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Aren’t these lovely? Ana Constantinescu makes gorgeous flower jewelry, kitchen goods, and more — they’ll be at Serendib House on May 7th, 11-4, for our spring shopping event. (Mother’s Day is May 8th!) More details and RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/745071826657136 You can also find her directly here: Bloom & Make LLC www.bloomandmake.com

I’ve been spending my down time sewing scarves from my own designs — almost done with all the ones I have on hand, and about to go on to tea towels. Here, I’m in my garden, and modeling three purple scarves to coordinate with my newly purple hair: • Starry Woods scarf in modern jersey

I think I’ve drawn enough snowdrop fairies. Next step, turning it into a repeating pattern. But first, sleeping.

Another fairy. I think I want two more, and then I’ll try to add them to the snowdrops to make a pattern…

Sewed a quick scrunchie to match the snowdrop top out of the leftover scraps. Waste not, want not. Scrunchie instructions here: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/sew-your-own-hair…

I forgot to mention, I tried it on before I sewed up the side seams, and it was definitely way too big. I cut it down to a 12/14 (adjusting in various places), periodically trying it on and holding it together at the sides, trying to make sure I was leaving enough seam allowance. I

I thought I’d made a dire mistake at this point — I was a little careless and when I was sewing the bias tape to the neckline, I didn’t match right sides together, so I had to rip it out and re-do. And the cotton lawn is really quite delicate — somehow when I was

Next step — make your own bias tape. I have done plenty of that for mask-sewing, before I wised up and bought some ready-made bias tape, but even though I had some on hand, I thought I might as well go ahead and go old-school, making my bias tape from the fabric. (That does require

The next bit called for serging, but I don’t have a serger. Luckily, they gave an alternative approach using French seams, which I’m pretty sure I’ve never done before. Easy and neat — I like them a lot. It’s funny how it’s hard not to assume they’re going to be good just because they’re French