White Dress

The dress fits nicely. I was wasn't sure if the length, so I hemmed it, with her help, in Kansas. It's a joy to watch the littles wear the white dresses. 

Life is Good.....

Kansas beauty.....

Busy weekend

I love all things Lori Holt, but this takes the cake. I do love staying home.

I had ordered fabric and a pattern from Etsy to make a dress for my granddaughter three weeks ago. The fabric came, the pattern didn't. 

I picked up a pattern at Hobby Lobby, but the sleeve was wrong. So I found a sleeve on Etsy that was pdf and downloaded it. 

I was grateful that it fit and that 45 years ago I had a really good teacher who taught me how to set a sleeve. 

I also tie- died 30 shirts. 

The kids put the rubber bands on them,

So they are all different. 

It was a mess. They are done. I never have to do them again. 

I'm ready for a road trip. 

Happy Spring.....

Transformation

I finished the refurbishing of this quilt made by my great aunt. 

It truly was a transformation. I wish I would have taken a picture before I started working on it. 

Well, it needed some patches. Some were better color matches than others .

It needed cleaned....it was very dirty.

And it needed re-quilted. 

At first I struggled with removing the original quilting, but I swear, I heard Aunt Edith tell to take them out. 

So I did. It took a long time to pick them out, but it looks so much better.

I didn't realize that the center would need re-quilted until the end. I did not pick out the original. I just filled in what was missing. Which was more than I thought, but the result was stunning. 

Although I still don't like the color of the border with the leaves, I think it is beautiful. Edith did a lovely job quilting and the appliques are nicely done. 

I definitely have felt her presence as I re-did her work. 

Quilting is my therapy......

Keep a needle between your fingers....