I Love January

Many people complain that January feels like it lasts forever, but it is one of my favorite months. The holidays have come and gone, the new year begins with a clean slate, and I have an abundance of sewing time. Also, the husband is here being a Shiny Toy and that’s always fun. (I am not being facetious.)

DD#1 called us to chat last night. Our SIL is the dentist at the Coast Guard station in Ketchikan, Alaska. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in a ceremony at the base yesterday. We are so proud of our kids. 😊

I had enough quilted material left from cutting the pieces for the A Place for Everything Tote that I was able to cut the pieces for another byAnnie pattern, Running With Scissors:

Function stacking for the win.

I worked on more class samples yesterday. This is another cheater print:

It looks complicated, but it’s actually very simple to quilt. I started with the small pink square in the center, and then it was just a matter of quilting ever-larger squares around it.

Just when I had decided that I would make the Tamarack jacket with that blue quilted fabric, McCall’s released its spring line of patterns and I spotted this one:

What to do? I think I like this one better. I’ll pop into Hobby Lobby next week to see if they have the pattern in stock. Joanns has been taking forever to stock new patterns, so it may be October by the time they get this one, if they are even in business by then.

Riley Blake is carrying this pattern by Paula McKinlay, but it’s “one size fits all,” which I interpret as “one size fits no one.”

I just don’t see how one size could fit both a petite 5'2" woman and a larger 5'9" woman. I do like the style, though, with the cuffs and collar.