A fun weekend in all. I had a great time at my workshop too, and came home ready to sew up a storm.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
DC, part 3
We went to the Basilica of the Shrine to the Immaculate Conception on Sunday for Divine Mercy Sunday Mass. Matt and i always went there when we went ot DC for the rural water lobbying trips, and we love it every time. The kids thought it was awesome. Which, of course, it is. The one photo is one of the girls lighting a candle at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal for Mindi and Baby Bailey.
A fun weekend in all. I had a great time at my workshop too, and came home ready to sew up a storm.
A fun weekend in all. I had a great time at my workshop too, and came home ready to sew up a storm.
Trip to DC; part 1
Here are some vaious photos of our trip to DC, in no particular order. Blogger won't let me see them when I'm composing the post, and I don't have time to figure it out, so enjoy them as they are!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter at our house
We had a wonderful Easter! After a very nice mass, we went home to get ready for our 30 guests. Good food and company made for a great day. Even the table leg that broke and sent deviled eggs flying couldn't ruin the happy atmosphere. We set up tables in the garage and the kids ran in and out all day, playing in the yard and at the pond. Finally, we let the men stuff, hide and execute the egg hunt, with great success. Hope everyone we love had a great day, too!
Don't we have (four)great reasons to be proud?
The "polka-dot girls" Amy and Sarah with Maggie, a friend of ours.
We were all color coordinated, thanks to Amy and Sarah.
My three favorite men.
The egg hunt at our house, just prior to beginning.
Don't we have (four)great reasons to be proud?
The "polka-dot girls" Amy and Sarah with Maggie, a friend of ours.
We were all color coordinated, thanks to Amy and Sarah.
My three favorite men.
The egg hunt at our house, just prior to beginning.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Theo's big day
Ready to go. Isn't he handsome?
With his proud Papa and mama.
A great family photo (Amy is in blue, Sarah, green).
Nathan, Hannah, and Theo. I was honored to be asked to sew Hannah's dress for her and her little sister(s) to follow.
Theo with his cake at the reception.
Baby Eoin in his gown (see previous post).
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Some updates from around here
Amy and Sarah had their first, open-ended assignment in March. I gave them an outline and let them go to do whatever they chose with the project. Sarah chose ladybugs and Amy chose dalmatians. Below is a picture of them after their presentation to the rest of the family last week.
I just finished up a very satisfying project of my own yesterday. I offered to make a christening gown for the little guy who will be baptised tomorrow at Mass when Theo and two others receive First Holy Communion. When I was thinking about how to customize the gown for this family, I asked them if they had a family bible verse and their anniversary date. Since they plan to use this gown again for the rest of their babies it needed to be gender neutral, and D asked that it not be fru-fru, but rather simple and classic. the fabric is a cotton shirting with a bit of a texture, and washed up beautifully; crisp but not stiff, and soft, but not limp.
I chose their verse from their wedding vows, Song of Songs 2:16 and used it in the body of the gown instead of embroidering it on in words. A tuck requires two threads to make one tuck---man and woman joined as one in marriage, and man and woman joined to make a new life. Across the bottom of the skirt there are two large horizontal tucks (Song of Songs, chapter 2) and on the bodice there are eight tuck son either side of the center (verse 16). I added a tiny bit of blue ribbon to the boy's cap and after Easter will make a girl's bonnet with pink ribbon and a bit of lace so they can use the gown for either. Below is a photo of the set.
When the girls and I were shopping at the Catholic bookstore on Saturday I found this lovely baby pin with a four-way medal for the center of the bodice. I think it turned out to be just the perfect finishing touch!
I just finished up a very satisfying project of my own yesterday. I offered to make a christening gown for the little guy who will be baptised tomorrow at Mass when Theo and two others receive First Holy Communion. When I was thinking about how to customize the gown for this family, I asked them if they had a family bible verse and their anniversary date. Since they plan to use this gown again for the rest of their babies it needed to be gender neutral, and D asked that it not be fru-fru, but rather simple and classic. the fabric is a cotton shirting with a bit of a texture, and washed up beautifully; crisp but not stiff, and soft, but not limp.
I chose their verse from their wedding vows, Song of Songs 2:16 and used it in the body of the gown instead of embroidering it on in words. A tuck requires two threads to make one tuck---man and woman joined as one in marriage, and man and woman joined to make a new life. Across the bottom of the skirt there are two large horizontal tucks (Song of Songs, chapter 2) and on the bodice there are eight tuck son either side of the center (verse 16). I added a tiny bit of blue ribbon to the boy's cap and after Easter will make a girl's bonnet with pink ribbon and a bit of lace so they can use the gown for either. Below is a photo of the set.
When the girls and I were shopping at the Catholic bookstore on Saturday I found this lovely baby pin with a four-way medal for the center of the bodice. I think it turned out to be just the perfect finishing touch!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Warmer by a lot!
It has been beautiful here the last few days. 80's and sunny, and making everyone have spring fever. It is raining tonight and we are supposed to get back into the forties, but I'm not complaining. I hear it's downright frigid in Iowa, so we'll take this without fussing.
They are coming tomorrow to hook up our fireplace and we hope to be able to to use it a few times before it gets too warm. The price went down $200 from last September, so waiting was a good choice. I'm sure glad we weren't filling a fuel tank for heat this winter. The prices would have been terrible!
Everyone seems to be on the tail end of this virus that we've had. It was a fierce one, with very congested noses and chests. It has tapered down from deep, wet coughs with severely running noses to dry, hacking ones, but no one has been up in the night coughing except me now. Last night I slept through--we'll see if it holds.
Better be off to bed, it's 12:21 already. Daylight savings time sure messes me up!
Edited to add: I won't be able to post pictures for a while. The camera is toast. Shutter quit working and we need to research what we want. This time I'm going to have to learn how a new one works; this second model (of the one I lost) had the same issues. Best to be moving on....
They are coming tomorrow to hook up our fireplace and we hope to be able to to use it a few times before it gets too warm. The price went down $200 from last September, so waiting was a good choice. I'm sure glad we weren't filling a fuel tank for heat this winter. The prices would have been terrible!
Everyone seems to be on the tail end of this virus that we've had. It was a fierce one, with very congested noses and chests. It has tapered down from deep, wet coughs with severely running noses to dry, hacking ones, but no one has been up in the night coughing except me now. Last night I slept through--we'll see if it holds.
Better be off to bed, it's 12:21 already. Daylight savings time sure messes me up!
Edited to add: I won't be able to post pictures for a while. The camera is toast. Shutter quit working and we need to research what we want. This time I'm going to have to learn how a new one works; this second model (of the one I lost) had the same issues. Best to be moving on....
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
We're getting warm
Sarah was sick last night, but woke up feeling better, and I was so grateful for that. She took a bath and just as she was getting finished, the power went out. At 11 am I called and they said it woudl be on in 45 minutes. It was only 63* at 1 pm, so we gave up and left the house to get lunch somewhere warm. We ate at McDonald's then cruised Wal mart for a couple of hours hoping it would be back on when we got home. It was!! We are finally getting warm again. I can't figure out why the power company only seems to have outages when it's under 32* here. Call Iowa and take notes people! Iowejuns seem to have it all under control when it comes to electricity in the winter. Thank heavens it's supposed to be 70* by Friday :~)
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