things for me

On Friday morning I saw Eva off for a week of vacationing with her grandparents on the Jersey Shore. I am sure she is having a lovely time, and I would be jealous except that I get to join her next weekend. This is the first time we've been without her for so long, and it's a little bit strange and very very quiet.

To take advantage of the long quietness, I've been sewing a few things for me, additions to my wardrobe which I'm quite intent to finish before the summer season is much further along. The photo is the underarm of New Look 6557, which was picked as a top pattern for 2007 at Pattern Review. So far I like it a lot. Again, sizing was an issue, and what I cut is too big, but too big is way easier to deal with than too small. I would have finished it in one day if I had had a zipper at home.