Easter Dresses 2012: # 15

Easter Dresses 2012: #14

Easter Dress 2012: #9

Easter Dress 2012: #8

Easter Dresses 2012: #6 and #7

Easter Dresses 2012: #4 and #5

My first time picture smocking! I love the kitties!

These were for two sweet sisters!

Easter Dress 2012: #3

I LOVE this fabric! So much so, that I have a wallet made out of it, except in blue!

Easter Dress 2012: #2

A 1st Birthday Dress ...

... for a sweet little girl!

Sewing Lessons - Spring 2012

I will be offering sewing and smocking lessons this semester. A typical class is one hour once a week. Below are some of the classes I will be offering, however, I'm flexible and can tailor the class to your needs!

Beginner's Class: Pillow and Apron

I plan to start out with the sewing basics such as getting to know your machine, sewing terms, how to read a pattern, etc. We will complete a pillow and a simple apron. 

Intermediate Class: Skirt

Some of the things we might cover in this class are waistbands, zippers, buttonholes, and ruffles depending on the pattern. 

Advanced Class: Dress

We will learn to put in a zipper, set sleeves, make buttonholes, create pleats, etc. 

Basic Smocking:

We will cover the basic smocking stitches, as well as smock and construct a simple child's dress. 

If any of you out there have an unfinished smocked dress that you never knew how to put together - I can help with that also! :) 

I am available afternoons Monday thru Thursday. The classes will be small with a maximum of two girls/women per class. For moms with small children that live locally and want lessons for themselves , I am available to come to your home if that suits you best. The cost will be $15 per one hour class plus any fabric and notions needed for projects. I will also provide sewing machines for students to use during the lessons.

Please email me if you are interested!

forgetmenotdresses@gmail.com 

Made in China :)

Every dress has its own story and this one started on my trip to China this summer. After spending some time in Beijing, I traveled to Louyang to visit my dear friend, Mariah, who is a nurse at at an orphanage called Maria's Big House of Hope. While there, we took a quick trip to the fabric market where they had HEAPS of fabric to dig through!!! I found this one in the middle of one of those heaps and knew I would somehow cram it into my suitcase! 

First Signs of Summer ...

Our Nora Jane looks as sweet as ever in this pink and white bishop that I smocked in blue and embroidered with yellow roses!

China Dolls

These two little girls have a very special story -
they are both here in the States on medical visas and living with dear friends of our family.
Janessa will be two in November and Jing Ni will be three in September.
I found these adorable china girl fabrics in Charlotte and knew right away they were meant to be made into dresses for Jing Ni and Janessa!

Fall

Whew! This was a lot of handwork. I made it for Jubilee in the fall.