Weekend Edition: Wrapping Up Summer Projects

Remember this dress I purchased back in July as part of a big vintage haul?  Vintage 80's drop waist that needed a complete overhaul to work for my body type in 2010.  It's silk, and I really liked the intense red and fuschia floral pattern.  Obviously I thought I could make something wearable out of it.  I cut off the skirt, removed the sash, turned it front to back and deepened the yoke, removed the shoulder pads and narrowed the shoulders, and voilá, it's a long tunic blouse that can be cinched at the waist.  Much, much better.

Sorry for the grainy mirror photos, its impossible to take a good outfit shot in my house, which is why I never post my outfits.

So much better, don't you think?

I also finally made mozzerella this weekend.  I hadn't done it since last fall, when I made several pizzas to use up random garden harvest ingredients.  I had a problem with the rennet being old, at least I think that was the problem, and the curds didn't set up like they were supposed to.  I had to drain it through cheese cloth, and the process took about an hour and a half longer than it should have.  In the end, the mozzerella was delicious though, and the pizza even better.  There were a lot of toppings, a true garden variety.  The best was roasted eggplant that I marinated in olive oil and white balsamic vinegar and rosemary before throwing on the pizza.  I love roasted eggplant.

Garden pizza, pre-oven.

Roasted & marinated eggplant, black olives, red peppers, garlic, basil, and homemade mozzeralla and asiago cheese.

Did you make anything delicious this weekend?