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Joggers and Carefree Cardigan

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Baby Bear Joggers (elastic waist) and Mama Bear Joggers (modified yoga waist) from Patterns For Pirates in Loungeletics textured knit from JoAnn with cotton/Lycra bands. I made XXL but should have made XL. I took them apart and  trimmed down the hips, made the waistband smaller, and put buttonholes in the waistband for a drawstring. They are super comfy. This time I did the banded pocket hack which made the pocket opening sit nicely compared to topstitching it without a band. Carefree Cardigan in So Sew English galaxy rayon/poly/spandex French Terry . This is a really drapey/soft French Terry. I made XXL at first (with CL bands) and took it completely apart because it was too big/pajama-like. I  cut the pieces down to XL and used the same fabric for the bands. I pieced the neckband together because I didn't have any more pieces that wide. I didnt do the flat felled seam for the neckband because I am lazy and my grey serger thread was pretty much the same color as the ...

Cricut craft roundup

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Lots of vinyl (adhesive and heat transfer), felt wreath flowers, and a card. Wreath and card were projects from Cricut Design Space, the puppy shirt and mug were cobbled together from elements in Design Space, knitting design and the " Rebel Scum " phrase from Thread & Grain, BB8 from another blog , love cats from LoveSVG , bootleg Lego, Paw Patrol, and Odd Squad stuff imported from images I found online (coloring pages are a good thing to search for) and tweaked by me.