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A Blue Checked Work Shirt

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After spending well over a year on the hamster wheel of house hunting, we finally found something late last year. It was a stressful threeish months: dealing with paperwork and banks; balancing work and packing; and trying to deep clean and pack an un-airconditioned house in July and August. I didn't do any sewing other than a small mend or two for over a month strictly due to having to pack up my sewing space. That time began to stretch as there were other demands on my time (work, increased commute to and from work, continued unpacking, home maintenance and cleaning, decorating, etc). The worst part that was I was unable to find a sewing table. I restored a beautiful enameled 1940s kitchen table that had been in our basement, but after all my hard work, it was just a little too high to be comfortable and the metal top, while sturdier than most of its kind I had encountered, shook when I would run my machine. Starting to go mad without my trusty creative outlet, I decided on some ...