Pants and Tops

I spent the past two days at the store helping “the other Janet” make herself a Tamarack Jacket. The Other Janet used to be the class coordinator for the store. She just got back from a few months wintering in southern Utah and it was fun to catch up with her. Of course, I forgot to take photos, but she promised to send me some of her finished jacket. She still has to sew down the rest of the binding and sew on the snaps.

I will not be going to Bernina University in June after all. I am so disappointed because I have been looking forward to this year’s BU since we got back from Salt Lake City. However, some situations are beyond my control and this was one of them. My consolation prize—sorry, but that’s how I am thinking about it because I am so sad about BU—is that I will be going to our denomination’s annual meeting in Albany, OR, instead. (JC, we should talk.) Our congregation needs a delegate and I usually attend as one. The one bright spot is that my friends, Mike and Kathy, who live in Tacoma, will also be there. Mike is giving a presentation on his work with the Tacoma Refugee Choir.

It is what it is. I will have a good time at annual meeting; there just won’t be any sewing.

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I bought another pants pattern just because. These are the Rose Pants from Made by Rae:

I like the elasticated back on these. One of these days, I will make a pair of fly-front pants, but for now, I am liking the ease of pull-on pants. Also, these are high-waisted pants, and I feel the need to maintain a pattern library of high-waisted pants for the day when low-rise pants come back into style. 😩

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The grass is about 6" tall so I will be mowing this afternoon. We are back down to one Bunny, which has led to a lot of speculation about what happened to the other two. I think they may be living across the street and came over for a playdate.

The robin has two babies in the nest (that I have seen) and is busy keeping them fed. No birds have yet visited the birdbath. We had a deer jump the fence to the big garden and nibble on the apple trees, so the husband put rope across the top of the fence to make it taller.

Charlotte really needs to get moved out to the greenhouse. This week.

We thought we might get piglets this weekend, but our supplier ran out so it looks like they will arrive in June. I just need to call the processor tomorrow and make sure we are on the calendar.

The next two weeks will be full of gardening and sewing.