Nice Pants!

Dear Heidi,

Those pants look great! I think you did a fantastic job and I agree with all of your points -- especially about the seam ripper. I'm thinking about attaching mine to a homing device, since it always seems to be disappearing.

Or, I could simply buy a few more since they're only, like, $2.

Of course, I can't really just buy more, because then I wouldn't look for it and what if I absent-mindedly set it somewhere that Isobel could find it? Can you imagine the havoc a two-year old could wreak with a seam ripper?? Not to mention how badly she could hurt herself (I keep hearing that refrain from A Christmas Story: "You'll put yer eye out!")

I suppose that I could stop absently setting it down and wandering off. Yes, I think that's the answer.

I totally understand how you could sew the left-side zipper to the right-side back of your pants. It's really hard to wrangle the zipper, the material (the bulk of which is always either bunched up underneath the sewing arm or dragging off of the edge of my sewing table) and not poke yourself with pins or the needle itself.

Have you ever been blissfully sewing along, thinking all is going beautifully when you suddenly realize that you ran out of bobbin thread a good 8 or 9 inches ago? That's probably my single least-favorite sewing experience. Well, other than the time that I thought that I could substitute stick-on velcro for the other, non-adhesive kind and just put a seam in it for extra security...yeah, bad idea. I don't know what kind of industrial-strength adhesive they use on that stuff, but it took nail polish remover to get it off of the needle. (I would have just tossed the needle (and the project) but it was my last needle and it was a Halloween costume I had promised my nephew...and I still had to mail it to Illinois!)

I should run, have a pie in the oven and it's smelling like it's ready to come out. It's totally non-PWA (Pioneer Woman Approved.) Refrigerated, pre-made crust and canned pumpkin. But it still smells good!

Hope you had a GREAT Christmas. I'll post photos of my first sock soon -- I have a few questions I'd love to have you answer... I think I may have goofed but I have no idea where, how, or when. Oh well. All part of the experience, right?

Love,
Kat