My husband was in a serious accident

Hi all, I'm writing today to let you know that I will not be blogging for a while. My husband was in a serious motorcycle accident last night and suffered serious injuries. He spend 7 hours in surgery today. He will need a lengthy recovery. I will be supporting him and my kids during this time. Keep us in your prayers. Hugs Ariane

The dress and apron are all done!

Hi everyone,

I had to make a costume for my daughter's play.

She needed a dress and apron for the play "Alice in Wonderland".

So, I took the challenge and made her a dress.

This is probably the most complicated piece of clothing I have ever made.

But, I'm happy with the way it turned out.

It fits her comfortably, and is decent.

The original pattern has a really low neck line.

So, I had to make that adjustment.

I used the Burda pattern 7556.

I used a polyester to make this dress.

It did have a bit of stretch, but it worked out.

I hope she likes it.

I put a lot of hours into it.

Hugs

 

Fabric Postcards and more...

Hi everyone!

Happy Easter!!

Yesterday, I got caught up on my fabric postcard exchange.

I had three postcards to make.

The first one uses a challenge fabric.

The challenge fabric is the the three rectangles.

I used my new Sizzix Big Shot to die cut the flower.

The second card is based on a the Beatles song; 

"Here comes the sun"

The third one has a "message"

It says "hello".

I used my Big Shot to die cut the dress form.

This die is from Stampin' Up!

The butterfly and flowers were die cut with dies from My Favorite Things.

I also made two regular cards with the stamps and

designer series paper I bought from Stampin' Up!

I used deconstruction sketch #94 as my inspiration for both these cards.

I find these sketches helps me to have a starting point for my cards.

Otherwise, I have too many options in my brain.

Well, I also sewed a new dress for my daughter.

I can't show it yet.

Maybe tomorrow I'll take a picture of her wearing it.

Hugs

I'm quilting again......

Today, I worked on a really old UFO.

I started assembling the blocks my sister and my Mom exchanged in May 2009.

You can read more about the exchange here.

I decided to put the blocks together in sections.

I didn't want to have a big quilt in my machine.

So, I'm doing it quilt-as-you-go. 

Quilting each panel of blocks, then putting the panels together to make the quilt.

 I have the first section done. 

The pinwheel block in the center is made by my Mom.

The corner pinwheel blocks are made by the four girls.

I've added some 9 patch blocks that I made around the same time as the pinwheels.

I sashed the 9 patch blocks to make them fit.

So this is my first panel. Yeah!!

I'm glad to finally get these together.

It took me a long time to figure out what to do with them.

The blocks were not all the same size.

I had to figure out a way to put them together that worked.

I think this is the best option.

Hugs