Dresses for Mila!

Just recently I had the pleasure of attending

 a baby shower!  The young lady is adopting 

a two year old orphan from Uganda, Mila!

That is so amazing!

I whipped up a few simple dresses 

for Mila.  Using the #pillow case

 pattern for the first two dresses,

 this is what I sewed!

I just measured the front side of 

dress from seam to seam and cut 

 a piece of lace with the 

measurement I just took.  I  

sewed the top of lace in place!

Here I  cut (2) pieces of lace measuring 7" 

long.  Then I cut (1) 7-1/2" long 

piece of dress fabric and pressed 

down all the edges. Next,  sew

 this piece down the center!  Remember

 to start sewing below the top seam or 

you won't be able to get the 

ribbon through the seam!!

Here I used a pattern, but the pattern was

 so bad.  I ended up making by own pattern! 

Here she is wearing one of her dresses!

So Cute!!

He Has Made Everything Beautiful In Its Time.  
Ecclesiastes 3:11  

Red, White and Blue Mini Quilt

Here's my red, white and blue mini quilt!

About a month ago I was rearranging my books in

 my sewing room and came across one of many favorites 

books I own, "Little Quilts All Through The House," 

by Alice Berg, Mary Ellen Von Holt and 

Sylvia Johnson.  It's a cute book filled with 

lots of photos and you can use your scraps too!   

Flipping the pages, I came across this quilt.

Well, I just had to make it!  Forth of July was 

coming up and I've always wanted to have a 

quilt for every holiday!  I gathered up my 

materials, fabric I already owned.  Yeah!!!  

Cut and sewed my strips together.

Instead of sewing individual blocks and hearts

 on my mini quilt as directed on the pattern, 

I decided to just cut the size of the finished

  block with my star fabric.  I sandwiched 

the batting with the front and back fabric.  

I then used a decorative wave stitch just on 

the star area of the quilt. 

I then used a straight stitched on the rows of 

red and white strips.  I used the width of 

my walking foot to determine the 

width between stitches. 

Here's a look at the back of my mini quilt.

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He Has Made Everything Beautiful In Its Time.  
Ecclesiastes 3:11