Here’s the Baby’s Easter dress, in linen with a sheer overlay.   A very frothy frock. I’m making matching shoes. Same linen, same overlay. Satin ribbons. I have a wide one for a sash for the dress, too. The baby is going to be super cute!  

Good performance, good to see #2 son as he drove through from Colorado.  He brought me a couple of cakes of Prism from Lambspun. This is the stuff I knitted up into Ketch. This colorway is called "Venus."

In my mind, Project #1 for the Seamwork Design Your Wardrobe Collection was going to be an assembly line marvel creating two 2-piece dresses in mix and match ponte knits over the course of one great weekend in the sewing room. Here's what actually happened. I have other stuff going on this weekend. The baby […]

I did the Seamwork DYW planning and was ready to do Project 1 this weekend. I was going to cut out the two 2-piece dresses tonight, sew up the seams tomorrow, and do the finishing Sunday. But two things happened. First, my weekend got filled up. I'm going to the Botanical Gardens with #1 daughter […]

I finished this HotPatterns Sunshine Top, which actually belongs in the fall collection. And I've done the ribbing for the back of the lilac Ketch. I did this in the bus to and from rehearsals of John Stainer's "Crucifixion." There were other knitters on the bus. One asked whether I was just making up the […]

#2 son came through last night on his way to Colorado for Spring Break. We had Chicken Tetrazzini  and good talks about economics and the environment. #1 son and the Little Girl arrived as we finished up, and we played Smash Up. We made an early night of it, since #2 son was leaving at […]