I am currently enjoying the beach for the summer and have brought my sewing machines with me.
We did some painting...
I frantically sewed the first week... It was kids club at church and the theme was
Some sewing for the girls... two new outfits each. The first was pink zebra print quilting cotton - this was beautiful fabric found in the $5 clearance section... it was on buy 1m get 1m free! The bodice for the dress and the peasant top are both from The Handmade Dress Miss Madeline Pattern. For each I added ribbon trim across the chest with inserted elastic. My oldest wanted a blouse and skirt, so her skirt was just gathered panels with an elastic waist -- I used my gathering foot on my serger and this went together really fast. For my youngest she wanted a dress, so onto the bodice, after only sewing one side seam, I used my serger's gathering foot and added ruffles until I got to the desired length. Both dresses were trimmed with beige eyelet, that I applied using the same gathering foot.
Their second dresses were made from some gorgeous knit fabric I picked up at the same "Buy 1m, get 2m free" So I picked up some spotted leopard print that has pink hearts in it. The knit is really nice, a good heavy weight and if it didn't have the pattern it does on it, I would make myself something with the left overs! For a pattern I used Ottobre 3/09 #29 and flared it out (and lengthened it) to make it a dress....
And some things for my son... a pair of shorts based on a pattern from 4/09 and modified to have contrast hem bands and pockets & elastic waistband. As wells as two tshirts (Ottobre 3/10 #35) - one with animal print and some solid grey & black and one made from a recycled sweater of my moms. It had some stains on the front, so she didn't want it anymore...
I spent the week helping in the craft room! Where else? We painted bags, decorated pots and made necklaces and coloured walking sticks.
We came home with some drums! These were hand painted by one of the very talent young girls at the church. She also did the paper mache animals and other decorations in the church. The whole front wall had a huge mural hanging on it, painted by a professional artist who each year paints a mural for church camp.After a busy week with the kids at church camp, sewing them clothes, having my mom and 94yo Gram here, I then took a week offT Yesterday I started sewing again, prompted by the need of another gift! I'll post some gift sewing photos soon!
