A Snow Day is a Sew Day

Anyone who has lived in Montana for any length of time knows not to get suckered into thinking spring has arrived just because we get a couple of days of nice weather. We had sun on Monday. Yesterday morning, we had this:

It was snowing hard when I woke up. By the time the snow stopped, we had about 9" of heavy, wet snow on the ground. It turned to heavy, wet slush as the day went on and the temps warmed up. Our electricity was out, too, from about 4:30 am until mid-morning, so we were on generator power. According to the National Weather Service, Kalispell set a new daily record for precipitation yesterday at 0.62".

More snow is coming tomorrow. After that, we are supposed to dry out and warm up again.

I did paperwork for a bit, then went upstairs to sew. I laid out the fabric for my mother’s robe on the floor of our bedroom and started cutting. I knew this would be a fairly quick sew, and it was. Some projects make themselves.

The pattern is excellent—as are all Itch to Stitch patterns—and the fabric was soft and cushy. This is Minerva’s Core Range Small Cotton Waffle Fabric in Dusky Pink. I definitely would use this fabric again.

The only change I made to the pattern was to shorten it slightly. (I made the size Small.) I also finished all my edges on the serger before sewing the seams on the 880. The pattern instructions state to finish the edges after seaming, but I find it much harder to wrangle the seam edges through the serger that way. Also, because this was a waffle fabric, serging first kept the fabric from fraying and from stretching on the bias edges.

I am tempted to go ahead and cut out a version for myself. The strawberry printed terrycloth I got at Joanns a few months ago is earmarked for a summer robe for me.

After I finished the robe, I rotated the fabric stock and put my summer fabrics where I can get to them. The sweater knits went further back into storage because—snow notwithstanding—I don’t plan to use them again until the fall. It’s time to start making summer tops and pants.

I had to order some additional Tim Holtz fabric from Fat Quarter Shop for my quilted jacket for BU. Once that arrives, that project will jump to the head of the line.