Baby Gown for Peyton

I love my first Baby Day Gown. I took a class at Material Girls Fabric Shop to learn how to do some of the basic heirloom sewing techniques. It was especially nice to have someone to gift with this first attempt. Baby Peyton was born just before I completed it. Now I can't wait to make another one! Maybe pink next time?

For this one I chose white batiste as my fabric. I had some very nice lace just crying out to be used. I wish I had more of the lace. I think it would have added to it tremendously, but I used what I had and wasn't able to find more to match. This is some left over from another plan for a dress for a toddler. The only other embellishment added was machine embroidery down the center front. This design is from a "Martha Pullen" embroidery designs for babies CD (available from www.marthapullen.com) I can't say enough about the beauty of the design. It is exquisitely perfect!

For my next baby gown I'm going to be using pink batiste with white embroidery (maybe) and tucks. Of course the fabric will be from Material Girls and the embroidery design from Martha Pullen.

Only a month has gone by.....

Well, hello! I think I'm getting much better at posting. It's been just a few days over a month since my last post. For some people that's not much progress, but if you look at my track record, I'm really doing quite well.

I've been busy, busy. I have been sewing and embroidering. I sewed a test pattern for a child's dress for www.littlelizardking.com. The pattern was an e-pattern (PDF download). It was well written with great instructions. I love the pattern and will be using it again. The picture at the top of the post shows the dress I made. Of course, I have the most beautiful model in the world. My, how she loved twirling in that dress..... she didn't want to take it off!

As you can see, we have also been to the beach. Seven wonderful days of beach house living, lying under the umbrella, listening to the surf, sunning, playing with Grand Baby, nice beach walks, Utopia!

I have also tested some embroidery/applique designs for www.originalstitches.com. Erin, the digitizer is wonderful. Her designs are a joy to work with. They stitch out beautifully every time. Please stop by her site and check out her work. She takes great pride in her work and strives to give only her best to her designs.