Bodice Horizontal Dart Gathers

It might be a little hard to see because I am wearing a white cardigan and the sample is white. I learned this really cool technique for adding fullness to a bodice. This one involves adding gathers to one leg of a vertical waistline seam dart. I really like how it looks. This is a sample I had to make for my patternmaking class but I think when I get some free time and finish up some other projects first I want to make a blouse like the purple one I made but with these gathers on each side front and back.

Snowshoeing

We went snowshoeing again on MLK day to the same place near Vivian Park in Provo Canyon that we went a week before. We went with Anna & Zach, Adrian and her husband, and Nathan Bills and his date. It was pretty fun with everyone there. It started raining partway through but it was not much and for a few minutes it was hailing and windy so I got hit in the face with ice stuff. The snow was good though and hiking made it not feel so cold, Brian and I were pretty out of shape that we got sweaty but it was really fun. We got good use of our car with 6 people in it and driving in the snowy parking lot. It is so nice and works really well.

Snowshoeing

Brian and I went Snowshoeing today at a trail up past Vivian Park in Provo Canyon. It was really great, the snow was pretty deep and not too compacted but enough to make it easy to walk. The trail was uphill with switchbacks. We only went for about and hour and a half but it was really fun. We plan on going next weekend with some more people.

Here is a map of the trail we went on. It is at the parking lot at the end of the road. It was about 1.5 miles round trip.

Thinking about Moving

Brian and I have been thinking about how we are going to move all of our stuff in April to California. So we have been trying to sel a bunch of stuff that we never use and don't want to haul with us. Some things we have been selling are a lot of books, my bow and arrow set, and a bag full of belt buckles. We want to not rent a u-haul and fit everything in our big car and the boat, hopefully the couch will fit in the boat. At least we have a while to get everything sold so we don't get desperate and sell for less.