{"id":10797,"date":"2022-01-29T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T16:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=10797"},"modified":"2022-01-29T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T16:59:55","slug":"finally-revealing-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2022\/01\/finally-revealing-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally revealing Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was FINALLY able to get together with my friend and give her the Christmas present I’d made, so now I can reveal them all.<\/p>\n

It all started with this.
\n\"apron<\/p>\n

I bought enough fabric to make six reversible aprons – print on one side and solid on the other.\u00a0 (Note that the pattern isn’t designed for that so it was a modification to do so.)\u00a0 Three prints and three solids that I would mix up so no two aprons were the same. Two pockets on each side. I would weave a towel to coordinate with the colors for each of the six recipients.<\/p>\n

First I cut out two of a multi-veggie print. Uh oh. Only then did I realize that based on my fabric layout one of the prints would be upside-down. Well, it is what it is. So I learned from my mistake and didn’t do that again.<\/p>\n

The first apron\/towel combo went to an out of state friend (since high school – MANY years ago) and her hubby. They got the upside-down print, and straps following the pattern directions. Their apron is backed with a denim fabric, and burgundy predominates in their warp to go with their burgundy countertops.<\/p>\n

\"first<\/p>\n

When I tried the apron on after it was complete, I decided that while the concept of a single tie for both waist and neck seemed like a good idea, in practice it wasn’t the best. The apron either gapped or rode up (or down) around the neck. So I modified that for the five remaining aprons, making separate neck and waist ties. The women and men in each family could adjust and re-tie as needed.<\/p>\n

Next I used the veggie print, right right side up, backed with a neutral cotton-linen blend. This went to a niece and her husband, also out of state. I have no idea what her kitchen looks like, so kept the majority of her towel a neutral gold-ish.<\/p>\n

\"2nd<\/p>\n

I moved to what is my favorite fabric, all hot peppers. I knew I wanted to use this for my daughter and son-in-law, and back the dark print with a solid light gray. Knowing my daughter’s tastes I also made the body of the her towel light gray.<\/p>\n

\"3rd<\/p>\n

My sister and brother-in-law got the other hot peppers, this time backed with that blue fabric. I know they can handle more color in the kitchen, so went with cranberry for the majority of their towel.
\n\"4th<\/p>\n

Now for the last two apron-towel combos. My out of state nephew and his wife got a rather vintage-looking teacup print. I backed it with the solid gray, and used since I also have no idea about their kitchen used gray the for majority of their towel.<\/p>\n

\"5th<\/p>\n

And last, another great friend got the teacup print, backed with the undyed cotton-linen. I used the teal of the print background along with a pale pink for the majority of her towel.<\/p>\n

\"6th<\/p>\n

I didn’t think my son would wear an apron, so he got two towels, both in guy-type colors. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"two<\/p>\n

Now I need to make myself an apron! The one I use isn’t great.<\/p>\n

**********************<\/p>\n

I also finished up the weaving of the inserts for my 2022 Christmas cards. I got 38 inserts, at least a dozen more than I need. I also have some left over from my 2021 cards, so one of these years I’ll have all the extras I need and won’t have to weave more. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"weaving<\/p>\n

*****************<\/p>\n

The other really big thing I did was finish all my year-end reports for the accountant. This shouldn’t be as big a deal as it always seems to me. I mean, really, is the IRS going to be concerned if I make a mistake in recording my TINY amount of business income or expenses? But it always makes me anxious to do the work. And now, with the need to use 2 different computers (the old one has QuickBooks on it and nothing else), it takes more physical, as well as mental, space to accomplish it.<\/p>\n

\"kitchen<\/p>\n

But whew! It’s done! Now just waiting for some statements to come in the mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was FINALLY able to get together with my friend and give her the Christmas present I’d made, so now I can reveal them all.<\/p>\n

It all started with this. <\/p>\n

I bought enough fabric to make six reversible aprons – print on one side and solid on the other. (Note that the pattern isn’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[277,530,304],"class_list":["post-10797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weaving","tag-christmas","tag-cotton","tag-towels-linens","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10797"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10814,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797\/revisions\/10814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}