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Baby Things, Some Wine, and Reviews

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Friends of mine had a baby, well . . . one of my oldest friends to be precise.  Yes, that old Yankees game buddy of mine.  Ava came about two weeks ago, and they have a baby and a box from me.  Finally . . . a blog de review. So, when we grow up and he has kids--ahem now--and I still refuse to go into a baby department as pregnant women laugh at me . . . yea, I sew.   The baby loot, so to speak. First up, Erika wanted a grey baby bag . . . she's fond of grey, and the long standing joke was we needed a color Bur would carry too (and, not, ya know melt). So, I used a handful of Parson Grey prints on the Amy Butler Cosmo Pattern .  Though . . . after five versions of this one I can say I have it down to an art.  Indeed. So, on the outside, I left one pocket pattern stated size.  The other . . . I expanded it three inches, threaded 1/4" elastic through the top (but to original pattern piece size), gathered the bottom, and sewed it on as no...

Jenny and Julie Learn to Sew: 411s if you will.

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So, I went to Kentucky and then . . . well, I fell off the side of a frozen lake or somesuch.  Though, in all fairness, the busy chaos of my life is good in many ways.  Sometimes it is hell, but . . . With that being said. Jenny and Julie Learn to Sew.  Yes.  Yes. Though, they are learning via my friend Nat right now. Last weekend Nat came over to, literally, learn  to sew on the machine.  I let her use my trusty Bernina . . . what? It is sweetly quiet compared to the, ahem, loud  Singer.  Besides, when Bernie was in my Momma's possession--all those years--someone (and it may or may not have been me) may have taken her apart a few times for quick and dirty repairs.  So, I felt confident.  It all worked out.  Of course, it worked out as I was like . . . shit, I need to post a basics 101 before uploading my Have a Beer One Hour Convert pattern.  So . . . a few 411s for ya, as these are the basics of the basics.  Why?...