The Wedding

Dresses for the wedding were a resounding success!

Well, I did lose several nights of sleep over them, and I was still finishing them up in the hotel!



Also, I was using a crepe backed satin. I totally intended to make my skirt with the satin side out (which I did) but my jacket with the crepe side out, which I did not. I was so sleep deprived by the time I got to mine, that I absolutely could not convince my brain that the crepe side was the "right side" and kept turning pieces backwards, so I gave up and just made that shiny too.

But I think we looked wonderful.



MIL's dress and jacket was a job and a half, but that turned out wonderfully too, and I got nothing but compliments on it (after the gasps of astonishment: "You made that? Wow, it's gorgeous!")

and on and on

Pesach is coming, so sewing time is pretty non-existent.

However, Production was a success! I did way too much sewing for it, but did manage to do a bit of delegating, so that was good.

Purim, however, got laid by the wayside. Devi did get her nose costume, but by pretty much making it herself, and the rest of the kids (except Yossi) "found" something in the dress-up box. I pulled out a clown suit for Lilly, the baby.

I pulled together a couple of two piece top/skirt sets (1 of them even a mock twinset) for the three oldest girls for Pesach. Now cleaning takes priority, and then as soon as Pesach is out (and everything is put a way) we get started on those (Champagne) dresses for my BIL's wedding!! (Fabric purchased, pre-washed, and about 2 dresses cut out, so it's not like I'll be completely starting from scratch...)

And somehow I volunteered myself to do my MIL's dress too. Fabric purchased and pre-washed, muslin fabric same, and I even have the muslin cut out, awaiting time to sew it so we can figure out what adjustments the pattern will need.

So much to sew, so little time, as usual!

The show must go on

Current to-do list:

Finish Tobi's jumper that I started in August (Malki's was finished just this week)
Finish commissioned item for paying customer
Make more snoods/hats and update website
Find out how to make a pre-tied tichel and add a product line
Find out what colors/styles my Sister-in-law-to-be wants for our dresses for her Chassanah (wedding) in May!
Make alterations to King's costume for Production (as discussed with King)
Make tunics for servants/ladies-in-waiting for production
Design Esther and Vashti's dresses (Production this year is the Purim story, can you tell?)
Figure out what my kids are being for Purim and get started on those (Devi is being a nose, Jelly is being a nurse, Motti wants to be a doctor, not sure about others.)
Start Pesach (Passover) dresses for my girls if they are to ever happen.

And I'm sure there will be assorted mending and needed garments. I'd like to sew something for myself ever too (and not just for the chassanah, as exciting as that is).

Journal musings

You know, I've had this problem with Journals all my life. My mother kept insisting I had to keep one, and I guess I saw the value in it, because I kept trying. But then weeks or months or even years would go by, and I'd be stuck deciding to 1. give up, 2. try to catch the journal up or 3. just go on with current events. We're going with 3. for this blog unless I deem something very very important.

So just because something didn't make the blog doesn't mean I didn't sew it!

T-shirt Dresses

I like T-shirt dresses. They are eeeeeeasy!

Hand-me-down T, purchased fabric and trim, done in an afternoon.

Back to School

Every time I blink, the kids are growing! No complaints, of course, but keeping them clothed takes a lot of effort.

So this year's back to school clothing involves buying 2 sizes up in pants for the oldest (renamed "Yossi" for blogging purposes, see here. Oh, and I've indulged in a little retroactive nomenclature, so previous posts will reflect the new naming conventions.)

And making T-shirt dresses for Devi, Malki and Tobi.

Yom Tov dresses would be good too. sigh. So much to do, so little time.

But I worked the JCC hat show last week and sold a few snoods and hats, so that's a good start to the school year.

Purim

Oh, and while I was doing Production, Purim arrived, and I had to costume my kids. I cheated on most of them (borrowed or found costumes) but I did make a pair of moss green camo pants for my 9 yr old (he "borrowed" one of the vests from Production to wear with it, but needed boy pants, not bloomers), a moss green camo vest for my 4 yr old (he had some green pants to wear with it) and created a "clown dress" for my 8 yr old. She designed it and picked the fabrics, I just chose the pattern that would work best for her design and cut and sewed. I really need to post a picture somewhere of that... I was very happy with how it turned out. (As was she, which is always good when you're sewing for someone else.)