Who doesn’t love a wedding? For those of us who sew, it’s one welcome opportunity to make special gifts. Sandee, my sorority sister (a neat discovery made through this blog!),  has used a fabric I covet to make some wonderful items for newlyweds.
When she sent these gorgeous pictures to me, I just had to ask permission to share them with you. Can you imagine how pleased the young couples must have been?
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Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility. Anne Hathaway
The wedding gift includes twelve linen, hemstitched dinner napkins like this one. And in case the bride or groom read this post, please note that nothing else in the picture is part of the gift 😉
These napkins were stitched for a couple who embrace both life and possibility. They seem to know that
“In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.†—Janos Arnay
And for them, one of those possibilities is a great deal of entertaining.
The gift includes 12 hemstitched linen dinner napkins monogrammed with designs from JuJu’s Adorn Trio Ornamental Monogram. This set comes in 4 sizes and is now marked down from $20 to $5! I love this collection and Juju’s other designs. Note: I have no affiliation with JuJu except as a satisfied customer.
Along with the dinner napkins, there are 12 monogrammed cocktail napkins, too many to include in the photo. Continue reading
This pillowcase and its mate will be included in a wedding gift I am putting together for my cousin’s daughter. The first and only time I saw Jordan was when she was 14 and spent a week with us learning to sew. Now she has just graduated from University of Nebraska and will be married next week by her father in the church he pastors.
Sewing for others always requires at least a cursory consideration of their personal taste. When her grandmother (my sweet Aunt Rheeta) told me the wedding colors were black and white, and then the very contemporary invitation arrived, I knew Jordan was a 2012 Thoroughly Modern Millie.
But she is a beautiful young lady, both inside and out, who will be a lovely bride and a loving wife. She is entitled to her own taste. Continue reading
