Day One

Somewhere between family dinners and annual physicals, the sewing has begun! It felt great to brush off the trusty Singer and bring down the shears and pins.

I started with one of the new patterns I bought from Joann (McCall's 5516). Ahh... there's nothing like a fresh. new pattern, crisp and compressed. I love that feeling of unfolding the tissue expecially knowing that I will never again get it back into the envelope. What is the secret with that one?

I also started with some of Mr. Blog's old curtains (this project is saturated with The Sound of Music charm).

And here are the after shots: