Sewing summer dresses in January

It was -37 this morning. This makes it harder for me to imagine that the dresses I made for going to Uruguay and Brazil should not have accompanying wool cardigans. 

I went to the fabric store determined to find something bright and summery. I came home with these:

I adapted my perfect-traveling-dress pattern (my own) for dress #1 because I thought the print wanted a fuller skirt and set-in sleeves.

Dress #2 is the unadapted perfect-traveling-dress pattern. 

Paper Chess Set

 
 

Up-cycle: Jeans to Jumper

My son's ripped irredeemably while on a recent visit. At my request, he left them behind. I made a jumper for my granddaughter using a very old pattern. 

Birthday Number: 35

Birthday Number: 9

There is a meteor on the bottom.

Yarn-bomb Maple Leaf #6 - Skaret, Norway

My friend Mardell took her leaf to Norway:
"I’m pleased to say that my leaf has found its home! It is hanging very near to the stone bridge that was built by my great-great-great-grandfather, Per Ottersen Skaret, around 1830. There is a river that runs through the farm and Per used to divert water from it to  his sawmill. He needed to build a bridge over one of his ditches to get to the mill. Supposedly, as he was finishing it, he got his trousers caught between the stones and was not at all happy about having to ruin his trousers to cut himself free." 

This isn't exactly the place, but it is close. 

Found Letters in Jasper