A Whole lotta Makin' Goin' On

I have felt somewhat unproductive as of late, but yesterday was a good day! I think when I sit and knit my progress seems so slow that I feel lazy.  I am moving along on my Martha Stewart neck scarf. Hope fully I can finish it this week. I successfully knitted the loop for the end to slide through-Hoorah! Now I am on the 15 inch long span of just knit, so it is going a little faster.

I also serged and sewed Simplicity 2411 yesterday.  This is a pretty lightweight denim and it was very easy to work with.  I also bought some Coats & Clark jean thread for topstitching.  It looks really nice and adds nice detail to the skirt. This went together super easy except for the zipper side.  I somehow ended up messing that part up a bit and had to take one side out to correct it, but that wasn't too bad. She likes the skirt and is looking forward to wearing it-that works for me!

I also serged up some camo pillow cases as a gift and just need to finish the cuffs on those today. I was surprised at how soft this cotton is. The serger was so fast for these.

Today I am going to try and cut out another Simplicity 2411 in a black and white herring bone knit.  It is pretty heavy without a lot of stretch.  It is also baking day! We are having a Christmas dinner at church on Sunday and we are having a cookie exchange for dessert.  We are supposed to bring atleast 3 dozen cookies.  1 dozen will be put out to eat and the other 2 will be used for the exchange.  I have several types of cookies to bake today, including a new recipe my youngest daughter found for porcelain cookies.  They are really pretty! I have to get the cookies done today because I have to bake a ham and a turkey for the Christmas dinner tomorrow. We also have a homeschool choir concert at our local mall and a wedding shower to attend.  Isn't it amazing how busy the holidays seem to get.  This is my only really busy weekend for the season and I am looking forward to it.  Hope you and yours are having a wonderful time planning, baking, wrapping, singing and so on during this Christmas season.

Simplicity 2411

I have finished my blue dress except for the pocket flaps with buttons.  I sewed the 4 front buttons on this weekend.  I need to press it out a little, but I like the way it turned out.  Once I sew the pockets on I will take some pictures.  I am moving on to the next project though.  Simplicity 2411 is a baic skirt pattern I am going to use for my 13yo daughter's denim skirt.  It is a light to medium weight denim and feels like it will be easy to work with.  She wants it right at her knee so she can wear boots with it. It is so hard to find age appropriate clothing for young ladies.  Everything is ripped, tattered and SHORT! I want her to look feminine and stylish not hot and bothered. It is just ridiculous to me the fashion trends for young girls. There is certainly no feminine mystique when everything they have is revealed! Oh well I will now get off my soap box and move on to my sewing machine.  I have to cut the pattern out today.  My daughter is babysitting for 3 toddlers today, so I am going to be her tag team partner.  I want her to do most of the work-she is the one getting paid, but 3 toddlers can be a handful.  They are part of our sweet church family and their moms are getting some final Christmas shopping done today. Have a great day!

On another note:  I have quite a large handful of patterns I plan to giveaway soon.  Will post pictures and info this week for the giveaway. By the way-SewMamaSew is having another one of their giveaway days. If you have some spare time to scroll through the hundreds of posts and register-you should!