I hope your computer gets to you soon.  I agree, a Kindle is no way to post/type.  Sometimes, I'm not even able to type using a keyboard and I have to do it every day at work.   

DH called D last night and he (D) will be over today and will get the living room floor done as far as drilling, placing the screws and plugging the holes.  We make our own plugs, so he'll have to do that as well.  J will be driving his dad's dump truck again today.   I laid out 2 boxes worth of prefinished flooring in the spare room last night.  Just the way I wanted it.  It looks wonderful.  I just might actually install it myself, now that I have so much laid out.  DH isn't sure I can do it, but I think I can.  He should know by now that he should NEVER tell me that he's not sure I can do something.  I just have to prove that I can now. 

CHALLENGE!   

I am really interested in this. I love Autumn, and I am going to start planning. My skills are not very sophisticated but I should be able to manage some simple items, especially for work. My office is pretty casual but I do like to look on the smarter end of casual, if you see what I mean.
I don't wear skirts however, would a dress be an acceptable alternative?

I am thinking of a snuggly jacket/cardigan in a rich berry colour with a matching dress, maybe teamed with navy, dark grape and possibly ivory.

I am still working on my summer holiday pac though which I must put on a post about!

Having had a bit of a think about it, I would like to make some proper tailored trousers which would work with the navy boiled wool jacket I made. I have some other things planned in navy which co-ordinate as well, so that will be my base.
I'm not sure what my second neutral would be or quite what else I would sew.

A lot of it depends on when the house move happens. It could be as soon as 3 or 4 weeks away so I ought to be packing not sewing.
Its hard to keep the right balance though.

Hi Lynn, that rust PAC has come out really well. Its such a great colour for you.

I think its ironic that you all seem to like the scrappy aqua tee more then any of the others, as its made from leftover bits that were not enough for anything really. I loved the print, and wanted to make the best use of the bits that were left. It was originally used to cut out a turtle neck, which I only wear in the winter and was quite fabric hungry for all that collar, leaving only quite small scraps over.

For any of you who want to have a go at this, you need to find your best fitting tnt tee shirt pattern, and then start tracing bits off the original pattern - make a whole front - slash it about to make pieces, have a half back which you split to have panels, same for a front, have several different lengths of sleeves you can fit into the same armhole. Keep all these in a zip lock bag, labelled so you know what all the pieces are (it can be hard to tell once they are all cut up).

Then get the scraps and have a look at the shape of the pieces, are any large enough for a whole back or a whole front. If you have long thin pieces (I often seem to have these left from cutting a previous garment) would a panel fit there?
Look at the balance of the different scraps against each other, I like a print as the starting point and then to pull that out in a co-ordinating solid. If things have a white background, I like the whites to match, not an ivory with a pure white for example. Also the fabric weights need to be reasonably similar - no heavy sweatshirting sleeves on a thin fabric body. Once you've cut all the pieces, lay them out as the tshirt and check you like the overall feel.

I construct in the following order.
If back is in panels, assemble one side and then the other, press the seams flat, sew the centre back seam and press again.
Assemble the front if it is in sections. press the seams flat. For the one with 5 panels, you may need to press several times as you sew the front together.
Sew the shoulder seams, adding a bit of ribbon or woven selvedge to avoid them stretching out.
Cover hem the sleeves flat. Insert one sleeve and sew up one side seam.
Cover hem the main hem flat, clipping serged seams at the hem and folding to the other side to avoid a big bump for the coverhem.
Insert the other sleeve, sew up the side seam. Use a large needle to tuck the serger ends into the seam allowance.
Take photo and share with sewing friends.
wear your new top the very next day.

It is Winter here but with it already topping 32c today my mind is already filled with thoughts of summer clothes so if I do join in I will bypass Spring and go straight to Summer. I have a few gaps in my wardrobe and think that simple cropped pants or skirts (which I don't usually wear but am considering) with tops, tees or tanks will be ideal. No idea on colours yet but am thinking that black, white and yellow might be nice.