i've been working in short sessions on a christmas stocking for alden. here is an in-progress shot, for your perusal. it will have two thin layers of organic cotton batting and i'm thinking i'll hand-quilt it with some colorful (yellow?) embroidery thread. the whole thing will be sewn together with bias tape, but i'm still trying to decide between the plain, unbleached organic cotton that i used for his name or the red and white gingham that will line the inside. the gingham is super cute, but kind of thin, so i think if i used it as bias tape, it would need to be doubled up, which might be a real pain. hmmm.

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today we went to fort greene, to meet up with erica and leon at lena's studio sale. after a nasty run in with a broken bootlace, resulting in me unintentionally bonking alden on the head, resulting in frightened tears from both of us, resulting in us leaving a bit later than planned, we then waited 20 minutes for the g train, resulting in us just missing erica and leon at the sale. boo! we caught up with them on the street, but alden's and leon's schedules were not in sync (oh babies!) and our planned brunch was not to be. mama's consolation prize was that the mociun dress she'd been coveting all summer long (since before our dear boy was even born) was there in her size and at a RIDICULOUS discount. papa swooped in to meet us and now i am the proud owner of this lovely dress, which is perfect for nursing: