Summer Sewing 4

 The t-shirts I make for my grandson are a little big and a little long. Soon enough they will be a little small and a little short. 

The digger needed some 'dirt'.

Animation: Happy 60th birthday

 

Heritage Sewing: Serviette Face Mask

 The doiley box also had one embroidered serviette. I think I recall that there were more of these, but I am not sure. Once again, I thought it would be nice to find a way to repurpose what was high in sentiment, low in potential uses. It took a little fussing to incorporate the embroidery in the right place, but I think it will be a serviceable and pretty face mask. There is a layer of finer gauge poly-cotton between the outer cotton layers.    

Heritage Sewing: The Doiley Cards and Dress

 Earlier this year (it is hard to believe it was actually THIS year) my Mom and I were going through things in her closet and came upon a box of doilies. Neither of us knew what to do with them so we put the box back. A few weeks later I had an idea and made some cards. These were doilies my Mom had made to put on the bread & butter plates. 

I wasn't sure what they would be used for when I made them, but they were perfect as thank you cards for my Mom's HomeCare workers. 

I kept the remaining doilies when I cleared out my Mom's apartment after she died and hoped an idea would arrive that would give them another life. The idea came this week. I made my granddaughter a dress using a sturdy knit fabric and sewed the doilies on. I am hoping that she likes it and wears it often. She won't be weighed down by sentimentality, and the doilies will have more action than they thought possible.   

Birthday Number: Binary Code - Ten

 

Animation: Book Love

I have been experimenting with an animation app and a stylus. I am not obsessing with detail or perfection, which will become very clear: 

 

Cards for knee surgery

In anticipation of knee surgery:

Post-surgery:

After a few weeks of healing: progress forwards, and sometimes a little bit back: 

Summer Sewing 3

Both the top and pants are for my grandaughter. I used patterns that I designed for my daughter 30 years ago. 

Summer Sewing 2

For my grandson, who likes to have creatures on his clothes.

Summer Sewing 1

I have dipped into my fabric cupboard. It is not very big, and not packed full, but all the same, I pulled a few garments out of it recently. 

For me: culotte/skirt made from fabric I bought at the Heritage Festival a few years ago. The bulk of it was made into a table cloth. I was inspired to make it based on a forecast of more than 2 days in a row of hot weather.