The little vacation was great, even though it could have lasted 3 weeks longer. I had eleven (11) sewing projects on my list, only one of them can be checked off: the new winter coat. It's two kinds of purple with yellow lining and buttons. I love it very, very much and already have received a lot of compliments. We tried to take some pictures of it, but it was too early in the morning with not enough light so the pictures turned out way too dark. We'll try again some time later.

Of course a coat also requires accessories, so I added a scarf of the yellow fleece (which is the lining) and I'm planning on making fingerless gloves of the same stuff and a headband to keep my ears warm from both yellow (if there's enough left) and purple. I also still need to find the right color of yellow cord for in the hood of the coat so I can tie it shut when it is raining.

Matthijs helped me with it. Of course I had set myself a hard deadline; I wanted the coat to be (near) finished when we would visit Cora and Rene on the 2nd of January. We worked until 04:00 to get it finished enough to wear, all be it with pins to close the front. The buttons were sewn on in the train and at Cora and Rene's home. Matthijs helped me by drawing, cutting and sewing a very big part of the lining while I was thinking out the hood and collar.

This weekend is Exodus, so lots of preparations in the planning. I also need to do some Photoshop work for the Mus (Musilon 'magazine'). We had a great laugh yesterday when trying to pose for the picture. Alexander and I will sit on the flying carpet of Aladdin and you can't imagine how twisted Yasmin's body is and in real life they would never fit on the carpet together. :-p Rob and Renske are posing as Snowwhite in the arms of her prince, surrounded by dwarfs. We didn't wear costumes, because we don't have them, but will Photoshop ourselves to replace the original Disney characters.

Anyway, I'm working at the moment. Though I'm waiting for some feedback from my colleagues I've just thought of something that should be done soon. Back to work it is.