Dresses for our granddaughters!

A great new week begins. When did it get to be February?!

Izzy's dress

Josie's dress, almost done.

Trying to finish dress #2 (for Josie), my sewing machine bobbin-holder-guts fell out. I walked away from it.

I went back at it Sunday. I fixed that sucker.

All I have to do is attach the skirt to the bodice, it was 5/6 done, and the bobbin got quirky.
Also the zipper, which I forgot to buy. duH.

I hand-sewed the bodice lining over the skirt. Nothing like those straight, perfect stitches my grandmother used to do, but it will suffice! Next, I'll hem it. Isabelle's dress is ready to be fitted and hemmed.

Ottawa, 1993

We'll see them next week, and I can finish them off! These are the same patterns I bought last year. it's fun mixing and matching the sleeves, bodice, etc., and making clothes for them both. It keeps the cats entertained, as well!

I used to make dresses for my daughter, too. The last one I think I made was her grade 8 graduation ceremony dress. There simply wasn't anything suitable in the stores. She's 35 years old, now, and I still don't think they have anything suitable for tweens 20 years later!

Jan. 19

I posted some photos on iCloud, in order for Isabelle to choose her lining colour (purple or green, her fave is green) and she chose purple. Go figure. She chose pink buttons, too. She remembered that I'd promised a skirt, but I had enough material for a dress.
I put each dress in a shoe box, with the patterns, leftover materials, and such. This keep the clutter down, sort of!

Jan. 26

Daisy is such a helper

Daisy Annabelle from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
My helpers, as I try to begin a dress project. I just have to watch the pins!

Garden tails, sewing projects, sleepy cats

I haven't made a dress in ages!
Mostly, I've been sewing outfits for Frosty...

Dorah is so tired! Such a hard worker.

We spent the morning sewing. I decided to sew a dress for each granddaughter. I need some notions to finish them, that is a task for another day. Sadie 'helped' by sitting on the fabric as I was preparing to cut out the pieces. I shooed her away. I have shimmery butterfly fabric for Jos and flying coccinelle, and other bugs, for Isabelle.

It's been chilly, but good gardening weather in the afternoons.
Sleepy cats, too.
Lots of cocoons about. I love how they shimmer, like gold, as they hang and morph. I'm not sure the second one, but the first photo is the Eastern Comma. I'll keep watching our mystery caterpillar, kept in my aquarium.

Every morning, here in the swamp, the dew is amazing.
Yesterday, I took a break, sat out on the bench. Buster came over, then Daisy, then Dorah. We all sat and watched the chickadees, Cedar waxwings, Goldfinch, Phoebe, as they flew hither and yon.

Dorah is a faithful supervisor.
She sits in the hole I dug for a plant.
This is the time of year for
creating new gardens.
The plants are 75% off!
We put Toad lily in this hole!

  

We're not sure what it is!