Tamarack Jacket in Progress

I was able to finish quilting the yardage for the Tamarack Jacket yesterday. All of the pieces have been cut:

I was hoping to make the bias binding and serge the edges of all the pieces, too, but I ran out of time before having to be at a Christmas caroling event. Those tasks will be on today’s to-do list. I cut my bias binding strips on my Accuquilt cutter and it doesn’t take long at all. Hopefully, I will be able to assemble the jacket this week. This version is getting the much simpler patch pockets, not the welt pockets.

I am happy to be moving projects through the pipeline. I’m at the point where I almost (almost) don’t care what I am making as long as I am creating something and learning in the process. Makers often sort themselves into one of two camps: process or product. Even as a knitter, I tended to lean toward process, although it is nice to have a finished object to show for all that work. I enjoyed the process of quilting the yardage for this jacket. Rather than being tedious, it was the quiet meditation time I needed after a week of wild weather.

Speaking of weather, I am not sure when I’ll be able to get over to Seattle to swap vehicles with DD#1. It looks like almost constant winter storms will be hammering the passes between now and the first of the year. I will have to keep an eye on the forecast to see if there are a few days when I can thread the needle—no pun intended.

I had to laugh at myself yesterday for being annoyed that it was sunny. (I know, I just complained about the wild weather.) For some reason, I associate sunshine with needing to be working outside in the garden—not sewing—and even though it was 30F and I can’t work in the garden even if I wanted to, I still preferred the gray and gloomy weather I’ve come to associate with sewing time.

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I joined the Cashmerette Club this year. Many indie pattern companies have similar subscription programs, but this is the one that made the most sense for me. I have enjoyed the extra content very much. One of the patterns on my wish list to make in 2026 is the Vernon Button-Up Shirt.

I want to make this for two reasons: 1) I’ve never made a button-up shirt and I need to learn these techniques, and 2) I know this will be a button-up shirt that actually fits over the real estate without gaping. And then there is the Marston Raincoat . . .