Lots on My Mind

- Even More on the Cutting Table! So, lately I have been on a cutting streak. Which, quite frankly - I don't know why I do that. I tend to not want to sew something ever if it has been sitting around cut out too long! Kinda like guilt for leaving it there!!! So, what's on my table, you ask. Curtains are still there from last summer - waiting on JB to hang the new hardware so I can figure out how long they need to be. 2 (yep two) Peggy Sager's Jean Jackets. One is a stretch twill from Timmel Fabrics and has been cut out since last May? The other is a home deck fabric that I bought last fall. I purchased enough to make a skirt and the jacket - which won't be worn together. Also hanging around from long ago is a Santa Monica T. All this needs is side seams and hems! Lame oh!!! Recently cut - the pink and brown kwik sew skirt. A black and white graphic swirl print from the same pattern and two more pieces of black and white for another version of the kwik sew skirt. The black and white version is from view B (just like the brown & Pink) - I am seeing this skirt with some white binding on the bottom of the black pieces and then putting the banding on with a lapped seam - placing the white under the black. I then want to put black binding on the bottom on the white pieces. I'm considering adding some black lace to the lining so that it is longer than the outer pieces and shows all the time. That is, if I can find some lace that doesn't look cheap and polyester. I wasn't going to line this skirt, but the quilting cotton is so thin - especially the white print that I don't really have a choice. I also want to cut out the purple print dress before I move onto sewing :) Yea, maybe I should wait on that. Also - going on - Knitting! I finished all the big pieces for The Man Sweater and last night while I was watching American Idol - I sewed up the shoulder seams and set in the sleeves. Tonight I want to sew while watching mindless TV - but hopefully this week I can get the neckband done, the side seams sewn, soak this puppy to try and set the color and block it! I also started the Lattice Sweater and I'm swatching for the Plymouth Twin Set. The other stuff on my mind is not sewing related and I'm looking for thoughts. Many of you know - from reading my blog - that JB hosts poker at our house once a month. Most of the guys who show up - expect dinner, they also drink our beer and alcohol - and never bring anything or offer any money for pizza! When the other guy used to host - he wouldn't let you eat unless you forked over at least a couple of bucks to help offset the cost. Well last month I spent $45 on pizza and another $45 at the liquor store. I'm tired of this - we aren't made of money. It really annoys me that they just expect for me to feed them without so much as a thank you from most of them. Last night I told JB that the plan for this month is as follows - I'll pick up a roast and cook it overnight in the crock pot, in the morning I'll shred it and add BBQ sauce. We'll provide buns - if you want to eat, you need to bring a side dish! The roast will cost less than 3 pizzas at Papa Murphy's and everyone can have a nice meal - ready all at the same time. Does this sound okay - or rude?