It snowed, I sewed

It snowed. A lot. If I could find my camera cable I would show you my patio with drifts past my waist and some cool (ha! pun soooo intended) cornices and shapes. We watched season one of the Tudors while about 18" of the white stuff piled up outside. Timing was perfect, it started snowing while we walked home from dinner Friday night, allowing for a decent commute home and even stopping at the store. It wound down around 8 or 9 on Saturday night. We live right on a main highway so we could see the plows come by at regular intervals. They expect the Metro to be up and running in the morning for rush hour. Most of Saturday regular TV was displaced for "Storm Watch, the Blizzard of 2009". But, yes, it was a lot of snow.

I traced BWOF November 2009 trousers #122 this morning. I must be out of practice, as the whole tracing and cutting thing consumed an extraordinary amount of time. Or maybe it was the company of my husband who needed something every other minute. Or most likely both. I'm using a slightly stretch wool blend from (drum roll here, please......) G Street's $2.97/yard wall. What else would you expect? Seriously. It's a brownish-gray pinstripe purchased on my last run through there when my friend was here for a conference. She stayed the weekend and, of course, we shopped. But what a chore this tracing was. I really must keep up my skills, this took all morning! As for the sewing, back darts in and one back leg seams finished. Not much, is it? Maybe will get a little more, but not likely. Need to get some packing done for our Christmas trip, then I'll be gone for a week. I SWEAR I will sew over New Years. I Promise! It was a bit of a leap to get back in there and get started.

And speaking of starting. Or stopping. The vest/waistcoat that has been languishing for months has been officially banished to UFO land. I am forced to admit that I don't know how to finish this. I have the outside together and the lining together, but don't know how to make them into a lined vest. So I rescued my pins, labeled the damn thing, and shoved it on a shelf. Pah!

And I want to thank Cidell for reminding me of my love for this dress:

From the September issue that I circled and then never got to look at again. Don't know about the super short sleeves, though, or it would be on my New Year's sewing list. Maybe back on the shelf until spring. I do really love it, though. Thanks, Cidell.