Christmas Crafts

[chargirlgenius]

Ok, I admit, one of the reasons I'm not working on Twelfth Night stuff right now is that I'm...

I'm...

I'm...

Crafting. There. I said it.

If you'd asked anybody in high school if I'd ever be known for sewing, they'd have laughed in your face. Now, I sew, but it's all serious historical stuff. (Right? Stop laughing.)

But for Christmas, my mom requested aprons. I figured, I can do aprons!

Do I make a simple apron? No. It's never that easy. I make a fully reversible apron, with pockets of the contrasting fabric on the opposite sides (which, by the way, is a much easier feat when hand-sewing). And THEN I decide that I have enough extra fabric to make a matching one for my niece, so my mom and her only granddaughter can be all cute together. Only, the matching one for my niece has a ruffle around the pocket.

I know. I can hardly stand the 'twee. Oh. And they're pink. (Well, a small turkey red pattern on white, but the overall effect is pink.)









That's ok. Even if I weren't working on this (and making more Christmas cookies because we ate the first ones) I STILL wouldn't be working on Twelfth Night clothes. I made a New Year's resolution a couple of years ago that I'd like to finish up soon. Hopefully more about that will be forthcoming...

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[teffan.livejournal.com]

I'm sure my (non-existant) high school friends would have laughed if you told them I would end up sewing and knitting as much as I do (ok, I'd have laughed at you too...) But dad is getting hand-knit mittens (crafted for his large hands), my mom is getting a hand-knit scarf and hat set and a homemade jacket, my sister is getting 5 more pairs of sewn pajama pants, brother in law is getting a hand-knit hat (which I really wanna keep for myself, what with the -21 windchills right now), and my grandma gets a pair of knitted mittens (which I also wanna keep). By the end of 2008, I will have *finished* (not necessarily started-and-finished) 70+ knitting or sewing projects. And I wonder why I always seem busy and/or tired.

But the aprons are teh cute :P