My New Favorite Pattern

The Rose Pants are finished and hemmed. I love them so much I dreamed about them last night. 😇

I need a few more pairs of these, both long and in culotte length. A pair of black wool ones would be amazing to wear to church in the winter.

I cut out Dawn’s Burnside Bibs yesterday afternoon and marked the pattern pieces. That project is all ready to go whenever I have time to sit down at the machine.

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For my Seattle-area peeps and podcast listeners: I will be teaching at Quilting Mayhem in Snohomish, Washington, on September 3 and 4 (Thursday/Friday). They chose two sewing classes and two knitting classes. For class descriptions and to sign up, click on the following links:

Fit Without Fear
Pattern Hacking and Frankenpatterning
Knitting Skill Builder
Basics of Lace Knitting

Quilting Mayhem is a wonderful store. I first visited it last June when my friends Robert and Deana—who are coming to visit next week—and I were in Everett for a drum corps show. Deana sews and has a thriving machine embroidery business, so we visited all the fabric stores we could find around Seattle while Robert was working with the drum corps. Quilting Mayhem takes up an entire block in the adorable town of Snohomish:

They are a Bernina dealer and carry quilting cotton, apparel fabrics, and some yarn. I have since been back a couple of times. About a month ago, they posted a call for knitting teachers on their Facebook page. I sent off my teaching package with a list of my classes—both knitting and sewing—and waited to see if they were interested. I expected them to choose knitting classes but I am delighted that they chose a couple of sewing classes, too.

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June has gotten way overscheduled—most of it in a good way—and my desk calendar is a rainbow of highlighter colors. The Other Janet and I (and, hopefully, Deana, if she wants to come with us) are going to make a quick over-and-back trip to Spokane next week. The Other Janet’s serger needs service and the shop that services that brand here in Kalispell has a waiting list. I suggested she talk to The Quilting Bee in Spokane about their one-day service. They used to service my Janome sewing machine and their service department is very good. (They have four techs on staff.) If we get the serger to them by 10 am when they open, they should have it done by 2-3 pm. And if it happens to be a good excuse for a road trip, so much the better. The Other Janet has never been to The Quilting Bee, heh heh heh.