Sewing Drought is Over

I don't know why but I didn't sew for months. Not in my entire adult life have I gone so long without sewing. But at Christmas time I found my mojo again. It was really cold here in Texas (at least for Texas) and I made a bunch of hats and some mittens. I used Kwik Sew pattern 3626 and made myself a warm hat and mittens. But true to Texas weather by the time I finished the set it was in the sixties and seventies. I used a plaid fleece that I can't remember where I got it. And a olive fleece to line it that I bought as a remenant at Hancocks. I just attached them wrong sides together with a wide blanket stitch with regular thread. I was really happy with the results. I also made several beannies from Jalie 2543 for my son with the gaint melon (I just graded up two sizes from the largest size- it was still snug but it fit), myself, my husband and one for my grandson Jacob who has autism and loves, loves, loves Cookie Monster. You can't find anything Cookie Monster for his age so I cut up an old pair of PJ pants I had to make him a beannie. He loved it.(he's six but the size of a nine year old). For christmas my daughter made all the grandkids matching PJ's and appliqued T-shirts with a reindeer to match. Since there are eight of them I helped her by doing the ones for Dylan and Jacob. But I had this idea to do Cookie Monster with reindeer antlers and begged my daughter Megan to digitize them. So now he's PJ's have Cookie Reindeer on them. He loves them so much he wants to wear them everynight. Thanks Megan.

My daughter Nicole has a give away on her blog. Go take a look, really cute stuff.