A Question about Twirl Skirts

In all thier various forms, the twirl skirt seems to be the very foundation on which our little cottage boutique "industry" was built.  They're darling, you can embellish and decorate them to coordinate with anything and our little girls find them comfy and dizzy-ing-ly twirlable! (Sofie actually threw up last week in the middle of Joann Fabrics because she twirled so much in her new skirt....fun times....fun times...) What I'd like to know is, as a mommy, would you prefer to buy twirl skirts with shorts or bloomers built into the skirt so your little twirler isn't flashing everyone?  Or is your little one more of a leggings and twirl skirt type of gal?  I am debating for summer clothes, if leggings might be too hot for summer, and maybe I should switch to lighter weight fabrics instead? Hmmmmmm.....

Gardening Anyone?

Loooove to garden! Looove plants and flowers!! I have been rootin' around in the dirt for oohhh ehem... 25 years or so (I started when I was in college...okay writing that made me feel only slightly less old...). This year it has been a warm and sunny Spring in Northern California and my tiny garden is already looking very happy! I have a secret weapon - "Super Thrive." To me, this stuff is a miracle vitamin. I have used a-l-o-t of fertilizers, additives and poops over the years, but nothing gives me such almost instantly noticable perky lush growth as this Super Thrive stuff in a little dirt-brown bottle. I have purchased it at Wal Mart and The Home Depot, if you want to give it a try!

Universal Laws of a House Cat

Law of Cat Inertia

A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force - such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse.

Law of Cat Motion

A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction.

Law of Cat Magnetism

All blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the darkness of the fabric.

Law of Cat Thermodynamics

Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, in which case all heat flows to the cat.

Law of Cat Sleeping

All cats must sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved, and as comfortable as possible for the cat.

Law of Cat Obstruction

A cat must lay on the floor in such a position to obstruct the maximum amount of human foot traffic.

Law of Dinner Table Attendance

Cats must attend all meals when anything good is served.

Law of Rug Configuration

No rug may remain in its naturally flat state for very long.

Law of Obedience Resistance

A cat's resistance varies in proportion to a human's desire for her to do something.

First Law of Energy Conservation

Cats know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will, therefore, use as little energy as possible.

Law of Electric Blanket Attraction

Turn on an electric blanket and a cat will jump into bed at the speed of light.

Law of Random Comfort Seeking

A cat will always seek, and usually take over, the most comfortable spot in any given room.

Law of Bag/Box Occupancy

All bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond.

Law of Milk Consumption

A cat will drink his weight in milk, squared, just to show you he can.

Law of Furniture Replacement

A cat's desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture.

Law of Cat Landing

A cat will always land in the softest place possible; often the mid- section of an unsuspecting, reclining human.

Law of Cat Composition

A cat is composed of Matter + Anti-Matter + It Doesn't Matter.

Contests and sewing blunders...

Well my contest yielded 230 fans, and I think it was a complete success! Way cool! I will throw another next month with different prizes. Would loooove to get up to 1000 fans as a first goal ;-)

Well, I was really rocking on my summer outfits this past week until Thursday.... I sewed the double layered skirt on backwards. Yeaaahhh, great. Took the wind right out of my sails. I really can't stand rippin' it out and sewin' it back on.... Hard to believe I still make "rookie maneuvers" like that more times than I care to admit!

Some hints for my summer releases - Ninjas, flower children, and 1952. Pics to come shortly - as soon as I get my skirt sewn in the right way...

Thunder flower is starting to come together...

My Thunder Flower top is starting to look like a little sumthin' sumthin'

A beautiful video

A lovely designer friend of mine posted a link of a wonderful video that has recently gone viral. I tear up every time I see it. If you haven't yet seen "embrace life," please copy and paste the addy below into your browser (for some reason the link icon is not working...) - bet you'll need a tissue ;-)

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2010/0220nr.levs.embrace.life.cnn?hpt=C2

Okay, who teared up??

I have a little sneak peak of one of my designs for an upcoming "european style" launch I'm involved in starting April 5th. I am gah-gah for Michael Miller's "Thunder Flower" Fabric!! Since my lovely man has been a marital arts instructor for the past 20+ years, I jump at any opportunity to make anything ninja-ee (note my fantastic command over the English language...)!

I had this idea to draft a pattern that reflects the "GIs" the thunder flower gals are wearing in the print. So far, I'm kinda geeked about it. Hee