longjohns galore!

it was so fun to explore savannah with shirley.  savannah weirdly has little squares/plazas every 2 blocks.  in every direction.  we made it our mission to check out each one, walking 7 miles total to do so.  despite my best efforts to avoid fabric stores, i got suckered in by one that described itself as a fabric parlor.  it had a ton of really unique fabrics, was beautifully laid out, but was pricy!  i settled on this poly/wool nubby knit (as did shirley!  we're going to work on projects together when i head back south in early february to have her fix one of my teeth!):

and this shibori dyed silk georgette.  both were unique purchases and not anything i'd ever seen before.  purchase was justified.

right before my flight home, shirley and i explored wormsloe, this historical site with beautiful grounds.  

we got in a good 3 mile hike (more like a walk considering how flat the terrain was).  it had poured the night before, so the grounds were rather wet...

when i got home, i was motivated to create a new sewing station, with better storage of my sundry items and a dedicated sewing spot that i wouldn't have to break down as much as my last sewing spot required.  we found this desk sitting out on the street that i cleaned up.  still in the market for some cute knobs.

this weekend in ny was rather chilltastic.  rather, very chilltastic.  we had a blizzard and got over 2 feet of snow.  

i made eric a pair of longjohns using a really old pair of patagonia capilene ones as a pattern.  because the serging wasn't all that strong, i tested out several topstitches to sew on top of all the seams to strengthen them.  the zigzag was superior to all the other fancier stitches.

look at the difference between having topstitching and leaving the seams plain:

i'm rather pleased with how they turned out.  eric finds them really comfy and warm and has already been wearing them around the house and to work.  

i even made a functional pee-flap!

bunksy was so mellow and snuggly this weekend.  in fact, both cats were mellow and snuggly too.  snow is powerful like that.

on sunday, eric and i had a blast exploring the park with apparently everyone else in brooklyn at the same time.  it was beautiful.

i'm now working on 3 more pairs of longjohns, of varying lengths, to use up the fabric.  2 yards, 4 pairs of longjohns.  not a bad deal.