Finished your taxes yet? I just did. It was grueling; I’ll probably have to finish off the Easter candy to recover from it.

I’m going to reward myself by staying up late to sew. Olga found an pattern in my pattern box for girl’s pajamas, and requested a set out of some white ribbing I have on hand. The pattern is Butterick 6659. I’m making view C for summer (the sleeveless top and shorts).

This was a “used” pattern, found at a thrift store, and some of the pieces had been cut, but most of the scraps had been saved. I was able to tape the original back together, except for one piece which was lost, but I was able to make a pretty accurate guess on that piece. I never actually cut into my patterns. I trace off the size I need onto STP (Sweedish Tracing Paper), and leave the originals in tact, so that as my children grow insanely fast, I don’t have to kick myself for “ruining” the larger sizes.

I cut everything out a few days ago, so I just have to set up the serger tonight and whip it together.