New Upholstering Project

So the history of this sweet table and chairs is that a few years ago when my parents were visiting in Michigan, they saw this in the parking lot of the place they were staying at.  They thought someone was in the process of moving in, but by night time it was clear that this cute set was destined for the dumpster -- so it was recovered.
I've been meaning to change out the white cushions, and finally did that -- ENJOY!! (P.S. Cost was zero - got fabric from Grow Benzie)

Before

After

After - I love the dragonflies

Doll clothes to make

Photo of doll clothes that are hanging at my favorite sewing store in Traverse City.  I am signed

up to take the Doll Clothes class there.  Enjoy!

Sewing for a friend's daughter's new baby

I made these cute bath mitts as a baby gift.  Had so much fun making them!
From left to right:  Little Lamb Mitt, Little Bear and Little Cat.

Grow Benzie Precious Cows Visit on May 4th

This little calf has the cutest muddy knees

Newly born calf only a couple of hours old.  Mama taking good care
of her new baby!

Even the grown up cows have the cute muddy knees

Valentine's Day 2012

Having a Valentine's Tea at my church this afternoon.  I made this cute fascinator as a hat.  Also made a Valentine's Day winter coat for a special doll of Caitlin's.  ENJOY

More presents

Caitlin made me this beautiful key chain that I absolutely LOVE!  And bath wash, special sponge, notecards and produce bags (not shown) from J,J,C,R,N.  I am having a wonderful (weekend) birthday celebration!! Click on the photos for an enlarged image.  You can see how much my flowers have opened up since the earlier photos taken several  hours ago.

Birthday Flowers

Yesterday I received beautiful birthday flowers from Don, Rebecca and Jacob.  I found (I think)  a good spot for them because our cats love to eat flowers (and then - of course - get sick from them).  So this spot should be good because I can still enjoy them, they are by the windows and out of the way of the cats.  But, as you can see, Savannah is trying to figure out a way to get to them.  I saw her stretch out against the side of the window and reach so I am keeping an eye on her.  ENJOY!  The pink castle on the second shelf is the book that Caitlin wrote for us for Christmas, 3 wonderful stories completely illustrated.

Party Dress

We have a lot of January birthdays, so I just had to sew a party dress and hat!  This dress is prettier in person as the lace has a lot of silver shimmer and it is a very delicate pink and the under skirt fabric also has a print lace pattern that does not show up in the photo.  If you click on the photo (to enlarge) you can see a little bit of the pattern in the under skirt.