I think I could live in this thing. I made a few cross backed aprons later this summer. The pattern is from
Sewing Happiness by Sanae Ishida. It's one of those sewing books that has you saying.... that's perfect, it's simple (most of the projects) and I really need to make that right now. I also made my MOther in law Renee one (well hers was first) and it was a beautiful blue linen-cotton blend that was really nice to work with and felt great. When I went back to the Mill-end they didn't have enough left to make another apron so I did it with some cotton blue and white striped shirting material with just enough heft. Grace's is a pretty linen floral that is closer to canvas weight. Anyhow, comfy, cute, easy!!
Although I haven't taken pictures of most of my efforts, I have been trying most of the tutorials at the Postman's knock and was pretty happy with this birthday card for Randall.
It's fun to practice the lettering (especially since my handwriting on a day to day basis has degraded seriously... I had a student the past two summers who teaches calligraphy at Reed and he has re-inspired me to at least appreciate some more care in handwriting and to try new things!
