Snow and sew

 We finally got some measurable snow on Monday.  It snowed all day long, and I stayed in my sewing room most of the day.  

We ended up with about 4" total, and then the cold moved in behind it.  Yesterday morning it was -14 when I got up, with a "feels like" temperature of -36.  And we were much warmer than anyone north of us!  But the sun was shining on all that new snow.  These are the days that I'm grateful that I didn't have to be on the road before dawn for work.

When I picked out the top stitching on each of the coin purses, I managed to make a big hole in the aqua star version.  But the others went just fine. For the one with the hole, I just removed the zipper completely and replaced it with a different outer fabric.  All 5 new coin purses are ready to hand stitch the lining closed, and then turned right side out.  

And I did the cutting for the new Saturday Sampler.  Once the pieces were all cut, the assembly has begun.  I switched the dark brown for the lighter shade so there was more contrast with the chevrons.  One third of the chevrons are sewn so far.