Hutchinson Island Beaches

Today is overcast, windy and low 70's...a perfect day to walk the beach and find shells!

(Jensen Beach)

(Stuart Beach)

(Bathtub Reef)

(Ross Witham Beach)

I am dreading returning to NY!

Sanibel, Captiva and Ft Myers Beach

Sanibel and Captiva Islands were beautiful. I was lucky enough to catch the sunset on Sanibel:

and a few minutes later on Captiva:

And I found out I am at least 1267 miles from home:

But even more fun and lively was Ft Myers Beach. This is the view from our room:

Heading back to the East Coast...and by the way, it is 90' today :-)

Off on another adventure...

I am off to Sanibel and Captiva Islands to find the perfect shell....

(Coral Reef at Bathtub Beach, Hutchinson Island)

There is something to be said about living in sunshine and warmth - I am not missing NY yet!!

Hutchinson Island

The weather is perfect on Hutchinson Island...

...the beach is breezy and warm....

...and now I am off to Palm Beach....

Feeling so much better...

I'm in Florida....the ocean renews me....

...the sun and breeze feels so good....

...and knowing that I left snowy NY behind even makes me feel better !

Off to the beach....

Taking a blogging break....

I need to bask in the sun for a few days...be back soon

Happy Valentines Day...

"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." Karen Sunde

"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."Oliver Wendall HolmesOOlive

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Enjoy some chocolate and wine...

...today the calories don't count!

Altered Sweatshirts

I have been looking for a white sweater to bring to Florida next week. No luck! But I did find

a white crewneck sweatshirt in XL at Walmart for only $3 and decided to alter it. Here is what I designed:

It was quite simple and quick to do - here is how I altered it:

I cut it down the front center....

...and sewed on single fold bias tape....

I sewed it to the right side, trimmed it and then hand stitched it to the inside...

Here is what it looked like after:

These are my old, favorite cotton capris. My favorite, comfy, hang-around capris. The ones I wanted to bring to Florida. The very same ones that had a few holes in the fanny - HOW did that happen??

Oh well, I cut them up to make flowers:

I sewed 3 raggy flowers on the front of the sewatshirt:

A button helped to keep them in shape and made it easier to sew onto the sweatshirt:

I made labels following these directions at Sew Delicious:

I attached my buttonholer....

and added 5 buttonholes to the front:

It is important to add a stabilizer to the back so that the fabric doesn't bunch up, so I cut more scraps from my old, favorite capris:

I attached the buttons:

And here is the final product:

Here are 2 other sweatshirts I altered a few years ago:

The difference is that I opened up the arm and side seams and stitched on scraps of fabric and reassembled the sweatshirt:

I hope I have inspired you to redesign an old sweatshirt!

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Make It, Wear It Thursday@ The Train To Crazy

It's Stinkin Cute @ Its' Sew Stinkin Cute

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Thrifty Thursday @ Tales From Bloggeritaville

Strut Your Stuff Thursday @ Somewhat Simple