Colorful Sweater

I finished my fair isle/intarsia wool sweater today. I am pleased with it, even though it has its own love handles. It bunches at the waist because it’s too long and the ribbing at the hips causes it to ride up.
I did not make the pants in this photo.

Square Pillow

Martha Stewart featured square pillows in a recent issue, so I decided to make one to go with my pillow with corners.

100th Post

Wendy Mullin’s book on sewing knits, Sew U Home Stretch: The Built by Wendy Guide to Sewing Knit Fabrics, was just released. Her other book, Sew U, was really what inspired me to start sewing. Both of these books come with three basic patterns and pages of suggestions for how to use and alter them. The gray sweatshirt here is one of the patterns included. The other two are for a t-shirt and a dress which I will try out soon. The fuchsia tank top here is McCall’s 4872 and the other tank and t-shirt are my own patterns. To anyone who wants to begin sewing, I recommend starting with these two books.