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| Finished apron and chef hat set. The pink gingham bias tape was from my sewing trims stash that has items from several genrations of full-time country women. |
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| Apron in progress, using rick-rack from Ava's great-aunt Kathleen's sewing stash |
Today is sunny and we’re enjoying a brief warm spell before
the bitter cold is scheduled to hit us in a few days. Ordinarily on such a day,
I’d be out and about with my camera. But…gee…it feels so great to work in my second
story sewing room because it has 2 south facing windows that I am in no hurry
to leave it and venture out. I feel like a cat sunning myself when I am in
there. The view is of the orchard, huge garden, pond, and fields beyond. The
scene is made interesting by a fairly strong wind that is keeping things
moving, especially the large fronds from the asparagus patch. I am not lacking
for entertainment while in there, that’s for sure, so today (now that I have
plenty of bobbins for thread color changes) I decided to stay focused on the
sewing projects that I’ve wanted to do for a long time now.
Today’s project is aprons for Ava. Her birthday is coming up
soon, and now that she is big enough to be a help to her mom and me in the
kitchen, I thought she’d enjoy having cooking tools of her own. For Christmas I
got her a cake-pop baker and for her birthday I plan to give her a waffle-stick
baker. Both need adult supervision, of course, but these handy gadgets from
Bella make more sense to me than the traditional Easy Bake Oven because they
make real food that the whole family can enjoy.
What is fun for me is to personalize the basic pattern that
I bought on sale for a buck at Jo~An Fabrics and Crafts last week. I have an eclectic
array of ribbons, buttons and trims (like rick-rack) that cover several
generations. When Ava’s mom, Kerry, was small, my grandmother gave me a HUGE sack
of lace. More than 30 years later, I am still digging through that stash, but I
do have it whittled down so that if fits in a small storage tub now. From Jim’s
aunt Kathleen is a shoe-box of rick-racks and hem tapes as well as buttons.
Most of my buttons, however, came from Jim’s mom’s sewing supplies. I inherited
these supplies when Kathleen and Margie passed away, and it warms my heart to
be able to use them in items that I am making for my grandchildren.
So here’s how the day is shaking out…apron pieces are cut
and now I am digging through the treasure-troves given to me by Ava’s
great-great grandmother, her great grandmother, and great aunt, all of whom
were full-time country women. We are
blessed, indeed, to have this heritage.
Marcheta *sew busy
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