goodbye headache, hello sun

I've spent the past two days gingerly negotiating around a migraine & its aftermath, so I could not have been more delighted to wake up this morning to discover that it was gearing up to be sunny.  Say what you will about the drear of our Northwest winters, but spring is really something around here.

And just how, you may be asking yourself, did I spend this sunny morning?  By bundling my kids off to their respective schools, then sitting in a coffee shop for an hour, working on the grannies (I'm on edging now, doll-sized stuff is so satisfying to do!).

Then a quick trip to the yarn store (ok, a quick trip to the yarn store across the street from the coffee shop, which conveniently had just opened as I was finishing my hour of coffee + crochet, then another quick trip to a different yarn store that's kind of on the way home) to get this pile of color

on the off-chance that another little girl I know might happen to need a granny square doll blanket.  Which totally blows the whole idea of it being a stash project (though the one I'm making for my girl is 100% pure stash, baby), but I can (& probably will, tonight, to my husband) make the argument that what I'm doing is filling in gaps in the stash (er, because while it might look like these colors pretty well match what I've already got, I don't have EVERY SINGLE SHADE.  Yet.), so that in future, my stash projects will be much better-balanced.  Or something.  I haven't been to the yarn store in a long time, ok?

With the nice weather comes the appearance of the first of the spring skirts (oh, punchy balloon, you were full of annoying vitality when I took this picture, though you have since fallen prey to migraine-induced BALLOON DESTRUCTION.  My son will miss you, but I will not.).  I think this is the 5th or 6th of this particular pattern I've made (the pattern is two pieces, yoke & skirt, & I've actually redrafted the skirt piece to make it longer for my little beanpole), & the love affair is not over yet.  Two, maybe three of these fabrics

are slated for New Look 6506 (if you look it up?  Don't be alarmed by the fact that the cover illo shows a little girl in a pink tweed suit, ok?  The skirt, on its own, is terrific.), though my plans may change when Erin posts her skirt tutorial.  I also want to find a good, easy pattern for some summery wide-leg pants for her  -- any suggestions?

Comments

[erin]

it's coming daria! this weekend at the latest...

hope your migraine is gone - those suck.

the little granny squares are so precious. my spring break project is to learn to crochet because the sewing machine is going in to get a tune-up. i have to be able to do something, you know?

[Meegan Blue]

Sorry about the headache. Let me know if you come up with a pattern for cool summery wide-leg pants...Zoe could use some too!

[Amanda]

Love the sweet little skirt! I think I might make a couple when you finish the tutorial.

[dorie]

The skirt looks great. I think I'd like to try that pattern.

[mary]

the pants tutorial from http://redcurrent.blogspot.com/2005/04/kids-pants-tutorial.html works great. I have used corduroy and cut up some old stripped tees with good results. Good luck and love the skirt.

[rosemary]

Oh, the skirt, the skirts! Could you let me know the patterns for the skirt with the yoke and the gathered one with pockets pictured in an older blog? I was inspired, by the blog, to go out and buy fabric, a thing I haven't done for ten years or so when I gave up quilting. So, I'm poised to begin all I need are the patterns. I hope you haven't started me on another fabric acquiring obsession. My husband may kill me.
Rosemary

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