a busy time of the year

I can’t believe the last time I blogged was the 1st of December! This month has just flown by!!! The last few weeks I’ve been working hard on my Christmas presents, and they are still not all finished. I’ve been also kicking myself for deciding to make items that are time consuming and something I have never made before – GLOVES!

So, I made three pairs…. and it took a lot longer than I hoped. The third pair turned out the hardest (should be the easiest the third time around?), but I’m happy with the overall result. The recipients of the gloves live in the northern hemisphere and hopefully will find the gloves useful during the current winter. {Pattern – Vogue 7949}

I am also yet to start on a tote bag from the above fabrics. The Japanese black flowery cotton is the main fabric and the pale green with pink flowers is the lining. I am currently adjusting the pattern to a smaller size and hopefully will begin to sew tonight.

Finally, to top off my already busy to-do-list this wonderful distraction arrived in the mail: my new “The Colette Sewing Handbook” and 2 Colette dress patterns. I already read the first 2 chapters and its very hard to put the book down. I am looking forward to reading it through and putting the sewing techniques into practice (the book comes with 5 patterns to practice the lessons learned).

How has your month of December been? Are you ready for Christmas??