SEWING WIHT STEVIE

When I lived in Milwaukee, for whatever reason I used to watch "Sewing with Nancy" and often wondered why anyone would go through all of that work to make a dress or coat when they could go to Sears and get a Craftsman or Gur-animals.  It just made no sense to me but, there you have it

I've always admired Steve's ability to get behind the machine and whip up a table cloth or curtains for a room.  I'd sew my
---- fingers together if in fact I could make the strings go the right direction.  He has tried so many times to tell me how it works but I insist that if the needle goes thrugh a hole on the top and out the same hole you've accomplished nothing. 

Well, Jefferson's version of "Sewing with Nancy" is "Sewing With Stevie".  A very highly rated show I might add.  One week he sews two table clothes together to make one and the next he's running electrical wires to a bathroom or plunging a toilet.  Go figure. 

All teasing aside, Steve has been commissioned by Brian Wang to create a Candy Man costume for the CPA costume party and auction on October 29th.  I'll tell you, there is nothing more manly than picking out yard goods. 

We went to Joann's and got our yard goods and then he came home to create the Brian Wang costume.  As I sat in my recliner he would come to me and measure across my chest and from my neck to my hips. I found it amazing how many feet of tape is on a sewing tape.  Then he'd come back and measure over my shouders.  Keep in mind, I never had to get out of my chair.  Then the cutting began and the machine kicked into gear.  Five hours later I went for my first fitting and he did well. 

Here's the concept.  I will glue candy bars onto this Brian Wang costume and sell them for $5 each to people who want to win a chance to win an iPad that Steve and I purchased for the auction.   It is well known that I can work an audience and sell ice to Eskimos so we shall see how close to $1500 I can get. 

Keep in mind, I planned on sitting in my chair the other night and stitching candy to my outfit (my costume) but the string would pull right through the wrapper so that didn't work.  Then I tried to go through a Snicker bar and again, the string just went right through it.  So I will resort to Velcro.  I will have a hat on with candy bars attached to it.  I am hoping to enter the room with the Candy man music going.  No doubt I will make the front page of the paper.  Last time I made the front page at our auction I was kissing a horse and feeding him chips and salsa off a plate.  He wouldn't take it out of my hand.  I had to improvise.  See below.  It is far from done.