It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

There's just no time to sew!  I've been following your blogs, and I don't know how you all are finding the time.  I've spent the past few weekends baking cookies with my mother-in-law (she makes close to one hundred different kinds each year - it's crazy!).  The weeknights have been filled with shopping, holiday strolls... and watching Christmas movies while drinking eggnog and bourbon (discovered that combo this year... so bad).

I've actually worked on a few projects - ripping apart the unflattering black skirt, starting another one, and beginning a DIY knock-off of a Michael Kors coat (can't wait to finish it and post the styled pics!).  I simply haven't had time to sit down and finish the hand sewing.

In the past three weeks since returning from vacation, I've finished one project: placemats for my mother-in-law for Christmas.  I used instructions from Martha Stewart, but used thin batting instead of interfacing, and did a double row of top stitching.

I have next week off, but am going home to Pennsylvania for Christmas, so the placemats will probably be the last sewing I'll do this year.  Much more planned once life is back to normal.  Enjoy the holidays, and happy sewing... even if it's only in your dreams....