Dancing Goodness

I don't usually watch So You Think You Can Dance, but this week, they are having Lindy Hop. Yay!!

Not only that, but the song they are using was recorded by the band (the Boilermakers) that played my wedding!!

And the choreographer is Carla Heiney, who used to be a DC local and I took classes with her back in the day.

Small world!!!

I love me a Twirly Skirt.

Saturday Night Dance Outfit Action Pics
-Jalie 2794, sweetheart top, one of my favorites. black with red trim
-Jalie 2681, twirly skirt, awesome for dancing. red with black trim

Updates

Well, as far as the sewing plan for my upcoming dance weekend...all I have done is a twirly skirt. YIKES! I have moved the fabrics and patterns for all the pieces around my sewing room multiple times, but never actually cut or sew. Time to get hopping.

In the meantime, I made this Halloween quilt as a present for my nephew. He LOVES Halloween.


And I made this kitty bed for a friend with a new kitten. With a matching fishy toy

Something for Me

October brings one of my favorite dance events of the year, Jammin on the James. It is a weekend of workshops and all night dancing in Richmond that happens every October--last year The Husband and I ended our honeymoon there! I like it because since it is Richmond, it tends to be more laid back and less rock-star filled than D.C. events, but since it is so close to D.C., they get rockstar caliber teachers and just enough rockstar drop-ins to make it fun, not intimidating. I am good friends with the folks that organize it, I am friends with two of the four teachers and have a passing acquaintance with the other two, I know a good portion of the dancers that generally show up; just all the stuff that makes a dance good for me.

I am trying to recapture my dance mojo, and I thought one way to do it was to create a fun new dance wardrobe for Jammin, despite the fact that I am generally not sewing clothes for myself until I lose weight. This is the plan for the dances; for the workshops I am just planning to wear yoga pants and some of the 10000000000000 dance event tshirts that I have.

Friday Night
-red twirly skirt, Jalie 2681
-black knit top with red accents, Jalie 2910.
-red grannie undies (in case of extreme skirt twirlage), Jalie 2568.

Friday Late Night
-pants, Hot Patterns Karate Pants (OOP)
-embroidered/appliqued tees, designs TBD

Saturday night
-1930s style button dress, purple and black fabric from stash,Decades of Style 3007 .
-some kind of groovy hair doodad, TBD

Saturday Late Night
-pants,Hot Patterns 1084 Dragon Beauty Cargo Pants
-embroidered/appliqued tees, designs TBD

Sunday Afternoon Dance
-Ha! Like I will have the time for more! But if I do, maybe another twirly skirt or something.

I will post status updates as I get things done. This is going to be fun!