Friday: Before the vigil started a group of us sat around in the Court Room (Vigil waiting area) and talked about the silly things we've done in our lives. Our youngest member present, Sam, talked about times when he broke his leg while just standing still. The conversations were hilarious and I ended up having to stop right before the start of my vigil because my stomach hurt from laughing too...

1. Spitzbuben These were, as usual, the hit of the party. They are an intensely vanilla cookie with a fruit filling, and take the most time of any of the cookies I do, but they are always worth it. I use a teaspoon of regular vanilla extract (Schilling), and plain egg white instead of the powdered stuff, and they turn out just fine. I am getting a little bored with the apricot and raspberry for...

I took the red dress in several inches this morning and finished it but for the hem. Six hours later it's still too big. So if you're a 34-36" bust with a 28" waist, and 5'2" to 5'4", give me a yell. It's pretty enough that I'll buy a smaller version of the pattern and try again... if I can find another Christmas red silk. Ah, well. At least my fixed up apron's cute (thank in great measure to ...

I will soon be home with time on my hands. And while I do want to sew, I am having trouble finding my muse for the Unicorn Tapestry dress.* What I want to make at the moment is coats - period and not period, pretty, pretty coats. So I was thinking (uh-oh!) If I bought all that pretty tapestry and made various multi-purpose coats in standard sizes, maybe my friends would want them. Rus coats, kaftans...