After my hang out with Christine I headed back to the hotel I was staying at, Hotel Luxe, and got ready for the Clippers vs Kings basketball game at the Staples Center. I made the dress above especially for the event :) It's my fourth Hazel dress and I am beginning to think it's my go to pattern. The fabric I chose for this one is wilddddd!!!

I had my friend Marie take the photo of Luke and I. It was funny, on my way to the elevator I heard someone call my name. I looked over and it was Marie! We used to work together at the CCS call center in San Luis Obispo close to nine years ago. We have kept in touch through social networking, but I had no idea that she worked at the place we were staying at. Small world!

Next to the Staples Center there was an ice skating rink set up. It's kind of a big deal for a place that doesn't ever see snow, so the line was super long.

 My game plan for the night was to walk on the court during warmups and talk to DeAndre Jordan. Last time it almost worked, but a security lady told me I had to leave :( This time I was determined, but they must have known I was coming because I got put in the seat with the stop sign in front of me. I decided not to push my luck. Next time I will think of a better way.... Does this make me sound like a full blown stalker? Because I'm not.

My dress was definitely a conversation piece! My favorite comment of the night was when an older gentleman working security asked where one could buy a dress like the one I was wearing. When I told him that I made it he got really excited and called over his coworkers to look. It was really cute!

 We had ok seats, but the picture doesn't do it justice. I think we were in the 17th row.

And before you start thinking that I am the biggest Clippers fan let me make it clear that I'm not. Clipper Darrell is the official number one fan. The dude wears half red, half blue outfits and even drives a half red and half blue car. He is so entertaining at games and luckily we were sitting close to him. He gets the crowd pumped up with his cheering/yelling, gets the wave going, and does some awesome dancing. When the Clippers dancers are doing dance routines during time outs, Clipper Darrell will step into the aisle and mimic their dancing, even if that means getting on the ground and rolling around. He is a crack up!!!

Last Saturday my husband Luke and I went to Los Angeles for some shopping, an NBA game, and some fun! Our first stop was Mood. Let me say that my husband is such a good sport when it comes to fabric shopping. He always gives me good feedback when I ask him sewing questions (he doesn't sew, but he humors me), he gets me tall bolts of fabric that I am too short to reach, he is patient, and he doesn't rush me. This time he also entertained himself by picking out buttons for a sewing project that doesn't yet exist. He just wanted the buttons.

Sorry if you don't like cats, but my blog is filled with pictures of my cats.


 I bought two fabrics. I know, only two! I am trying not to be a hoarder, so I am only buying what I need. Plus, being in Mood is kind of overwhelming to me because there are so many different choices. The red lawn fabric above is what I am using for my Sorbetto. I love red white and blue!

This sheer silk fabric is a very light pink with black polka dots. I'm nervous to use it, I've never sewn with a texture like that.

In case you are new to my blog, my husband is a huge Los Angeles Clippers fan. We ordered tickets for the game against the Milwaukee Bucks as soon as we could. We got seats in row eleven!! I have never sat so close and now I feel spoiled, like I never want to sit farther back again :)


The only sewing related thing about this photo is that I made myself a Clippers headband. I would like to get more fabric, but can't find it anywhere :( When I eventually find some I plan on making myself a dress for future games. I'm going to look wild, but who cares????

Since we got to the game really early we got to watch warm ups. That's Blake Griffin making a layup.

The game. I can't get over what good seats we had!

Look who we were sitting next to. Hell yeah, I took that photo stalker status.

My husband Luke is the biggest Clippers fan ever. Well, besides "the red and blue guy" that goes to every home game, wears half red and blue suit, and drives a half red half blue car. Seriously. Anyway, Luke and I went to the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the game. Our seats were definitely nose bleed seats, but the Staples Center isn't too huge, so I still felt like we had a good view!

This is one of those "try and take your own photo, but it never really works out" kind of picture. I just wanted to show off my Clippers headband that I made especially for the occasion.

I finally got the nerve to ask the guy next to us to take a photo.

Luckily the Clippers won!!