Janice's Robe

Fleece robe or bed jacket I made for my sister-in-law.

Nathanael's Vehicle Shirt

Nathanael will match Levi Thursday at our Fourth-of-July church picnic, though Nathanael's yokes and collar are red, while Levi's are blue.  Nathanael is 7.

I do not like this style of a shirt pattern, with no collar band, and only a facing in front, as opposed to a separate placket.  It is so much better tailored -- to say nothing of easier to sew -- with a band and plackets, as Levi's shirt has.  Why do pattern designers think we like facings that turn wrong side out when we wash our clothes -- or stick out whilst we're a-wearing them??  Well, we don't.  So I topstitched the facings down.  Perhaps you can spot the stitching line in the third photo below.

Levi's Vehicle Shirt

This is for Levi for the Fourth-of-July picnic.  Hannah was making a dress for Joanna and shirts for Nathanael and Levi, and was running out of time; so I offered to sew one of the shirts.  Levi just turned 3.

Look, I even remembered to get the directional print right side up!

Joanna's Czechoslovakian Dress

Here are pictures my daughter Hannah sent me of Joanna in her Czechoslovakian dress that I helped her finish yesterday.  Hannah made the white underdress and the black pinafore top, and was running out of time to finish it for Czechoslovakian Day at school today.  So yesterday I put together the red skirt and the apron overlay.  Hannah made the flower wreath for her hair. 

This was for Czechoslovakian Day at school today.  The children ate a Czechoslovakian dinner at noon, and Hannah's contribution was an apple strudel.

Makes me laugh -- a beautiful, old-fashioned girl ... with a lavender plastic digital watch on her arm.  :-D

Black Crushed Velvet Bolero

Victoria found the dress online and just had to have it -- and then, after committing to buy, I discovered -- it was coming from China.  We paid extra -- a lot extra -- to get it in time for the Christmas program.

She wanted a black velvet bolero to go with it -- but of course there was nary a speck of black velvet to be had anywhere in town.  We found black crushed velvet at the Hobby Lobby in Norfolk.  I used an old 1950s bolero pattern, revised it a bit, and added pleated ruffles around the shawl collar and the sleeves.

Pink Shantung Jacket

I made this jacket for Lydia, to coordinate with her dusty rose raw silk jumper.

It's her 21^st birthday Monday, the 25^th.

Embroidered Hearts

Hannah is making a dress for Joanna for Valentine's Day. 

Here is the fabric:

She asked me to embroider hearts on the white platter collar. 

I decided it would be prudent to do a practice piece first:

It turned out so pretty, I think I will use this for the

center of a small decorative pillow for Joanna. 

One of the colors in her room is aqua.

 

The darker blue 'ribbon' didn't quite land in the right spot on the hearts at the sides, probably because I stitched it out at only 72% of the original design.  So I upped it a couple of percentage points, to 74%, checked to be sure the design still fit on the collar, and stitched it out.  Here it is, ready for Hannah to turn into a collar: