Yesterday was finally cool enough to get back to my sewing room. Hooray! I'm working on some Christmas gifts for my family (sssshh...). I made two cowls using this tutorial, one for my dad and one for my stepmom. My dad's cowl came out great, but I tried to get a little too fancy on my stepmom's. Instead of just sewing a nice straight seam around the edges, I decided to try to use one of the fancy decorative stitches, and it, uh, didn't work so good. So now I have a new cowl for fall and will make another for my stepmom tonight. With regular stitching. I'm also going to make matching rice-filled handwarmers for them both.
I'm trying to get this stuff done before this weekend, because we are meeting them at the coast for a long weekend, and I'm not sure I'll get to see them at Christmas time. I also started a zipper pouch for my stepmom, but it turned into a disaster, so I will have to redo that one. She won't be getting that this weekend.
