Big Pot!

Every week at Rotary Club we have a drawing. We start with a regular deck of 52 cards. You can buy 3 tickets for $2 or 7 tickets for $5. Your ticket goes in a basket and someone draws from all the tickets, lucky ticket gets to pull a card from the deck. If you draw the 4 of hearts you get the pot. Half of what is given to buy tickets goes to the pot the other half goes to TheRotaryFoundation

Well, this past Tuesday I bought the 7 tickets for $5, I was feeling lucky. The drawer pulled my number (lucky me, had my number drawn 2 weeks ago also)

Oh I was so excited (I never win) I waved my hands over the cards trying to get some vibes off the cards. There was one card kind of sticking out on the left side. No, it couldn't be that one! The deck was down to about 15 cards. So I went to the right side, no, last time I went to the right side when I thought I should go to the left side. So I went back to the left side. Quickly pulled the card out, flipped it over and....

It was the 4 of hearts!!!! Yea Me!!!! I won, I won, I won!!!
I put half of it towards my Rotary Fondation goal and pocketed the rest!!

More Patterns

Okay so I didn't get to sew Monday night. But went to Hancock's and they had Butterick patterns on sale (We went because DD wanted to) for only .99c

Yea Yea I know. I picked up 2 more patterns

I love Red dresses!! Remember the 80's!!! My wedding was Red. All the girls looked so radiant in Red! But I bought some eggplant colored jersey.

I'm not even going to show you the second pattern because you will laugh at me because they are so similar. But they were only .99c

I like the twisty part in the front. And this looks so comfy.

I didn't get to sew Tuesday because DD was sick.

And were having a Birthday party for her this weekend Friday evening for family and then friends Saturday afternoon. So it will be a while before I'm back at the machine.

I'd rather sew than cook!!!

Vogue Patterns

I was in Joann's yesterday and they had Vogue patterns on sale. I love Vogue patterns. They are laid out so nice and FIT nicely. I found 2 patterns that I liked and bought. They are similar but very different.

Vogue 8181 (1st pattern)

I love the green one with the shearing at the neck, cuffs, and hem (though not sure about the hem) I think the shearing would be pretty out of a shear type, maybe a contrast.

Vogue 8409 (2nd pattern)which crosses over the top with a V neck. Maybe I will do some Embroidery at the waist.

The fabric I bought yesterday, which is what I call a chunky knit (reminds me of double knit) in a cobalt blue. I wish Joann's had more of an up to date selection of knits. Especially with all the patterns out that call for knits. And they are very comfy to wear.

Something Else

Here is a ring bearer pillow that I made. I love the simplicity of it.

Usually I just make a regular pillow with pearls or something around the edge. But this one was a kind of box.

Black on the top with white letters, and the sides were white. The bride (which I never met - I knew the groom) had sent me a picture of something similar to this. But it was really cheap looking, but not in price. The bought one on the sides they had just glued grosgrain ribbon to the sides. I guess this way they could have base colored pillows and then add whatever color to the sides. I'm waiting to hear if she liked it, the wedding was Sept 15th. I sure hope so!!

Finally Christening Gown

Okay I am finally getting around to getting the pictures of the Christening Gown that I made for Baby Julia on here. The lining wasn't really as shiny as it looks in the picture.

They are not the greatest pictures, because for some reason I can't seem to remember to take pictures before I deliver the item.

So I took these pictures quickly and they really don't show the beauty of the netting I used.

I really had a good time making this dress. I love sewing this sort of thing. I used a pattern from "Grandmother's Hope Chest" by Martha Pullen. It was a simple basic yoke pattern.

The lining I used was some sort of poly (eeck I know, but there wasn't anything else avaliable) that was washable. So when Baby Julia grown up and has a child of her own she can was the years of stuff that has accumulated on the dress out. Of course washing by soaking, by hand gently.

Well let me know what you think.

Missions

It's Missions time for our Missions Convention at church. I love Missions! I love hearing the fabulous stories about God's goodness in the field! I love that their are so many WILLING to give up there easy lives here in the US and go to sometimes a poverty stricken country. I love to just listen to their hearts and what they are trying to accomplish, and only through the grace of God can they accomplish.
Big Kudos to you guys!!! You are my HEROS!

Back in I think it was the month of April. The kids gave their money to help purchase new playground equipment for a very rural, very poor community. I just got pics to show the kids. God bless the workers that got down and very dirty to clean this school so the kids that had lost so much from a little wind and rain (Katrina) could get back to normal. Check out the organization that did this ruralcompassion