And After The Party, The Gifts
Surprisingly, my back was fine yesterday even though it was hurting by the end of the party, so I got to spend some time working on the 3 (I think) remaining Christmas gifts. With my trusty sidekick almost with me, I dug (not an exaggeration) out a spot on the cutting table in order to have room to cut out a new bag, when I remembered the canvas bags I'd bought YEARS ago before I realized that one wouldn't actually be able to embroider on bags already made. One CAN, however, embroider them after ripping out a seam. These have webbing for the handles, which is probably stronger than fabric and yet another thing I forgot to get, so I'm hoping it's a bit stronger than the ones I make. I have an idea for a modified sashiko design for bags that I've been mulling over, but that is going to have to wait until the gifts and holiday letter are done. While Jeeves was busy embroidering, I dug out fleece football pillows. I had cut these ou...