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  What I’m sewing:   Looking forward to Spring   Now that the holidays are past, I have been looking forward to spring (break): warm weather, sun, and lighter clothing.   Fall and spring seem to be my time for new clothes – probably a hold over from my childhood where there were always new clothes for school in the fall and a new outfit for Easter.   So, I dug into the stash which had grown substantially with the passport event and started sewing. First up were two shirts for my husband.   We found blue and yellow striped shirt weight cotton fabrics at Fabrications.   The fabrics have a lovely hand and the stripes were helpful in getting all the pieces to line up!   I made sure that the center fold of the fabric was along one stripe and then all the stripes matched down the shirts.   I used the Liesl & Co. All-Day Shirt pattern.   The pattern instructions were clear with very good instructions on how to finish the yoke and the sleeve welts.   I’m not production sewing these d