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Some Photos from my Studio

Hi all! We just got back last night from our “vacation”. I’ll write more about that later. The rest of this post was written 10 days ago; I got too involved in life stuff to even post it. So sorry to neglect you all. Here it is.

Here are a few photos around my studio for you.

I redressed my Kish Tulah and Riley in my “old” crocheted dresses. Look at Riley’s embroidery work. I think I’ve improved since I made this one. My bullion roses are quite crude compared to my roses now. I guess practice makes “more” perfect (can’t say mine are perfect); it is nice to see where I started though. However, to be fair, it is quite difficult to embroider on crocheted cotton.

Tulah was never my favorite of the little Kish crew, but I now find her face more captivating than Riley’s. Isn’t she sweet!

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Lilah, Ann Estelle’s little sister, is wearing another “old” piece of mine, a crocheted romper. I remember that I had found (years ago) a little girls romper in a catalog that was made in fabric, and copied it in crochet. Her little crocheted shoes are embellished with crocheted flowers too. Lilah’s wooden rocking horse is from a stuffed bunny; it fits her perfectly.

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I don’t know if I’ve ever shown you this doll I made from a free Black Apple pattern . (I found a link for you from a Martha Stewart page in case you’d like to make one too.) She’s been sittin’ around in my studio for years.

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Not all hand dying projects work out. I knit this dress for Sugar and then hand dyed it. You can see how the dye is lighter on the front lower half. I have no idea why this happened, but Sugar doesn’t seem to care; she knows it will be hers to keep, although the likelihood of it getting buttons and embroidery is nil. Her bangle bracelet is from one of my daughter’s old camisoles.

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My daughter made this banner with cute scrapbook paper and embellishments. She didn’t know what to do with it, so I got it! On top of the cabinet are empty jars from candles where I store small balls of yarn, scraps of yarn, and old spools/thimbles. I keep props and cute things in the display case. I’ll have to open it up and let you peek inside sometime. 🙂

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Hope you all have a very nice day. Bye for now!

Many Outfits are in Progress

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Hello everyone! The summer season has officially started here in the United States. Yay!

I’m sorry that I wasn’t around to chat last week. My daughter graduated from high school and it was super duper busy around here. So many good byes and things ending . . . it’s hard. I know there will be lots of new beginnings, but the endings are sad, they really are.

Last week, I sewed . . . and sewed; I ONLY sewed! I didn’t knit, crochet, embroider, or complete any ensembles. When I would get some time, I would run down to my studio to sew another dress. Now I have 5 dresses waiting for their sweaters to be knit and/or embroidered.

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You can see who the dresses are all for. I do at least have all the sweaters planned—Patsy’s is knit already. I’m going to knit all of the sweaters and then go back to embroider and complete the ensembles. Gotta sometimes change things up.

Gina’s sweater will be knit with white lace weight mohair and then dyed a very light rosy pink. Lucy’s will be a light pink bamboo. Gracie’s cardigan will be white pima cotton/bamboo. Patsy’s is white mohair lace. And, Millie’s will be knit with pink baby alpaca/silk lace yarn. I also have a small ball of merino lace yarn that I hand dyed (a couple weeks ago) a light sky blue to knit a dress for Sugar. I guess I’d better get knitting!

Wishing you all a great Tuesday! Bye for now!

(Almost) Real Time Friday

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I wanted to pop in and say hello to you all and wish you a great weekend. We are having a stretch of beautiful days. Maybe the sun is here to stay? I can only hope that’s the case. Sunny days are very uplifting for me. I hope that you are having a stretch of beautiful days also.

Popping in to say hello means sharing a few images of what’s happening around here. I have an ensemble finished for the Little Darlings. And, it’s not pink, blue, or lilac . . . surprise, surprise!

I snapped this photo of Gina this morning and the other two following from our photo shoot yesterday.

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I’ve been working on something for Patsy… yes, again, lucky girl. This ensemble started with the hat. I originally crocheted this hat to go with “My Blue-ming Garden”, but it wasn’t right for it. This hat actually fits Patsy better anyway. Would you believe that I could only find in my stash two fabrics (other than dots or solid white) to coordinate with this hat? (Guess I need to buy more blue. lol) I know that I’ve just used this fabric for the Little Darlings, but it is perfect for our dear Patsy, and she fell in love with it. The Little Darlings ensemble focused on pink accents and Patsy’s will focus on blue with the pink being secondary. I plan to knit her a mohair sweater in warm white.

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Here are a couple of photos of fabric that arrived within the last few months. I’m saving this for fall ensembles. I think that this is the tiniest rose print that I’ve seen using so many colors.

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I get a thrill when I see such cute selvages on fabric. I’ve never actually made anything with them, but Lollyqquiltz has quite a few ideas about what to do with them. A tote bag, little girl’s skirt, more ideas, can be found on her blog. Cute, right!

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