It's spring break for my granddaughter--she had a play date with a friend--they made bread animals and other shapes and ended their play with a potion--wood chips, charcoal, sweet grass, rose petals, a few sugar packets and hot water, (hot enough to see steam, but not too hot to burn--the steam was the special ingredient--making the potion real)
A break in my sewing to show you swimming photos! My granddaughter is loving her swim lessons--I'm so glad her mom signed her up for them!
She likes it! Because of her skin sensitivity I've had to finish all the seams on the inside--this takes a bit more time, but the dress will last longer.
My granddaughter wants some lace around the bottom edge--I only have on hand a very thin delicate trim, I thought perhaps it wouldn't go with the heavier lace, but I'm going with her opinion, and she likes it--it's a go!
Almost done.
I sewed the sleeves to my granddaughter's costume--I'm trying to follow her design--We both drew pictures of what her sleeves looked like after I sewed them, but they looked even worse than these sketches--I wish I had taken a picture, but I didn't--not enough light and I quickly wanted to seam rip them apart!! Too embarrassing! It was worth a laugh, and those sleeve ends would have been great in some scary theater show, but not for her role in Toy Story. She's playing Syd's sister--Syd is the scary one--the sister likes rescuing toys and having tea parties.
I used the sleeve ends on this pattern, but I cut the length of the sleeve end or "bell" in half then added the lace--it was not meant to be!
Here's the altered sleeve, I got rid of the "bell"...
Even without it, it's big enough!
My granddaughter will play Syd's sister in a production of Toy Story--she designed her dress and I'm going to try to follow her design as much as I can...
Time to cut out the pieces...
My husband took these pictures of this bobcat. He often sees some great wildlife while working. I brightened the last two pictures so you can see its spots.
My granddaughter's fairy on the left--grampa's fairy on the right. She directed the making of these, every step of the way. From what I overheard, the cut pieces of paper had to be just the right shape and size.
(two little black birds sitting on a hill--one named Jack the other named Jill)... in this case, two big crows. I saw these crows here on two different mornings--this must be the meeting spot to talk about their plans for the day.
What a fantastic view from our window--and what do I zoom in on?
My neighbor's sweater as she does her dishes--nice sweater--do you suppose this is a variegated yarn? The skein would have to be half light, half aqua? Do they make skeins like that? If you look closely it has a nice wide ribbing that goes almost up to the waist--hmmm...(Yes, truthfully, these are my thoughts as I gaze out the seaward window).
Leave it to my daughter to bring these skulls for a great game of hide the skull--hidden in the darkest corners of the darkest rooms--fun!!
Are you tired of seeing Steep Ravine pictures yet? I think I'm done...I'm not sure...
I've shared with you words written by Margaretta K. Mitchell that were nailed up on the wall of cabin II, now I've been given the OK to post my granddaughter's writing!
Days before leaving on this vacation my granddaughter broke her glasses, so had to go without them, that didn't stop her from jotting down notes along the way.
