Dress and Jacket

 

Knit. Fabric construction made seam ripping a bit treacherous -- I had cut the sleeve curve and a few other fit points by eye, and I didn't do it right the first time. But, installed some innovative (😏) fixes, and it works ok. Laughed at myself for having such a cavalier approach to it all, in part because of the contrast to my Mom and Grandmother's finesse to doing sewing/stitching/handwork properly.  Grandma -- I remember when you pulled out all my knitted rows because I dropped a stitch way back 10 rows or so  -- I know you did it with a good heart so I could fix it --  but that experience has guided me proceed on some handwork with a less than perfect rendering -- I would rather do it, than do it perfectly. 

Birthday cake book -- for the "kid" who loves to read

 

Ok, this got a little sloppy, but concept there. Was running out of time, and the writing, in particular, took a hit with a incorrect handling of supply. Had cut out two pages of the story in gingerbread, but I didn't cut them small enough, so could only put one page on the open book cake version. Luckily, family is appreciative, even when it is dorky.  Made for my niece, who is an avid reader -- going back to one of the many books she was read as a child -- this one was the same actual book as her Dad had in his baby hands at her Grandmas house. 

Figure in the trunk, and up from the trunk

 

Smiles as I saw this shape in the trunk.  Was walking around a reservoir, so they took care to clear some of the forested areas...too bad the tree had to get chopped, but it continues to bring beauty.  Another tree, maybe that fell by itself, had a nice crop of offspring coming  up from its trunk. 

Waterfall in the redwoods by a hill named after a donkey

 

One of a few waterfalls on the walk this past weekend. Didn't see any salmon this time, but hopefully they were in the streams flourishing.