Christmas Crafts
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chargirlgeniusOk, 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...
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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Date: 2008-12-22 04:44 pm (UTC)I've put off 12th Night sewing for Christmas sewing, too. Tonight's project - a flannel nightshirt for Himself, since he's just about worn his current one out. Except this one is in red and white checks, with little pirate skulls in black on the white checks. It's a-freakin-dorable.
I always default to pajamas, for some reason. Oh - yeah - because I always buy WAY TOO MUCH FLANNEL at JoAnn's the day after T'giving. This year they had so many cute piratical patterns. I don't know what to do with it all, but it was $1.50/yard, and so cute.... *squee*