Category Archives: Work in Progress

Many Outfits are in Progress

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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Thanks for visiting with me today. Bye for now!

After Four Days

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Yet again the same old story, after four days of rain and dreariness, the sun came out this afternoon. One of these days I need to pack up and move to an area where the sun shines more than every fourth day. LOL! Anyway, it was so nice to see the sun, so I grabbed my camera. I have more outdoor photos to show you.

First, I have some indoor progress to show you. Gracie’s sweater is coming along nicely. I will probably add one or two more motifs–smaller though. I feel that these two motifs are off balance right now. I will sleep on it, and in the morning be able to figure out what it needs, I hope. That’s usually the way it works when I am stuck.

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