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| Practicing.... after a hard day of dance |
Wow! Where has the last two months gone? I have been busy... June was busy with kids activities and I did get some garment sewing done... but don't have any photos. I did complete 2 tops for myself and a pair of shorts for my youngest as well as a skirt for my older daughter.
Most of July was spent at camps. The first week of July was spent at Church camp with the kids. I got to
play in the craft room for the week. The best part... someone else figured out and prepped the crafts! I just did the instructing! And some cleanup.... We did carving "impressions" and used oil paint sticks for rubbings, beading, made scrolls, and paper folding pyramids....
This template was similar to the pyramids we made. Made in card stock, and each participant cut them out and assembled them, with holes punched in the top to tie it closed with a ribbon. The challenge for some was the cutting, but most it was the weaving of the ribbon....
Playing with the oil paint sticks was great! I'd never used them before and have been intrigued to try them.
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| Dancers at Week 1 of Piping Hot Summer Drummer |
The following 2 weeks were spent at piping and dance camp! No sewing done there! This was our 3rd year at
Piping Hot Summer Drummer and their 20th Anniversary year... It brings in AMAZING instructors and is a great camp for all who attend....
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| Last Day Massed Bands and Highland Fling! |
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Swimsuit & Crop Tops
All wearable testers for my 10yo |
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| Front Costume |
The last week of the summer I made a choreography dance costume for my 10yo as well as a few "test" items for her....
Hey she needed a new swimsuit anyways!
The costume ended up being 3 peices, a bodysuit (based on
Jalie Swimsuit 2317 - its OOP), a skirt and a crop tank top for modesty. The black is a beautiful stretch velour cotton, the plaid is a swimsuit lycra (that you would need to line if making a swimsuit!). All fabrcis were purchased at
Fabricana, which is a local store. The blue swimsuit is fully lined and the lining and blue plaid were picked up at
Our Social Fabric, the two testers of the crop top were scraps in my sewing stash....
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| Back of Costume |
This year I have been participating in the "Simply Solids: a modern {bee}" hosted by Erin at
Sew at Home Mummy. Here are my blocks for the past few months.... And I must get my thinking cap on because my month is approaching fast... I've got November!
I have to say... August's Block was nice and quick after the paper piecing the spiral... And June's block was a little challenging because it was out of the box and free-form! But its a great block swap.... even if I mailed July's block on August 1st! (August's block was also mailed then)
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| June's Block... Freeform | July's Block... Paper Pieced | August's Block... Churn Dash |
And have you been following the Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop? Check out some great projects... and check back on Aug 7th for my contribution!
This template was similar to the pyramids we made. Made in card stock, and each participant cut them out and assembled them, with holes punched in the top to tie it closed with a ribbon. The challenge for some was the cutting, but most it was the weaving of the ribbon....
2 comments:
I'm kind of glad I picked such an easy block after the last couple that were a bit more intense :D Good to have a bit of a break!
Sounds like you have had a busy summer! Thanks for sharing.
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