A Farewell to Paprika Patterns

 https://paprikapatterns.com/

I tested for her on a couple of things, and it's the end as we know it, 

from the email on December 23rd:

the rest of the announcement is at

https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/84760/emails/75273100187403615

I tested for them with the Ruby Joggers and the Zircon pullover, the Ruby joggers worked better than the piecing on the Zircon for my limited knit sewing talents. I learned a lot on the Ruby's, and still have my first pair.

https://erniekdesigns.blogspot.com/2018/02/jasper-gets-new-collar.html

The Jasper is still the banger of the collection, the hood is super fun, the instructions are great. I'd cut it wider next time, it runs slender and I do not. it's worth your time if you haven't tried it yet.

I am posting this announcement to mark the moment: the people who were designing in the beginning of the indie boom have pulled away for the most part. Heather Lou at Closet Core is still in the game and doing great at it. I am hard pressed to think of many who are still going at it with new designs.

At some point, the job is a job and needs attention paid to it, and that's a big ask. You can't be heard in the social media marketplace anymore as a little voice, or even as a bigger one.

There's so much noise to signal.

Anyway, there's a sale. Go to it. 

Some new sewing, broken into five minute sessions

 Is it sewing if it's altering?

It was a hot mess of fray inside and I fixed it

The Sven holiday sweater: I haven't worn it yet, but it needs to be shorter. I have folded it to where I want it to hit. I may just cut off the lower snowflakes and reattach the ribbing. I would miss those test tubes, and it makes an easier cut than adding a ridge and removing the MeTV logo.

And I seem to have bought more pants fabric

Ventana Twill is the diggity bomb of winter pants fabric. It softens right up, the colors are deep, and it doesn't seem to pill or distort (although remember, I don't put the finished stuff in the dryer after I prewash and dry the bejebus out of it.
It also comes in solid colors and I need some boring pants. Prints and prints are too busy for my boss' eyeballs, and I have other fights to fight at work these days. He actually commented yesterday that this was the first time I dressed normally for work (leggings and a big sweater is normal?). I reacted to it as  if it was a compliment although I don't think it was meant as one, and today I made sure I wore something in too many colors. Sorry, didn't have time for photos.

It was nice to have a couple of actual days off this weekend, so I focused my energy on finishing a shirt.

 I have a couple of long sleeved shirts cut out and half sewn, but it's too cold at work for shirts unless i can wear a down vest over them. Is a down vest not normal clothing? Still puzzling over that....

Which explains why instead of working on the sweater, I am handbasting  the fly on the new Ventana twill pants. Still too much work to do, so this is happening in five minute blasts. This is a skill I developed when the kids were toddlers, and while it's not as satisfying as a long bath of sewing, it scratches the itch.

Music to hem by: the worlds collide edition

 

Working on another couple of girl choir hems, listening to 

https://live.seattlesymphony.org/detail/videos/in-the-spotlight/video/6312878168112 

(if this does not load for you, forgive me)

your affable host JT (french horn and other horn)

introduces 

four percussionists playing the glasses
One of whom is the partner of my girl choir client!

Photos from SSO Live Tiny Clips program.
The live Tiny Tots are coming back this coming weekend
We are just not ready