Isn't it funny the twists and turns your life takes? Take myself for example, 6 years ago, the thought of me wanting to be a stay at home mom would have elicited the biggest laugh out of me, never in a million years. Ask me know, and I'll tell you about the plan I'm devising to convince B that his salary will support the both of us as I stay at home to craft, cook and a play with the kiddies all day long. Then there's my grad school classmate/roommate. When I met her, her specialty at the time was chicken cooked with cream of mushroom soup (Before I get stoned for being a food snob let me say that there's totally nothing wrong with things cooked with canned soup. I've ooh'd and ahh'd over many a things cooked with canned soup in my day.) Now she's miss foodie extraordinaire, reviewing So Cal eateries, whipping up healthful Filipino faves, challenging classmates to find their inner foodie by starting the Tuesday Lunch Crew and being commissioned to bake cupcakes for friends and family. She's always been a very crafty and party girl, loving all things paper and entertaining friends and family. Now she's got another skill to add to her ever growing C.V. and a new item to hang up next to her potholders.

Pattern: Butterick 4945 view E
Started: February 2007
Finished: February 2007
Recipient: Maarte Stewart

I made this for her birthday. I started AND finished early for once. However my trip to the post office kept getting pushed back and she got it 2 weeks past. I had some cues from her what to get her for her birthday when she came to visit in October. She was flipping through the Amy Butler book and stopped at the apron and exclaimed that she wanted a cute apron like that. *light bulb moment* (unless she did that on purpose). I used some cute retro looking cherry fabric and practically zipped through the project in a night. It was actually two days considering that I started fairly late that night.

Now go forth, pay her a visit and tell her to do her dishes! ;)