 Good morning. I am getting ready for the day. I actually have a lot of glasses. I have five hours of classes today. So I'm preparing myself, made a smoothie. I know, I know. Proud of myself though for doing this instead of what I sometimes do, which is, oh, I'll just figure out something when I get there. It's not a restaurant. I mean, there are restaurants nearby, I don't have time to go. They have like breakfast bars there. But that's like not enough to feed yourself. So proud of myself for getting something in my stomach today, because otherwise it would be three after three before I could eat. So, and this is actually really hitting the spot. This is chocolate protein powder, mixed berries, banana, plain Greek yogurt, plain oat milk. Okay, that's good. All right, so this is ready. I used two straws. I'm such an idiot. Okay. All right, so yeah, leaving for classes, dressed and ready to go. I gotta look up what pattern this jacket is. I think, I think it's the Morris Blazer, Green Line or Helen's Closet, one of those. And when I do that, then I can do my outfit of the DIY, excuse me. I'm trying to film here. I can do my outfit of the day DIY video for the internet. And then I also usually try and bring some kind of project to work on because like when I'm teaching, a lot of times, and because I know what students I have today, a lot of times it's like, I know I'm gonna be saying, okay, do this step. And then they go off and like iron something forever or so a side seam, that stuff takes forever and I'm just sitting there doing nothing. So I'll usually bring like a small project that I can work on. So today I'm gonna finish the J-O-Y stuffed 3D letter tutorial. Well, I finished the tutorial, but I'm gonna finish the letters so that I can take pictures and make it like really cute. So just gotta pack all that up, get over there. I'll get coffee when I get there. And then my first student is like super easy going and like chill. So not too worried about it. But yeah, that's it. Mom's gotta leave. Go make the money. What do you think about that? Mom's leaving. What a mess. Okay. All right, I'm procrastinating. So, oh boy. Let's get this show on the road. If you don't follow me on social media, this is Stache where I teach sewing classes. It's very beautiful here. Very clean, white, bright, inspiring. And oh, you can't see it today. Some days, right through here, you can see the uptown skyline, but not today. It's too cloudy. You can kind of sort of see it bouncing through there. Anyways, oh, oh gosh. I wake up with allergies almost every single day now. I don't know if that's like a Charlotte thing, like I'm just allergic to something here or an aging thing or what, but I get here a little bit early so I can turn on all the lights, all off the doors. Turn on some muzak and raise the shades, but they're already raised. So then I'll just get out the iron and ironing board and turn on some lights back here and make sure we have a good, clean space ready for my students today. Oh man. That is usually my cutting table because it raises and lowers, but now it's not, not today. All right, well, we're gonna have to make do because wow, they must have been busy. They have like this machine out. They have that machine out. Am I making all dizzy? They have that machine out. There's a lot going on apparently when they get here in about 30 minutes. I'll ask them if we can move that stuff. But I don't know, I might not need it today. I don't know. We'll see. Anyways, so yeah, this is it. It's very lovely here. I don't mind spending my whole day here, like at all. So, can we talk about this for a second? So apparently if y'all do quilting or applique, do y'all know swan amity? I don't know the lady's name that designs these, but she made this as a sample for the store. Can we talk about how incredibly perfect all of this hand applique is? I mean, my gosh. It's, I mean, beautiful. I mean, of course it's cute too, but like the actual craftsmanship is impeccable. You can't see that stitching at all. Ugh, obsessed. So again, it's swan amity. Does it say, fail Arizona? No, it doesn't say her name, but whoever she is, girl, you are incredible. All right, all done with class. It's 3 p.m. now, so I taught from 10 till 3. That was a lot, but one student almost finished a pair of cashmere at pants. Another one is working on some McCall's men's, he's a man, men's wear t-shirt. That is turning out really good. He's really scared, you know, a little hesitant, but after every step, he's like, oh, cool. So it's really fun to see that come together. But yeah, I'm gonna grab something to eat, head home, work on today's DIY with some other videos. The day is not over. Honey never makes it onto the channel. She's always in her own world whenever I'm filming, but she's our little queen, our little angel. So yeah, I got home, ate, got the girls, took them for a walk. I love her little ears. And then I just posted my holiday tutorial for today. Kinda cheated, if I'm being honest. It isn't actually a tutorial per se, but I'm showing you where I get my favorite Christmas stocking pattern from. And then I know that that pattern is really straightforward and easy to use. So you don't really need a tutorial for it. It's really that simple and straightforward. And I love this stocking pattern because the stockings end up being really big, which I think for a lot of free patterns can be kind of the downfalls that they're just so small for some reason. Anyways, these are huge. So I can actually show you mine. Do you remember when I made these last year? I was actually teaching a class for SIY, so it yourself, Free Spirits, little program that they did for a little while. Or they still have it, but anyways, these are them. The fabric is Free Spirit too. So I made a whole bunch of samples for them. I've taught this class virtually. I've taught students, like kids, how to sew this in person. It's just a really great, easy little pattern. You wanna get in? I'm gonna stocking? Okay, okay, no. All right, anyways, so that's my little like, a little too tired to film an entire tutorial today if you know what I'm saying. It really takes it out of me teaching. And plus I did it for so long today. All those, excuse me, excuse me, that's kind of gross for five hours. So I'm kind of wiped. So yeah, my weekends are kind of boring. I just go to the shop and come home. But we'll get back to doing some fun stuff this week. And I think I have plans to do a couple of things with some friends. I'll need to run some errands at some point. I have to sew. I'll have to film so along. More info on that to come. So it'll be a busy week. Just not as exhausting, I guess, as teaching. Teaching's very tiring. Just mentally, emotionally taxing. Yeah, that must be it. So yeah, I'm gonna call this good for Vlogmas Day 2. I know it was a boring one, but listen, not all days can be like action packed. And if anybody's doing a Vlogmas where every single day is just like bam, bam, bam, bam, that's probably fake. And they're probably very tired. J.K., as soon as I stopped, turn the camera off, the postal service delivered a package from Kai Scissors. Kai Scissors. So we will do a little unboxing. I don't know what this is. My contact there emailed me to get my new address. So I knew they were sending something. I just don't know what. So this'll be very exciting. You're gonna get your face cut off. Excuse me. She is just something else. Is there food in here? Is that what's going on? Is that why your little nose, your little snippers doing double time? It feels heavy. And I mean, I know I guess scissors are supposed to be heavy, but this feels really heavy. So let's see what we've got in here. This is always so much fun packages from brands. All right, let's do this. Oh my, oh my gosh. I am so spoiled. Okay. Wow. The N5000 series. Another, oh my God. Wait, what? Four, five, six pairs of N5000 series scissors. Nine and a half inches. Oh my gosh. Look at these. Wow. Beautiful. Let's see. Oh, lighter than I expected. Oh yeah, baby. Oh yeah, baby. I don't have any fabric over here. And you know I'm not about to cut some paper with this stuff, but six pairs. So I guess I'll be doing a little giveaway. Should I do it on this video and just not tell anybody? Like don't put it in the title or anything. Like you would have had to watch all the way to the very end. Yeah. Let's do that. Okay. So how are we gonna do this? Okay. I have this version of my stocking. Sweaters and trees. And I have this version of my stocking that is bears and mittens. So you are gonna leave in the comment section which of these are your favorite? Bears and mittens or sweaters and trees. Okay, this is so exciting. All right, cool. And then I'll pick a couple of you guys and I'll reach out and get your information to ship you a pair of scissors. All right, you guys. That's really it. This is really it. I'm not coming back on. I'm done for today, for reals. Okay, see you tomorrow.