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<\/a><\/p>\nJudy Day made matching Easter dresses for her 6-year old granddaughters. Though the girls live hundreds of miles apart, the cousins\u00c2\u00a0share\u00c2\u00a0a camaraderie built largely on their grandmother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love and sewing creations.<\/p>\n
The Swiss batiste bodice of the girls\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Easter dresses are machine embroidered with shadow work monograms from Suzanne Hinshaw. The skirts are an exquisite 27″ Swiss embroidery, purchased a few years ago from www.farmhousefabrics.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Tied at the waist with a pink satin ribbon, the dresses are simple but elegant.<\/p>\n Margaret from Children’s Corner<\/em> was the pattern.\u00c2\u00a0 Judy\u00c2\u00a0omitted the sleeves but regretted not having trimmed away as much as 3\/8″ from the top of the armscye.\u00c2\u00a0 Personally, I find it not distracting and think it will allow the dresses to fit longer at the shoulders.<\/p>\n As I looked at the photos Judy sent me, I was reminded of a compliment worthy of these dresses.<\/p>\n For six years, before my children were born, I had a glorious time teaching educable retarded children at the elementary level. The\u00c2\u00a0lunch room\u00c2\u00a0monitor, Mrs. Jones, was a particularly attractive and vivacious white haired lady whose own Down\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Syndrome daughter was one of my students. All the children loved Mrs. Jones and envied her daughter, Vickie.<\/p>\n Pants suits were coming into vogue and recently had been approved by the county school board for teachers and other county employees. One day, Mrs. Jones, The Cafeteria Fashionista, came to the cafeteria in a\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0bright purple, silver buttoned \u00c2\u00a0polyester pants suit, which complimented her perfectly coiffed silver white hair.<\/p>\n My student Lucius Jackson was\u00c2\u00a0a round little 7-year old, with flashing black eyes and a raspy voice.\u00c2\u00a0 He \u00c2\u00a0had just seen the movie, Pete\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dragon,<\/em> featuring a sweet natured, larger than life lavender reptile. As\u00c2\u00a0Lucius inched his way up the\u00c2\u00a0serving line, eagerly anticipating lunch, his attention was suddenly diverted from the steam table to Mrs. Jones as she handed him a tray. Gazing at her with admiring eyes, Lucius was momentarily stunned and silenced by her beauty.<\/p>\n Finally he\u00c2\u00a0declared, “Miz Jones, you \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbout as purty as Walt Disney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dinosaur.” Then he grinned his million dollar smile and watched her until someone put a plate on his tray.<\/p>\n Later, Mrs. Jones admitted that Lucius comment was one of the sweetest and most sincere compliments she had ever received.<\/p>\n Judy, these dresses are at least as pretty as Elliot, Walt Disney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dinosaur.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0And this compliment is just as sincere as was Lucius\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …….the\u00c2\u00a0ultimate compliment from Lucius Jackson, age 7 Judy Day made matching Easter dresses for her 6-year old granddaughters. Though the girls live hundreds of miles apart, the cousins\u00c2\u00a0share\u00c2\u00a0a camaraderie built largely on their grandmother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love and sewing creations. The Swiss … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n