I finished my pink muumuu this weekend. Cute, huh? I’m seriously thought it would be a bust but it has really grown on me. It’s super comfortable and perfect for hot weather.

Instead of creating a casing for the elastic I just sewed it directly onto the dress (on the inside of course!). Not quite as fancy but much faster and since there’s a belt covering up, it looks fine. Plus, less bulk! Less bulk in the waist area is always good.

I adore these huge deep rose-colored novelty buttons. You can’t see the ones at my shoulders in these photos, I guess because they are so big they flop over. That’s OK though, it’s better for under cardigans anyway.

a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/2073468875/” title=”Brier Rose Scarflette by The Fabled Needle, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/2073468875_2b2d539d34_o.jpg” alt=”Brier Rose Scarflette” height=”585″ width=”400″ //abr /br /I’m noticing a theme here in my last 2 blog posts!br /br /I’m very excited to announce that the book a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Anticraft-Knitting-Stitching-Slightly-Sinister/dp/1600610307/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1196358235amp;sr=1-1″ target=”_blank”Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister/a is out on stores shelves now! (It came out early, I just found out.) I’ve been span style=”font-style: italic;”patiently/span waiting for my free copy but when I heard it was already out, I couldn’t wait.br /br /The photography is edgy and non-cheesy and there are many great patterns inside. I’m still deciding what my favorites are. I wasn’t sure what to expect, considering those mischievous peeps over at Anticraft.br /br /And the span style=”font-weight: bold;”most important part/span of the whole thing, my pattern! It was inspired by Sleepy Beauty. (And some of you may notice that I like thorny briers - check out my a href=”http://www.fablehandmadegoods.etsy.com/” target=”_blank”etsy shop banner/a) I sent this in about a year ago, while still living in San Francisco.br /br /The scarflette looks pretty against the blue - it’s so amazing to see it for-reals published. If only you could see the little “thorns” better. But otherwise, no complaints here.br /br /Yay!