tying your scarf

***update to the fabric giveaway ***
***  Victoria of 'Ten Thousand Hours' is the winner ***

This silk is 8 inches wide and 68 inches long.  It still needs the edges finished.  It's a leftover from last weekend's scarf frenzy (see recent posts - there is a description of how I sewed the hems).  Just leave a comment if interested.  Shipping is on me and I don't mind shipping internationally.

OK, here is something fun - I get to sew in a different colorway!  I am sewing exactly one gift this year (for a woman who celebrates Hannukah, now that I think about it :)

She is a co-worker who appreciates my sewing and made it clear that a scarf would make her very happy, so I am delighted to sew this project.  Plus, she said she will give me a gift, too.  Yeah we are really whooping it up all right!!!

This is the same fabric I sewed for myself - the vibrant silk burnout from a recent post.  It's just a different colorway.

Change of subject ... thank you, Barbara,  for commenting about pre-washing menswear!  um, YES!
You reminded me of a very sad loss a few years ago.  A pair of pants shrunk after washing in cold water on the delicate cycle.  I always hang dry, too.  I've sewn menswear wools for years and years and it only happened one time.  Thank you for the reminder!

I find that some menswear suitings don't change much after washing, but others soften up nicely.  The dark charcoal gray pants in my previous post are a good example of wool that softened nicely and looks just a little more casual now, which I like.

And to all of you who have made such nice comments about my illustrations, I thank you, and I give you my secret: Snag-It.  It is an inexpensive tool for capturing screenshots and editing them.  They just released a Mac version and I love it!  I use both PC and Mac versions and they are both great.  I use this tool a lot for my job.

Sorry no links in this post ... it is just a quickie while I eat breakfast.  (You can google snag-it :)
Headed to the sewing room, and not even sure what I'm tackling today.  I love that feeling!!
Have a great weekend, all!