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Sergers and disappointments

November 28, 2016

This weekend was Thanksgiving with Mal’s parents! We had a nice time and I got some knitting done. I finished Jamie’s baby sophisticate – just have to block it and sew on buttons. I also got a good 5 or 6 inches done on my Blue Bell scarf that has been waiting for me to pick back up for almost 10 months.

I mentioned to Jackie that I wanted to learn to use a serger and start sewing knits, and she said “oh I have one I’ve never used! It’s a good one too, a Janome – want it?” UM, YES PLEASE!

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I woke up this morning and saw the Stitch ginger jeans workshop email! I was so pumped I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to sign up and then saw the dates…Jan 20-22. That’s the weekend Sam, Logan, and Kate are coming in for the march. I’d be OK ditching them for a few hours and skipping the march, but I can’t for the entire weekend.

Instead, I emailed to set up not only my serger basics class, but some private lessons for the jeans. I hopefully will only need a few lessons (especially with the ginger jeans sewalong online), like some fitting help and finishing help? At $35/hour it’ll be much cheaper than the workshop.

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Here’s my #closetcoreblanca dress in Merchant & Here’s my #closetcoreblanca dress in Merchant & Mills laundered linen from @stitchsewshop! I’ve been wanting to make a dress version of this pattern for two years. This fabric is very good. Also my plants are very good.
Here’s my second pieced quilt, made for my very Here’s my second pieced quilt, made for my very special bff @s.a.m.r.i.v! We met 40 years ago as tiny bebes in the park, and through the years we drifted apart several times but always found each other again at various dance recitals, school field trips, beach clubs, fabric stores, and summer jobs. The universe kept shoving us together til it stuck. This quilt is a hug from afar. I might not be able to get up to New Jersey frequently but this quilt will be there for cozy/comforting times as needed. 

I picked out my fabric, then used a quilt generator at savoreverystitch.com (the last slide), then imported it into Photoshop and colored over it (second to last slide), basically changing the whole thing, but it was an awesome starting place.
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