At the Machine Again

Shoowee! I'm done making beeswax ornaments. More than five pounds of beeswax and three major pouring days led to 173 blackened beeswax ornaments.

Saturday's pouring results in the dining room - finished and ready be packed into protective mini tubs.

They have all been counted, the ones for family gifts have been wrapped (a job in and of itself), the inventory spreadsheet is updated, and I won't open their tubs again until I do final prep for Kalamazoo in early March.

I'm checking it off the prep list and moving on to something else (you can probably guess what) and so, with apologies to Willie Nelson,

At the machine again!

I can't wait to get back to the machine again,

The life I love is sewing fabrics for my friends,

Just can't wait to get back to the machine again!

Several weeks ago I was so tired of sewing that I welcomed the break for attending The Feast of the Hunters' Moon. That break from the sewing machine led to two weeks of unpacking, recovering, and completing the beeswax ornaments for the holidays.

But, I did come home from Ouiatenon with several orders.

~ 3XL trade shirt in orange block print  fabric, bone button closures

~ M trade shirt, navy block print fabric, 3" added to length, sleeve buttons

~ L trade shirt, multi colored block print, horn or bone buttons

~ XL bedgown, blue block print, domed or gold sleeve buttons

~ 3XL shortgown,  pink block print fabric

This last order is going to be tricky. The woman wanted a specific pattern but I would need to make some adjustments to it for fit. I wasn't comfortable with doing that, especially since she lives several states away and I can't fit the shortgown to her in person.

So, we've compromised on this pattern, and I am going to send the size measurements to her and have her tell me which size she wants me to make. 

Not only am I getting ready to resume sewing 18th century garments, but I had a recent sewing request from someone close to me, and it led to a (tearful) walk down memory lane for me.

Stay 'tooned!