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<\/a>Alastair just gave out, clutching his beloved E=MC2 (squared) blanket.\u00c2\u00a0 His mama calls it his nerd blankie.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Six year old grandson Robert,victim #1, had it first and shared it with\u00c2\u00a0 #2 Cousin Alastair\u00c2\u00a0 who spent two of his 5 days with us in abject misery.\u00c2\u00a0 Then a day later, my number (#3) was up and Bad Bug morphed into bronchitis and Black Plague.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it felt<\/em> like what I imagine Black Plague did.<\/p>\n Now, hale and hearty Granddad (#4) is sneezing.\u00c2\u00a0 Even Alastair’s father Harvey (#5), an aged-out Eagle Scout (motto Be Prepared),\u00c2\u00a0 keeps his handkerchief handy. We’ve gone through A LOT of orange juice, Kleenex and vitamin C.<\/p>\n The really good news is that my PREGNANT (hurrah!!!) daughter has nary a sniffle.<\/p>\n But I am eager to get back to blogging.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the best things about this blogging activity is viewing the photos of projects made by you dear readers.\u00c2\u00a0 I love getting these pictures!<\/p>\n Today, I’d like to share a few with you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shirley made the doll dress with designs from a Custom Keepsakes collection. The sweet doll was rescued from a thrift shop.<\/p><\/div>\n Shirley, whose gorgeous altar cloth<\/a> has already been featured here,\u00c2\u00a0 sent a few sweet, sentimental pictures.\u00c2\u00a0 They include one of her doll dresses and others of needlework done by\u00c2\u00a0 her mother and grandmother.\u00c2\u00a0 FYI, in addition to her vast array of needlework skills, Shirley is a church organist. Obviously, she knows no idle moments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Donna, grandmother to twin 3 year old granddaughters and a 5 year old grandson, whipped up these almost matching dresses for her girls.\u00c2\u00a0 Donna’s transformation and coordination of these plain white linen dresses from All About Blanks is designing at its finest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n coordinating but distinctly different designs for her coordinated but distinctly different twin granddaughters…..<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n She even added a touch of embroidery to the backs.\u00c2\u00a0 These cool linen dresses will keep the twins comfortable during Florida’s hot summers.\u00c2\u00a0 Thirty years ago, Donna and I spent time together smocking dresses for our own daughters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n back embroidery<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Jo, is another prolific stitcher.\u00c2\u00a0 A homeschooling mother of 5<\/a>, she has the energy of a tornado as she sews for her 2 girls<\/a> and 3 boys<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 She is teaching her 8 year old Joy to sew, along with the little girl next door. Who wouldn’t love a neighbor like Jo?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I so enjoy receiving pictures of her projects, like this American Girl doll dress .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jo made this for daughter Joy’s AG doll.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Another of Shirley’s projects reflects her appreciation for antique textiles, especially her family heirlooms like this doll blanket.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When she was just a child, Shirley received this doll blanket as a gift.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Shirley shared, “This hand knit doll blanket with a crochet edge was done by my maternal Grandmother, or by my Great-Grandmother.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve loved it forever and have had it since I was a small child.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a real treasure as far as I’m concerned.”\u00c2\u00a0<\/em> Shirley is a grandmother herself, so you know she has kept this blanket a very long time.<\/p>\n Suzanne Sawko showers her grandchildren with quilts and dresses and projects that they love.\u00c2\u00a0 This is just one dress she made for her almost 3 year old granddaughter.\u00c2\u00a0 I love this style and the combination of plaid with the Swiss eyelet. The floral neck binding and front opening is a sweet touch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She also does some neat things for her almost 8 year old granddaughter, using inexpensive boy’s underwear style tee shirts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n basic boy’s tee transformed into a girlie top<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n With her serger and her imagination, Suzanne made this into a quick, cute shirt for Alee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jo made this darling bunny sunsuit for almost 4 year old Noel.\u00c2\u00a0 Jo said, “I finally finished my vintage sunsuit! \u00c2\u00a0I’ve never veered so far from the pattern as I did with this one. \u00c2\u00a0I think the bunny face is still too wide, but I’m not remaking it a 4th time!!! \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I got all excited for the photoshoot, and I tried to do Noel’s hair a la Shirley Temple. \u00c2\u00a0Then we went to the lake, and it was WINDY! \u00c2\u00a0Her perfectly coiffed ringlets blew all over the place! \u00c2\u00a0Oh, well.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shirley sent one other picture that I cannot resist showing you.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a pillowcase made by her mother.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pillowcase embroidered and edge crocheted by her mother.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n She tells us, “This is just one of the pillowcases that was in my mother’s ‘stash’ and I know she made many of them.\u00c2\u00a0 This is an example of things she wold take to the ‘mysterious sewing lady’ who had a hemstitching machine in a nearby town.\u00c2\u00a0 Mother would have them hemstitched and then she would add the embroidery and crochet edge.\u00c2\u00a0 She would also coordinate sheets to go with these.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems she must have liked the color yellow because many of her items had lots of yellow in them, and the same thing with quilts.”\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n There are more of inspiring photos of readers’ projects that I will share with you another time.\u00c2\u00a0 What are you sewing now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The past week has been a blur!\u00c2\u00a0 We had our precious 3 yo grandson Alastair with us for 5 days, that big estate sale that I couldn’t keep myself away from (more on that in another post), and a family … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>