Waaaaayyy outside of my box!
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:33AM I am participating in an online sew along! I’ve never done so, generally they are swaps of some sort, and that has never appealed to me.
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This sew along however, sounds fun! The group will each be making a little girl’s dress.
The pattern is McCall’s 8675, I will be making mine in a size 4, and probably view F. When I finish it, I will need to find a little girl who would like to have it, as I don’t know any.
I picked up four yards of duck canvas, and hope to get the new leaders for my HQ16 made this weekend. I purchased anti-fatigue mats to go on both sides of;)
the frame and have those set up now as well. I had to order new tracks since I’d cut mine down to eight feet, so hopefully they will arrive this weekend. I’ll be picking them up in Paris Arkansas, so I will finally get around to visiting the HandiQuilter dealer here in the area.
Reader Comments (5)
Okay, let us in on the link to where the sew-a-long is.
It's a homesteading forum Cindy, not a sewing forum... that has a small section of sewists on it. I've always enjoyed the group, I think I've been on the board for around 8 or 9 years now?
http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72
Oh how I wish I could sew for little girls.....my DD at age 7 (she's now 21) found out you could buy clothes all ready made in the store so my sewing pretty little dresses was over. I look forward to watching your progress on this project.
Karen, I don't know any little girls either, this dress will be donated to one somewhere! Perhaps someone will speak up for it, or I will donate it to a church or goodwill. I would enjoy doing more "random acts of kindness" sewing (I detest the phrase "charity sewing"), it's a wonderful creative outlet, and I only sew things I enjoy making, a win win situation!
I am wanting to sew my daughter her flower girl dress with this pattern. I don't have a lot of experience under my belt, so I took the directions out to read them... she is now sleeping, and I can't find them anywhere. I want to sew this same pattern 8675, but I like H. I was wondering if there was anyway somebody could give me the directions so I can make her a lovely dress. Also, if there is any tips I need to know in making it. I hope it turns out great, because it will be very special. If not, I will have to buy one. :( Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!