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PHEW! What a whirlwind 6 days we have just had~
Kasey was married to Jessica in Boise Idaho on Saturday, We spent all our time with kids and grandkids (insert a hooray here!) and we made it home at 2am this morning in time to get 4 hours of sleep and rush off to work!
Our time was precious with our loved ones and we thoroughly enjoyed every minute!
That is Misty the creative artist!
And here is Kasey and Jessica!
More photos to come! I am exhausted tonight!
Over the last weekend I sewed this blouse. But, it's more like a jacket after I got it all done. So I wore it to work Monday over a vanilla long sleeved top. I don't think I will be making anymore of this particular pattern.
I have been sewing for 44 years now and making clothes for 38 years and I am terribly disappointed in the current quality of the sewing patterns. Missing pieces on the tissue, Cut them exactly and they don't match up in the assembly process and the directions, who writes these directions? Glad I sew by photo and previous knowledge!
This is my FAVORITE tool that I own! its a Bernina 910 the last of the style right before the computerized came out. I have had it 29 years and would love to have one dollar for every mile we have sewn together! lol (the orange quilt panel hanging on the wall is a Halloween one that Kay chose but we have yet to add the borders, so I hung it to see it and remind myself I need to finish it, it's been there 2 years now! lol)
Facings
Front
Fronts with darts sewn in
making the dart- I use chalk and a ruler- I use straight pins to mark the 3 dots and then use my ruler to draw with the chalk in the next picture a line to each dot making a V
Ta Dah!
"Pink" cabbage roses are my FAVORITE of all for fabrics. I wore them in high school to when they were first coming popular. Now they are really hard to find and when I do I buy 4 yards of the fabric!
Hope you are inspired to sew something! I am ready to make more clothes and to get making some new quilt tops too~ stay tuned!
Kasey my step son, and Kay's youngest child, is getting married on Saturday and Jessica called to invite me to the shower! Here is the card I made for her shower.
I wanted something to match their colors yet be elegant. I found this idea online and cased it! The flower matches the blue box favors we made and all the colors coordinate perfectly unless she made changes I don't know about! lol
The card opens as the dress over laps to the right of the groom- as tho she were standing by his side
here is the embossed inside of the card and the embossed envelope
Here is a close up of the embossing
I used the stamp set "Everything Eleanor" (page 112) White Craft ink and irredescent Ice embossing powder from Stampin Up of course and the Heat Tool to create this effect. It's absolutely stunning I'm sorry the photos just don't show it off well. It just as important to stamp the envelope as it is the card!
We will purchase the gift when we are there and I plan to wrap it in a coordinating paper and bow.
I have 4 more prepped and in a folder so when I have another wedding I need a card for I can just assemble quickly and have it! I am excited to see my kids and grandkids and Kay's kids and grandkids. There are several including one of my own that I have not even seen or held yet- gasp!
I hope these photos inspire you!
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Hi everyone!!
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I plan to do more sewing this year.
Here is a dress I finished for Katie. She will be home in a week for a few days for a short visit and she can take it with her! I may not see her again till she graduates from Boot camp. sigh
I know it will look better on her than it does hanging in this photo! lol It's a fitted dress- not frump girl like it looks here- sheesh there is just no way to display it to get a good photo!
This is a skirt I made and a photo close up of the awesome fabric!
I couldn't use a flash or it would be to blurry- the fabric looks like tooled leather! I just love it!
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