Red "Kash-mere" Jacket

After 35 days of coxsackie virus turned bronchitis, I'm back! I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by the amount of sewing I haven't done. I challenged myself to 52 projects in 52 weeks, and I'm WAY behind my intended schedule of one project per week. Had I been able to maintain my schedule, I'd be showing you project #14. However, here is project #9...

Last fall "Thing 3" started school. Usually I'm the parent who puts her on and gets her off the bus. At the beginning of the school year the weather is warm and I don't mind being outside with just a hoodie, and in the winter it gets cold and I have a down coat, snow pants, all the winter gear. But in the fall and spring, I don't really have the appropriate clothing to be comfortable while waiting outside, just standing in the cold-ish temperatures. I bet you can see where this is going...