Sleepless Woman Plays Show and Tell

I can't sleep lately. It's pretty bad...two or three hours of staring at the ceiling several nights a week. I've had the problem for the past month or so. I think it would help to stop drinking coffee at stupid times. But it also happens when I haven't had any caffeine at all. Blech. Anyhoo, how 'bout a little insomnia show & tell? What else do I have to do?

Last weekend I was studying in the Sky Lounge and feeling sorry for myself. I decided to take a break to whip up a little patchwork pillow using some vintage handkerchiefs I had picked up at estate sales last summer. My aunt Ann says women should have a little bit of pink in their bedrooms. A feng shui thing or something? Maybe once I throw this pillow on my bed I'll be able to sleep again.



My favorite thrift score of late is this $3.99 bamboo purse from (where else?) the Value Village.



Lastly, some goodies from my fabric stash. This top one is an old favorite, and for years I've been trying to work up the nerve to cut it up. It's light and silky, and I'm afraid I'll mess up whatever I try to make with it. So I just keep it folded in the pile while I wait for the perfect project to come to mind... I think it really wants to be a swanky summer dress, but I'm not quite sure yet.



And this one, Oh la la. It just makes me smile. I hope that within the next few weeks it will be transformed into a little skirt, or a summer dress, and maybe even a pillow or two. And maybe one of those big Amy Butler-type purses. I have four yards of it.



I decided to start framing some of my favorite fabrics, thinking it will make me feel less guilty about leaving them to languish in piles waiting to be turned into something. This is actually a dainty little silk handkerchief I picked up at an estate sale last summer. It's only 6" square. LOVE.