Macy Giggles Dress

What a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Saturday started with me taking a sewing class at my favorite spot, Stitcher's Playhouse. I was able to make Julezee a super cute dress from this pattern:
I hope to have my pictures uploaded tomorrow. We used a navy, yellow, and white daisy print-super cute. She loves it because its a great twirling dress. I then went to the ballpark (my second home) and spent some time selling snow cones with some pretty great friends. (I'm so blessed with our friends--we've made amazing friends in the four years we've been here). Then, dinner at our favorite Mexican place. Tomorrow, I'm hoping for a trip to the strawberry patch to pick some berries and pick up a cake--yumm!!!

Smocking--my new project

I took a smocking class at stitchers last Tuesday and have a follow-up this Tuesday. I can't seem to get straight stitches out of it, but at least the wearer will be a moving target. I'm excited about what it's going to look like when I'm finished. I'm making a black bishop dress with zig-zag smocking in bright, rainbow colors--so cute and not babyish like most of the smocking I see.

Update: I finished the construction of the dress--complete with hand sewing and all!! It's not too bad. I've still got tons of smocking to do, maybe I'll get around to it before she's too big to wear it. I've got a list of things I want to sew this summer--just two more weeks and I can devote part of the day to sewing. I may teach the kiddos how to do some and they can help out.

More sewing...and sewing for a mission

This weekend was completly devoted to sewing. I spent Saturday learning to sew on Minkee fabric--a bright fuschia Julianne picked out. (I finally got a picture at Christmas with her in her new dress) I took the class at my favorite little sewing shop, Stitchers Playhouse in Smyrna. We reconstructed one of the Children's Corner patterns, Louise. The class was fun; only two of us, so Ms. Ann gave us a ton of personal attention and help. Of course, lunch was delicious as well--homemade chicken salad, apricot bread with a cream cheese/mango spread, and lemon cake--yum! Back to the dress, we did a high waist, long sleeve dress. Sorta like what you see in Land's End. Julianne wants cooler weather to get here so she can wear it, secretly, I do to, she looks so cute in it.

After the sewing class, I spent a little time helping out a small group at FBC Smyrna with a sewing mission to make 250 dresses using the Lucy pattern. I got the easy job of closing the dresses for the hour and a half I was there. They exceeded their goal in less time than they had anticipated. Over 250 little girls will have new dresses to wear soon. Julianne is modelling a dress similar to the ones we made--this was her birthday dress for her invitations.