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| Pillowcase Dresses Galore |
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| Ms State University Dress |
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| Daddy's Hunting Buddy has to have a Camoflouge Dress My son's children attend a Private Christian School. Each year the school, host a craft/flea market auction to raise money for the school. So, I made these dresses to dontate .. Hope they bring a few dollars for the school.. |
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| Burda 8363.. This is not a knit pattern, but I resized it and made a tshirt pattern from it.. |
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| Light teal blue /white polka dot knit. Super easy t-shirt and oh so comfortable to wear. I used my double needle to hem ,I meant to take a close up of it, but forgot..sorry. Love that double needle with the knits . Such a nice finish.. |
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| Dr. Seuss Week is coming up.. I had to make 2 of these sets.. They were really fun to make. Now these girls are ready for their fun week at school. Sewing for kids is so fun.. There clothes are always so cute and easy to fit.. On the other hand, sewing and fitting adults..is not quiet so fun.. ha. I have been taking a Craftsy Class , trying to learn more about fitting patterns.. |
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| Valentine Cup Cakes With My Girls |
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| Callie mixing the batter..Getting ready to bake.. NOTE: [Deedy.. your apron was a big hit this day thank you so much!] |
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| Lots of decorating ..going on!![Emily finally got out of the bed, and joined us for decorating.. so fun] |
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| Callie with her Decorated Cupcakes.. Wonder how long it will be , before The yummy eating starts? |
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| I think Emily got caught sneaking a bite? |
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| Callie made herself a chocolate mustache..Isn't she cute? |
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| Callie and Emily with thier Valentine Cupcakes.. We had so much fun.. Nothing like sharing a baking day with your girls.. Love you both!! Note: Do you just love these place mats? A special friend made them for me.. Aren't I, a lucky girl? Thank you Cathe. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.... to all my blogging friends.. Hope you all have a great day.. |
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| What a lovely surprise in my mail box today!! |
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| Beautiful Apron.. SO cute.. I love it!! It even has a pocket on the front..[Love pockets] |
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| Tiny Madame Alexander Dolls [Mcdonalds Toys] Do you ever wonder about the friends you make on blogs? What are they really like? What do they enjoy doing,other than sewing/crafting? I was dusting today and decided to take a quick photo of my dolls.. Now, you didn't know that this "old Girl" likes dolls, Did you? Over the past few years, Mcdonalds will put out a collection of Madame Alexander dolls in their happy meals. When I saw my grandkids playing with them, I just fell in love with them.. They are sooo cute.I started saving them every time ,they came out. Soon, I had so many, I had to buy a curio cabinet to hold them..ha This is just a little of what I collect. I will share more on another day.. |
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| Making box out of popsickle sticks [it is about 3-4 inches deep] |
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| The box has dried, and has been painted. Now. getting ready to modpodge some scrapbooking paper to the inside.[Doesn't she look very intent on this job?] |
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| She added beads, sequins and lots of decorations. And LOTS of decorations. |
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| Callie..happy with her finished peice. |
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| Of course...after finishing the keepsake box, she had to make her a necklace out of the left over beads. Callie, sent me a letter [a real letter in the mail], a couple weeks ago. I was so shocked to get it.. And really shocked that she kept the secret , until the mail arrived to deliver it.,ha She told me, she had found alot of beads and sequins and that she and I ought to get together and make something. She just couldn't think of anything, we could do with the stuff.. Well, Saturday ,she came and spent the night with us. And we had so much fun crafting. Such wonderful memories. [And yes Papa and I , are both missing her today!!] |
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| Vogue 5777 |
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| Vintage Vogue 5777 I finished this vintage pattern that was given to me in a pattern swap by: Busy Lizzie.. She had made this dress, and I fell in love with it. Sorry my photos didn't pick up very well. The navy and white check really blurred. The pattern went together really well. The fabric was a knit that I had in my stash... I put red handmade piping in the neck. I covered the buttons with a red fabric. I also made the belt that came with it.[But, it just didn't work for me, so I used a RTW belt , I already had].Check out Lizzie's dress she made.. Thank you Liz for the pattern. http://busylizzieinbrizzy.blogspot.com/2012/12/vintage-vogue-5557-red-sheath-dress.html |
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| Fabric - Even though I know, I don't need to buy fabric..I need to de-stash.. Girls , this was a total of 10 yards for $2.00. Cute prints for the grandkids. |
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| Beautiful milk glass pitcher and plate on left [Already had the bigger one on the right, found it at the same thrift store]. Aren't they pretty together? Love this find. |
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| Cute little pictcher.. Just loved the colors in this one.. Fun /sunny but cold day thrifting..1/2013. |
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| Simplicity 4927 with Collars My son is a Baptist Preacher. He moved to another church this year . His children are attending a private/ christian school. They are required to wear uniforms. Have you ever tried to buy a solid royal blue dress with collars? And with girls who are tall for there ages, thus requiring a longer length? Well , Maw to the rescue !! I had this little a-line pattern, it didn't have collars, but I just added some cute little peter pan collars. It was "SO PLAIN", it is really hard for me to sew 'PLAIN" for the grandkids? But the school requires no added colors, names,etc. SO, I did the next best thing, I added a strip of bias tape [same royal blue fabric] to the front and made a blue bow and added to the middle of the band. That helped a little. NOTE: The picture did not pick up the bow and band very well. photo taken in my kitchen last night. We have been having freezing rain/snow/ice and it is cold /dark here. eeeK!!![ I added a close up photo , not very good, sorry] |
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| Homespun Style by Selina Lake |
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| Pages in the Book... Don't you just love the dishes? |
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| So Much Fun Decorating Ideas |
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| Fabrics...[Dreaming of ideas] |
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| This book Has lots of different rooms.. So fun and creative. I was visiting Justine from: http://www.sewcountrychick.com/2013/01/homespun-style-i-love-it.html She had bought this book, and the beautiful colors , just made me fall in love with it.. I went to amazon.com and found it.. And today, the mailman came knocking on my door, with a package.. I immediately started looking at the photos.. And I definitely was not dissappointed.. Every page is wonderful, colored photos. Such a nice book. [Thank you Justine]. We are in the midst of an ice storm, So, what a great day, to fix that cup of hot chocolate with marshmellows, and read this wonderful book and dream of all the new projects, I want to do ,this summer!! |
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| Beautiful Vogue 5777 Pattern Swap |
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| Vogue 5777 I love this pattern.. Liz at http://busylizzieinbrizzy.blogspot.com/2012/12/vintage-vogue-5557-red-sheath-dress.html made this dress in a beautiful red color.. I fell in love with it, when I saw it.. Liz was so sweet to do a pattern swap with me. She added this beautiful bias tape and tied it all up with a pretty red ribbon. Thank you Liz. Be sure to go check out her blog, she makes some adorable things. I can't wait to make this pattern. It is going to be my Valentine's day dress.Not sure if I will do it in red or pink?? What do you think? I am fixing to grade the pattern, and then do a muslin [hopefully a wearable muslin].. Will post photos soon. |
