Sewing..

 

I'm craving new clothes..

Fabric and Seeds

There is a lot of focus on the future in our house today. Seed catalogs have come and we are dreaming of spring gardens. I have such plans for the big space our pigs cleared out last summer - I want a dozen cabbages, too many tomatoes to count, more greens than we can eat! I won’t be ordering seeds for weeks, but the planning has begun and I love seeing all the pictures of summer produce.

Planning has also begun for the Etsy shop we’re hoping to open in the spring. I’ve collected enough fabric to keep me busy for months, but only today did I begin cutting and pinning. Time in the daylight hours is often had to come by. Today with the snow falling all around I’m full of enthusiasm and comfortably nestled in my little house. The light is dim, but not terrible and the snow outside makes me want to be buried in bright cloth - with pins in my mouth and a dog at my feet.

The Christmas Dress

I’ve been having trouble uploading new photos recently, but finally - here are a few of the Midnight Mass dress I made for Yarrow out of a bright red cashmere sweater..

I love cashmere..it’s so touchable, and so very warm!

                             Look at the texture! And actually, cutting down sweaters to make baby-clothes isn't terribly hard. Baby bodies are so much more forgiving than adult bodies..and they require so much less fabric. This was a turtleneck sweater, size Large, from Goodwill. And I have a bit left over..not enough for anything, really, but enough that, if I had messed up on the sleeves, I could have re-done them, without trouble. For the pattern, I just took one of her dresses, and measured the bodice to make sure it was the right size, measured her to make sure I had the length right, and cut away..nervously. Seth made a little cap to match from the neck of the sweater, and it was like a soft nightdress as well as a dressy-dress, because the cashmere was so very soft.