What a Week!

The threat of Winter Storm Harper was enough to make sure I had plenty of fabric and thread in my sewing studio.  And bottled water too of course!  Last week I had a shelf full of items ready for assembling and final quality check and I ended up with ten dog coats of varying sizes, two baby blankets with fantastic camel print, several hats with pom-poms and a statement making poncho that I had been agonizing over mentally for weeks!  I mean it.  I was scratching my head on how to make the design I wanted and each time I got close to figuring it out it's like a fog came over my brain and the secret to the design just slipped away.  Several times I had that "oh - I got it now!  I know how to do …. wait.  Whaaa….?"  Poof and gone.  Yesterday I refused to let it happen again and studied and studied and made two wrong prototypes almost gave up and then it came to me again - this time crystal clear.  And thus, the Chocolate Dipped Poncho was born.  And guess what?  After all of that, it's too small for me - grrrr….. but it is for sale here and now I know I can make it again.  Whew!  Cold weather has finally hit.  Time to get a poncho to add to your layers, or just to laze around on the couch.  You'll thank me later.  XO.