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“Blue Skies for my Roses”

Along with Gracie, Patience had a modeling gig yesterday. (I’ll show you Gracie later.) Yes, we had sunshine and our family room was nice and bright, perfect for picture taking.

We also had frost yesterday morning! What!!! Hey, it’s mid May, Mother Nature, you’ve got your months mixed up! Hopefully, she will come to her senses soon.

Anyway, back to Patience and her new ensemble. I called this ensemble “Blue Skies for my Roses” because sunny, blue skies is what our roses need to bloom gloriously and that is what this fabric reminds me of.

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All of the color in the dress made the embroidery fun to do too; I think I used 7 different colors of floss. Patience’s tiny sweater is knit with merino lace weight wool. The peachy/ivory glass bead buttons are the perfect tone for this sweater; they blend with the light yellow/peach rosebuds.

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I used various flower buds in pastel warm pink, glass pearls, and Delica beads to decorate Patience’s floral headband in an asymmetrical composition. The flower buds and beads are all neatly sewn and secured onto the headband. The headband ties at the back of Patience’s neck.

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The bouquet and bracelet are equally colorful in pinks and neutrals. Streamers of pastel sky blue silk ribbon float around the flower stems.

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Patience’s “Blue Skies for my Roses” ensemble will be available tonight (May 16, 2016) at 7:00 pm, CST. Check my “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com for more information.

Patience Wants to Show You Something

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Patience wants to show you the new ensemble that I’ve made just for her, “Patience in Peach”. These colors make me yearn for a juicy summer peach, a heaping bowl of peaches with cream or peach ice cream, yum.

Patience looks especially pretty in peachy pinks. They bring out her warm hair and lip color; these are her colors, I’d say.

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Patience’s cropped cardigan is hand knit with lace weight merino wool. I’ve embroidered a pair of mirrored image rose motifs along the center front neckline in peachy pinks, deep warm rose, salmon, and the perfect shade of green to bring it all together. Off white glass pearl bead buttons add the finishing touch.

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I was inspired by the shapes of these Victorian crocheted bags (aren’t they pretty?), so I made a tiny one for Patience. Her little flower bouquet sits perfectly inside.

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These bows are made from rayon ribbon that I hand dyed. I know some of you were wondering about dyeing fabrics, yarn, and ribbon. The next time I do some dyeing I will take more photos for a post.

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Patience’s “Patience in Peach” ensemble will be available for sale on my website’s “Shop What’s New” page tonight (March 1, 2016) at 7:00 pm, CST. Please note that I will not be sending out another blog post tonight at 7:00.

Hope you all are, or will, have a great day!

Patience is “Preparing for Christmas”

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This cute little elf is ready… ready to start preparing for the holidays that is. Patience says there’s nothing like donning a Santa hat to get in the holiday spirit. She thinks everyone should give it a try.

I guess I’ve been hoarding this Christmas fat quarter cotton print. I’ve had it for years and was inspired to make an ensemble with it this year. The evergreen boughs and ornaments/berries are colorful in a warm and cozy way. I added lots of shiny golden accents to accentuate the golden yellow berries and the light golden background. There are quite a few shades of red in this print; perfect for adding red knitwear and two colors of berries to the sweater and hat embroidery. And, of course, I had to add some pine green for Christmas.