Here’s the latest project I made from the 2010 sewing calendar: February 8: Tea Towel Apron by Sarah Mikkelsen at my spare time.

This is probably my favorite project from the calendar thus far. The instructions were super easy and clear. Yesterday, I had all two items on the materials list and it took about eight minutes to complete. I was thinking that I still had work to do; nope, that was it. Genius.

It was perfect timing too, as just moments before, I was forced to scrap a failed sewing project. This apron success made me feel a whole lot better about my little world. Actually, this apron was so fast that I kind of felt I needed to embellish it just so I could spend more time on it. But that was just a fleeting thought and it fleeted away as quick as it came.

During nap time today, however; I sat on the porch in the sun and stitched something else I was working on. Then, when I finished it up, I didn’t feel like getting out of the sun just yet and I had a few supplies at my fingertips, so I added some buttons and hand-stitched the outline of the bird.

I like it even more now and I’ve already worn it twice this weekend. (The line between just for fun and actually using it is kind of dashed.)

And here is the building that Ramona made for me using fabric, scissors, and glue. It’s by far cooler than any building I’ve ever seen.

Also, I only skipped one project, February 4: Simple Pillowcase. It’s cute and I will probably make pillow cases for the girls sooner or later, but honestly, the instructions were confusing when I read through them. Okay, I just read through them again; yep, still confusing.