I had every intention of taking pictures of everything I made for Christmas. Some things didn’t translate well into photograph form (but I’ve been assured I’m getting a photo area at the new house! weeee!), but I also just plain forgot to take pictures before wrapping some. Namely, The Hippy’s.
Let’s start with the ill-fated BILOSORD jacket so that it isn’t the last thing you see….
I’m reasonably certain it isn’t actually that lop-sided. The good news is, I have to take the zipper out anyway. Why? Because I put it in backward, that’s why. Because this jacket was the jacket from hell, despite it being the third one I’ve made. I understood the first one being a pain, but the third? I’m happy to report the fourth went off without so much as a hitch, but that is one I wrapped before shooting. It did end up a little short in the back, but that has more to do with the fact that it’s too fat for The Hippy than anything else. I should have made the small, since that’s what I wear and he’s smaller than me…. But I know his penchant for drowning in his clothes. Still, he refuses to let me take it in, all the better, because I don’t feel like it. ; )
Jacket Number Two (in this post AND in real life):
You only get to see half because blaze orange is a bitch to photograph. I’m pretty sure my camera started crying. But this jacket is fully reversible so my dad can wear the camo out on the town (okay, in his recliner like he’s doing right now…), and the blaze orange while sitting in his deer stand. Two layers of fleece. Yum. So warm.
More fleece! Yay!
I am all about the reversible, natch. My dad is three things: A Submarine Vet, “a bit of an eagle nut”*, and always cold. These two panels lept out at me and demanded to be made one. I believe his exact words were, “Wow!”
Not fleece:
Pants for my mom. Pant-sies. Heh. Heh. No? I’d wax poetic further on these, but, well they’re just pants. They were easy to make. They’re cute. What more can I say?
I’ll just show more pictures… Of pants.
Rocketdog and I are like twins that had some weird almost-eight-year separation. We like a lot of the same things, so I felt pretty certain she’d like these. I thought the photo turned out better, but those are cows. Both pants are made from Debbie Mumm fabrics. I’m not typically a fan of hers, but I liked these prints well enough.
I also made a space blanket and fleece jacket for The Hippy and a boppy cover and softbook for Rocket Puppy. Though I’m pretty sure the gift that went over the best was a bag of Chocolate Marshmallow Mateys. C’est la vie.
Next up: New Year’s Resolution.
*This is an approximate quote from the Minneapolis Star Tribune about my dad. My parents had an eagle on a liberty bell carved out a tree that had to come down (damn dutch elm!). Eagles are a common sight in their home decor these days. Now I gave him seven more 🙂
Keeping the Thor in Thorsday 