallest of the plus sizes. I was in a panic. With every thing I have to do between now and June 1, I didn’t want to be hunting for a dress.

So, I Saturday morning, Mr C and I went off to Washington Square Mall which has some of the nicer shops. I went to Nordstroms and knowing that I was no longer a plus size, I wandered aimlessly from department to department. I was about to leave and head out into the mall when a clerk came up to me and said that I looked great in the color I was wearing. It was a new Eileen Fisher top and pants. I realized that I was in the Eileen Fisher department. Next thing I know, I am bearing my soul to this poor woman. She took me over to a rack of just in silk summer dresses. Wow! I found something I loved. I tried it on and that was it. It was the type of thing I had always had in mind to wear. Here it is and the jacket that goes with it.

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I got a large, not an extra-large, a large! I am not sure if I need to shorten it or not. I am going to wait until a week before the wedding because if I lose some more, it may make it longer. But I am so happy with this.

I spent a lot of time this week-end getting the Artists Among Us database done. I got the bar code font to work and the scanner to operate with the Arts PC laptop. That was a big relief. Today, I finished inputting the artists inventories and sent them out for approval.

And so, tonight, I was able to get back to the studio. I made a few more of the cruciforms. I fused them together in 4 different blocks. You can see them up at the top. My idea was to then fuse them to black silk which would form a larger criciform.

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I like what is happening with the black setting off the cruciforms so I will get this finished and quilt it tomorrow.

 

7 Responses to “Productive Week-end”

  1. Anita Lay says:

    Meant to tell you this is a gorgeous dress. You will look fabulous. Isn’t it wonderful to fit into smaller sizes. Unlike you, I’m still in the pluses, but at least they are smaller pluses, First time one of my skirls fell off me, I just cried.

  2. rayna says:

    OMG – I LOVE Eileen Fisher. It’s all I wear, actually. Happily, we have an Eileen Fisher outlet about 1/2 hour away and when they have a sale, I buy everything I can fit into. Wanna tell me your weight loss secret??
    oxo You will look drop-dead gorgeous at the wedding!

  3. The dress is gorgeous, Gerrie, & I look forward to wedding photos. I know it will be gorgeous with your hair. Can I ask what you are doing to lose the weight? I really need to and am struggling with it.
    Love the color in the cruciforms – you’re right about them on the black background – perfect!

  4. Judy says:

    Congrats on your weight loss! Your new dress looks fabulous!
    I love your cruciforms.

    xxoo

  5. Jeannie says:

    I just love the dress and jacket that you bought. Beautiful color and lines that are so flattering. Woo Hoo on the weight loss! I noticed it in your face when you posted the photo in Powell’s with Terry and Brenda. The cruxiform series is one of my favorites and like Karen said, it looks like stained glass against the black background. Keep cool and have a wonderful week.

  6. meta says:

    Lovely pieces!

  7. karoda says:

    Against the black it reminds me.of stained glass windows. And the dress is fabulous!