Fun With Aprons — Janet Szabo

Wednesday was a fun day because I got to teach two Cookin’ in Color apron pattern classes. I had a morning session with one student, Cindy, who had been in my Serger 101 class. She chose a beautiful bright combination of fabrics for her apron and we finished off the waistband with a line of metallic green Glamore 12wt thread:

For the evening class I had Dawn and Marianne. Dawn requested the evening class because of her schedule. Marianne owns the quilt store; she was happy to have an evening class, too, because as the owner, she rarely gets to take classes. Dawn went with Tula Pink fabric:

And Marianne used the Montana Memories batiks:

We are slowly but surely building up a base for these serger classes. The interest is there and I do think people want to start using their sergers if someone will show them how. I am starting to feel like a serger evangelist.

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It appears that we have three more days of this oppressive heat and then a front moves in and we should cool off a bit. I sincerely hope that is it for the 90-degree weather this year. I’m done. I am glad for the heat only because it has helped the garden along after a very slow start. We probably will have to cover tomatoes next month to keep them going if we get a frost, but we do that almost every year.

I cut out another Laundry Day Tee in a rayon jersey yesterday. I’ve decided I am going to stick to rayon knits for that pattern because they drape so well. They are also cooler than double-brushed polyester. I am finding I reach for that first LDT from rayon jersey a lot because it’s so comfortable to wear in this heat.

I also traced and cut out a Lark Tee, from Grainline Studio. This is a new one to me and I am curious to see how it fits.

Still in the queue are the Lenny Dress and the Sadie Tunic. The Lenny Dress needs a muslin. I think I’ll use some interlock knit from Joanns for that. I am going to skip making a muslin for the Sadie Tunic only because I compared my Liz Claiborne tunic, which is very similar, to the pattern. The fit is close enough that I think I can get away with not making one.

Before sewing today, though, I need to do some work out in the garden. Our salad last night was comprised mostly of ingredients we grew, which is always so gratifying.