Monday morning I pulled out my sewing machine, dusted it off, and got busy! I had quite a few projects just waiting for me to tackle them. First I mended some pants and a dress, then I actually attempted sewing a semi-formal dress. It looked nice...on the hanger. When I put it on before hemming it I had a breakdown. It accentuated all my negatives and ignored my postives. There was NO WAY I could wear it anywhere with my body shape right now. So, sorry, no picture of that!! The next day I attacked my pile! I sewed binding onto 4 blankets, 3 to put in storage for backup gifts or futrue babies and the other one for Miss Penny. Molly swiped her fleecey blanket shortly after Penny was born so I made her a new one. Once all those blankets were done I ended up buying a dress that was too short and I added a 3 inch border to the bottom of it and I LOVE IT! Pictures of that will be posted in a couple weeks when I wear it on a hot date!! Somewhere in the midst of all the sewing I finally finished Penny's crib bumper. I started it 10 months ago and FINALLY added the finishing touches and got it in her bed. Better late than never, right?!
Here's the stack of blankets I finished and then pictures of each one individually to show the detail.This is the one I made for Penny, it's soo soft and cuddly!!This is the beautiful quilt my mom made for Penny's crib. I made the bumper to go with it.And here is her crib with the long awaited bumper! I'm so glad that project is no longer nagging me at the back of my head!Penny was having so much fun walking around and jumping in her bed that I couldn't get a good picture of her.Now my sewing machine is back in it's case ready to collect dust again!