The coat

For Christmas in our families we usually draw names, in Ryan's family we weren't there to actually draw a name but were told we had his parents. Now I'm not saying it's rigged, but 3 years now or maybe more I've stopped counting we've gotten Ryan's parents, just saying ;o) Not complaining thought, I love being able to do something special for them since they have always done so much for us. This year I wanted to making something so I went to the fabric store and flipped through all the books and fell in love with this coat. I didn't start it right away since I seemed to be making a lot of gifts this year and ran out of time. But I was determined to still make it. My mom came to visit the middle of January for Hadley's birthday and since we really didn't have anything planed I asked if she wanted to help me with the coat. So in 3 days, I kid you not we made the coat. I would sew while my mom pinned the next step of the patterned together for me and we just flew through it. I had a great time making this with my mom and now I can't wait to make mine. Although now I've got tons of stuff going on and by the time I sit down to sew mine it'll be to warm to wear a coat, but maybe I'll have it ready for next year. And Dad I haven't forgotten about you, I'm still working on yours, just don't expect a coat :o).