Easter 2017

Happy Easter to  each of you and  your families.
May God bless .

Today [Saturday ] has been a really busy day.. My
kids /grandkids will be  here for lunch , after church
tomorrow.  I cleaned on Friday. Today has been
making preparations for  our Easter meal. Cooking/
chopping/ baking/ and lots of dish washing.ha

 We will attend Easter sunrise service at 6:30am.
Our  children's churches  will be here after their 
church services.


Menu:
Turkey /dressing [son's request]- 
Giblet gravy---Cranberry sauce
 Candied sweet potatoes 
 Potato salad----Bake beans
Green bean casserole--- Rolls
Ding dong cake---Pineapple/Coconut Cake

Happy Easter... Remember our  blessed Savior today.

Easter Sewing for My Friend's Children.

Easter  Sewing for my Friend's Girls
Such Fun!!
3 Sets for Each Girl... and one Embroidered
Pocket tee for the older cousin..

         

                              I have had these made for several weeks,     
                     Ooops..forgot to post!!!

                    Hope you and your family had a blessed and 
                    wonderful Easter with  your families.

Easter Dresses for Granddaughters- Photos

                               Easter 2014-- Dresses I made for my 4 Granddaughters
                                     Grandsons photos included!

Emily Morgan

Callie Noelle, Chandler, Emily

Close up of Emily' s  Dress

Close up of  Callie's Dress

Cindy's Kids.. [Just had to post this photo.. Callie's mom
put them in this pose... and the funny face , is a result of.
"Mama, there is an ant in this tree" hahaha

Chandler, Emily and Callie

Ashlee Gail

Amy  Grace

Kenny,  Ashlee and Amy

Ashlee and Amy
Sailor Girls

Easter Dresses Completed--

Dress #4 is finished!! Callie's  coral color dress.

Twins Sailor sets are Finished

                   Callie's  Coral dress is finished..It was the last one.
                   Now, all 4 granddaughter's dresses are at home with 
                   them. So proud to have  them finished.Now it is 
                   time to clean the sewing room.. Get preparations  

                   made for Easter Dinner.

                            I will post photos of the girls in their dresses, once
                  Easter is over, and there mom's sends them to me.

                  Pray you and your families have a wonderful and 
                 Blessed Easter.







  

Easter Dress #3 completed with Headaches.. One more to go!!!!!

                                          Easter Dresses for my Granddaughters  are getting done!
                                                          Slowly but Surely!!
                                                                 
                                                                            From Here:
                               

                                                                           To Here!!!
             

This is dress #3. It is for Emily. The inner bodice
does not drag like the photo is showing .. Bad
photographer.ha The dress is really pretty in person.
Emily loves it, and I am so proud.

The rest of the story... It didn't go from photo #1
to photo #2 without some headaches.. I  finished
it  up , on  Thursday.. When Emily tried it on,
the waist was too tight. SIGH!!! This girl
has a 25 in waist, and I was trying so hard, to
make sure it fit nicely, and not droopy.
 so, what did I have to do? Take the zipper
back out [of this sheer, embroidered fabric..not fun]
take satin waistband and lining out , and cut another
one.  So yesterday.was no fun!!!

Today.. I am cutting out dress #4.. Just like this one,
but in a coral color.. for an even smaller young lady..

SOON  and Very soon... I will be back to making
some spring clothes for ME...

                                           

Easter Dresses [Sailor top/skirts]- For Twins

Front - Sailor Top/Skirt

Back  View

I have finished both sets  .. Only showing
one top..[Haven't ironed the second one yet.]

2 out of 4

Now, I will start on the  older girls dresses.
Have made muslins for   them.. So am
waiting for them to come today... So I can
tweak it a little more, before cutting into
the real thing.

I will post  photos of the  girls wearing these
[after Easter, when their Mama's send
me photos.]

Oh No---Easter is almost here... and I have 4 dresses to make?

                              I spent the last 4 weeks working on biblical costumes. I did 28 for
                              a church in New Hamshire. Such an honor for me..  But, it took
                              my sewing mojo.. Had to take a break.. but couldn't seem to return??
                              However..my 4 granddaughters , don't  know any thing about
                              "Maw has lost her sewing mojo!!"  They just know, they want
                              new Easter Dresses. ha So the sewing table is piled high with
                               Dresses to be made!!!

Muslins are being done for the 13 & 15 yr old girls.
Using an old bed sheet.

The girls dresses  have a sheer bodice over a solid bodice,
with gathered skirts. The skirts have ruffles [from the sheer
fabric]. So, I have made and corrected the fitted bodice
muslin, and have cut out the overlay bodice muslin.
Just need 2 girls to come and try them on?

Emily's dress.. This gorgeous fabric arrived  today..
 Now, I just need the lining fabric to get started.. Her
Mama ordered this on line, so we had to wait for it
to come.. so we can find a matching lining fabric.

Callie's dress.. Her fabric is the same as Emily's..But in a
coral pink color. Callie is 13 and tiny. But, she loved
this pattern [Mccalls- Emily's pattern] However, the
smallest size was just way too big, to alter  to fit her.
I found this Simlicity pattern, that came in a smaller
size.. The bodice is almost the same as the McCalls
pattern.. I am going to  use the Simplicity bodice
and put  the Mccalls skirt on it.


NEXT:

While waiting on the lining fabrics, I will  start on
the twins dresses.. They chose  a vintage sailor
top and skirt.. They are still in the children's size
patterns, so fitting will be easy on this one.Yea.

 Amy and Ashlee chose the  set on the left.
The skirt and top will be blue,  with white collar
and red ties. I will add red trim to the collars.

Not only do I have to finish these 4 dresses by Easter,
 I also will be gone the first few days of April. Kenny has
a doctors appointment in Tn.. And our 42nd anniversary
is April 1 st. We have decided to  make a mini vacation
out of it.. Nothing major, just a little get away..

PS.. I must add [for the girls who have known me awhile, and
 know my willingness to take my sewing machine ANY WHERE
I go.]  Kenny has already said, "no, your not taking
your sewing machine.. You are going to rest!" lol

 

Second Set of Easter Dresses

Chandler, Emily & Callie
 Easter 2013

Emily's Easter Dress

Callie & Emily..

Emily

Callie , Emily and Chandler

 These are the Easter dresses , that I made for  my
other 2 granddaughters.

Easter Dresses in Action...Amy & Ashlee

Amy & Ashlee
8 yr old twin granddaughters
 

Amy and Ashlee

Easter dresses.. 2013
 We had a lovely Easter.. All the kids and grandkids were
home for dinner.. Hope you and you family had a lovely
one too.
ps.. When I get Emily and Callie's photos ,I will post them.

Preparations For Easter

Preparations for Easter

What plans do you have for Easter?
 My children and their families will come for Dinner
so I must prepare. How blessed I feel to  know
that my family will all be home together,  to celebrate
the wonderful Day that Jesus  rose from the  Cross.
He died for all of us.And rose again on the third day..
How Wonderful!!!

Things I must do to prepare for the dinner:

1- Take turkey out of freezer to thaw
2- Make cornbread for stuffing
3-Make Chocolate cake layers for ding dong cake
[the grandkids favorite dessert], I make the cake
layers and freeze them, until the day before.. Saves
time. Will make the frostings, the day before.
4- Cut up onions, celery and put in plastic containers.
5- Boil eggs.. [of course their will be some dying and hunting
Easter eggs!!!]


Things I must do for the house preparation:

1-  Mop the floors/Vaccumn the floors
2- Get rid of the dust bunnies [as my friend
Cathe would say]
3- Clean bathrooms/mop bathroom floors
4- Clean my sewing room [it is a  complete mess,ha]

PS   I have finished all 4 of the granddaughter's Easter dresses.
The twin's dresses  have been mailed to them,and  have arrived safely.
 Emily and Callie's, are hanging in my sewing room, awaiting
the girls to pick them up. Photos will be posted after Easter..

Sending prayers that you and your famlily will have a blessed
and Wonderful Easter holiday.

Shopping with My Girls..Leads to This!! WIP

Callie.. 11 yr old grandaughter.. [she is really tiny, so we
are still in the little girls patterns..so Maw , has to make
them look older for her!!] ..Will make purple piping for the neck
and she has a purple cardigan to wear on Easter day.

Emily - 14 yr old grandaughter Will do the  fuller skirt version

Note: Emily & Callie are sisters... Cindy always tries
to match them..so that when she takes her Easter photos,
 they will look good.. I will share the photos after Easter.

Amy & Ashlee , my 8 yr old twin grandaughters will
be wearing  sailor dresses on Easter day. I found this
vintage pattern on ebay. The dresses will have white
collars, red trim and ties.

When you head to  fabric stores on spring break , and the patterns
are $1.00...  This is what Callie came  home with.

Emily came home with these.

During spring break , Cindy,Emily, Callie and myself went
shopping. We went to look for Easter dresses.. But, before
the day was over... we came home with fabric and patterns.
Amy & Ashlee called and wanted sailor dresses too.
SO
What will Judy be sewing the next 2 weeks?  Easter dresses
for my sweet grandaughters..

Our spring break shopping trip, was really fun.. We went out
to eat, and sit and talked and had a really fun "giggley girls day out".
 We shopped until this"old lady" was give out!! But what a  fun
DAY!!!!
 

Easter Biblical Costumes... Judy is Sewing

Costumes for 8 yr old boys

Variety of colors

I will never be able to go to Niagra Falls, NY [how I wish]..However,
my sewing is..lol  These costumes are for a church in NY.
These will be used by a church there ..It is for 8 yr old boys.

 I  have posted on my blog before , about making biblical
costumes for churches. I have had my sweet blogging
friends say, " how sweet I am for doing this."  But, I
must tell you, I am not that nice!! ha.. It is such an honor
 and blessing for me to be able to do this. The churches pay
 me a small amount,to bascially cover the cost of
 fabric and shipping.  [and I wish,I didn't have to accept that].

 I watch at fabric stores all through the year, for
 clearance or sale
fabrics.. Usually , the "not so pretty fabric" will be
on the sale tables... But, these costumes are to be
in biblical times, so no shiny bright pretty fabrics
are needed. I store them away, for Christmas and
Easter programs.. I try to keep the cost of fabric, as
low as I can.

So.. What I am trying to say is:  I  will receive such
an award when I get to meet my Heavenly Father
one day.And here on this earth, I get to meet and
deal with some super nice people.

 Happy Easter to you and your families.