Shhh!!! Can You Keep A Secret?

My husband's birthday is coming up soon(a little sooner than I would like at this point). Some years ago I found a wonderful shirt for his birthday, a Ralph Lauren shirt with skiers all over it. It was immediately his favorite shirt. And then as shirts will do, it began to wear out. I think the shirt had become a bit of a security blanket for him, he absolutely loved that shirt. So how do you tear away a man's favorite shirt? By trying to replace it. As I quickly found out, that was going to be a much harder task than I thought. I couldn't find anything that remotely resembled that shirt. Then one day I was in a fabric store, thank God for fabric stores, and I came across a piece of flannel fabric that had skiers all over it. SCORE!! I bought the fabric, came home and made a skirt. That was now five shirts ago.

Now, for any of you who are married, you know that as time goes by, it gets a little more difficult to find that special present. After that first ski shirt, my birthday present giving became very easy. All I have to do is make a shirt. Seems simple enough. Not really, finding ski related fabric that isn't juvenile can be quite the daunting task.  

This year I was really lucky, I found a piece on Ebay,

and then on a recent trip to Joann's, I found another.

He's going to be sooo happy. Now I have to get them made. I just finished cutting them out, so I'm on my way.

 My standard pattern, old as the hills. I've altered it a bit. He loves it.

My husband also loves a wool cap during the winter, and he loves one that has ear flaps. Last week, Tasia of Sewaholic had a guest that has a line of caps and also has patterns. Another score! Now I have something to do for Christmas. I can't wait to try out the cap pattern. If you're interested, you can find the pattern here.

I think he will love the cap.
Happy Sewing!
Rhonda