Clean the house or learn to smock?

This was not a hard decision at all. I will always choose to play if given the opportunity. I have been wanting to learn how to smock for a number of years actually. I know in some areas of the country this type of clothing is very popular but not so much here in NJ. That of course will not stop me from putting little smocked dresses on her and yes a bow in her hair.

Is it wrong to use crazy glue in her hair to keep the bow in place? Okay probably it is I guess I will just have to bribe her with candy instead.

Last week when I traveled out to Trenton for the apostilles I stopped at a quilt shop that I usually only go to once in a blue moon because it is over an hour from my house. I got to talking to the owner and apparently there is an older woman who is willing to teach smocking to me.

So today even though my house is still a little messy I will be in my car shortly and on my way for my first lesson in smocking. I can already tell that I will enjoy this art. I figure in the not so near future taking a day to spend at a quilt store and learning a new sewing technique will become increasingly difficult if not impossible.

As Gerard loaded my sewing machine into the car he asked "You will not have homework, right?"

Silly man of course I will!