Just Under The Wire
Our plans to go cross country skiing over the weekend got pushed back a week, so that left us without plans for the weekend. I took the opportunity to go on a mad sewing frenzy, and last night put the final touches on TWO fleece pullovers!!! As one is actually a gift for a February birthday, you can understand my relief. They're the same fabric and same size, so I cut them both out and sewed them at the same time, which turned out better than I expected. AND, I have a new best friend: I bought this little guy with some of the money I received for Christmas. I'd read that rotary cutters made it easier to cut out challenging fabrics, but being ME, I expected to cut myself instead. And I would have with my normal cutter, but the small blade is much easier to control. Fleece is just so thick that the pattern puckers with traditional pinning, so I improvised some weights (really, there are SO many things available in the sewing room to...