A Couple of Things

I spent yesterday at DSis' helping put together Ikea cabinets, so I haven't done much work on the LBD. But today, Sewing Diva Phyllis is coming over and we're going to the studio to spend the afternoon sewing, so I'm hoping to make progress.

Thanks to the "fun" events of last week, I never got to congratulate the Patriots on a fantastic season. You may not have liked them last year (face it, even some of us were sick of them by the playoffs, and the hype was so annoying, even to me), but you had to admire them this year. With Brady knocked out 7 minutes into the season, losing Harrison, Bruschi and countless others, and 24 starterless games, Matt Cassell, Bill Belichick and the rest of the team pulled a season that no one would have forseen. Yes, it sucks that they didn't make the playoff (Stoopid Jets, later much Man-genius), but they played with the kind of heart that we hadn't seen for the last few years. Now that Indy has been knocked out, I can root for the Giants with impunity. Don't be surprised! The Giants were New England's team before the NFL expansion. Never the Jets - always the Giants.

I got an advanced copy of what looks to be a really fun book John Bates: Fashion Designer. It's available now, and I'll review it as soon as I finish reading it. John Bates is probably best known for being the designer of Emma Peel's fashions on the 1960s TV series, "The Avengers".

So I have lots to do. I'll keep you posted on my progress with the dress. I think I'll make a muslin today and ask Phyllis to help me fit it.

Happy sewing!