{"id":31080,"date":"2014-08-24T18:10:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T22:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=31080"},"modified":"2020-09-09T22:54:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T02:54:03","slug":"tween-church-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/24\/tween-church-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Tween Church Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"
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mall-purchased dress, Nana made purse<\/p><\/div>\n

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There have been so many must-do projects in my sewing room that I’m way behind in clothing my granddaughters.\u00c2\u00a0 Ten-year-old Laurel has outgrown almost all of her church clothes so we shopped at the mall.<\/p>\n

Clearly she is a “tween” now and\u00c2\u00a0 not our little girl.\u00c2\u00a0 The mall is definitely where it’s at for clothes now.\u00c2\u00a0 The good news is that it frees me up to sew for 19-month-old Vivian Rose.\u00c2\u00a0 I have had to search\u00c2\u00a0 hard to find the silver lining in that black cloud called “growing up.”\u00c2\u00a0 Whew, I tell myself!\u00c2\u00a0 I needed some help.<\/p>\n

But as always, even with ready-to-wear,\u00c2\u00a0 some sewing was still required to pull the outfit together.\u00c2\u00a0 Before Laurel went to bed Saturday night, we added the white flower but she really wanted a purse for the outfit.<\/p>\n

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The lacy heart design is from the Let There Be Love<\/em> collection by Kreations by Kara<\/strong>. The monogram font is from the 2007 Internet Embroidery Club alphabet<\/em> by Martha Pullen.<\/p><\/div>\n

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She wanted one that would hold her inhaler, a handkerchief and hair brush.\u00c2\u00a0 A 6″ x\u00c2\u00a0 42″ scrap of heavy linen was lying on the cutting table\u00c2\u00a0 along with huge piles of other remnants from earlier projects.\u00c2\u00a0 I was lucky that was on top because it was just perfect for the body of the bag.\u00c2\u00a0 Had it been buried a little deeper, I might not have found it until the big Spring Sewing Room Clean Up.<\/p>\n

Kreations by Kara<\/em><\/a>‘s\u00c2\u00a0 heart and a simple monogram were quickly embroidered, a piece of iron-on batting was applied to the back of the linen an a scrap of white pima cotton was used for the lining.\u00c2\u00a0 The zipper and ribbon were in my stash so in no time at all, the purse was finished.\u00c2\u00a0 She loved it.<\/p>\n

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Then I moved on to her shoes.\u00c2\u00a0 The straps of her new sandals cut into the top of her foot but there wasn’t much extra length on the strap. \u00c2\u00a0 By picking out the stitches, repositioning the fold-over as far as possible, and resewing the strap together, the 1\/2″ gained was enough to make her sandals comfortable.\u00c2\u00a0 I used a #100 needle and polyester thread.<\/p>\n

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I wish I had gotten a photo of her dressed and all ready for church.\u00c2\u00a0 But Sunday mornings are always so hectic that I don’t think about photos until after we have taken her home.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe next time.<\/p>\n

So why have I been so rushed?\u00c2\u00a0 In the past three weeks this is what I have done:<\/p>\n