Mine is sewing.
I learned to sew when I was four old from a Grandmother exasperated with my attempts to fashion doll clothes with scraps from the rag drawer and scotch tape. My first “garment” was a pillow case “dress”, cut to add neck and arm openings then embellished with tucks and gathers to make it fitted. I sewed all through high school, college and my 20′s though since knitting has taken over my life. I recently found my self with a week between commitments and in anticipation of the publication of the Alabama Chanin‘s new book, Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, I thought I might see just how much I could accomplish from books 1 & 2.
4 Panel Alabama Swing Skirt, Book 1: 
(See that? I haven’t even removed all the basting threads yet… the skirt is not crooked, its unpressed, fresh from the needle)
Rose Stencil Reverse Applique, organic cotton jersey in brown and black.
6 Panel Alabama Swing Skirt, Book 2:
Bright red organic cotton jersey with herringbone stitch on the exposed seams
Again, I haven’t finished trimming the loose threads…Because Book three arrived today, and I am over the moon in love. I’ve got another day or so before the yarn for the next project arrives, lets see what else I can do…
