Saturday, September 19, 2009

One baby dress and hat


Ta-da. Or as I prefer to say, "Taa daa!" I finished it. There are also matching panties to go over the didee. They're nothing fancy. The bodice was a little tricky, but not what I'd call difficult. The hat was tricky too, but fun. I hope to make another set sometime. The hat is nice because you can flip the front brim up or leave it down to keep out the sun.  What does a kitty say?  Meow, meow!


I added grosgrain trim. The pattern calls for the bodice facing to be hand sewn all the way around and that's not happening on my watch so I put the trim on to cover the machine sewing instead. Turned out well!  I still had to hand sew the shoulders when I turned the bodice facing, and the hat to close the seam where you turn it right side out.  Am not crazy about the hand sewing. The post office here was closed today so we can't mail it out till Monday.  Shucks.

I tried and tried to upload these pictures last night but they just wouldn't go.

Next!  I have yarn, purple!, to make a baby blanket for her for Christmas.  It's a super simple pattern - garter stitch which is plain (the beginner's stitch) but it has a nice border to give it interest.  This is my next leaf that I'm turning. I will tell you when I start because although the instructions are easy, I'm not sure I understand them.  Hence, I need help.  But Reta who taught me to knit is not here so I'm asking around at churchity-church for someone who knits who would consider helping me a bit.  I'm taking my instructions in my purse tomorrow.  I asked last week and got a lady's name but she wasn't there.  I'm being a good grama.  Trying to be.  I want to be yia-yia, pronounced "ya-ya" which is Greek for granny.  I learned about yia-yia from Mrs. A.  She's has a funny yia-yia video called "This is no ordinary yia yia"  Cracks me up.

And I have one more leaf which I'm going to write about now which is a little too soon to be written about but I'm excited.  I found out that I like to brush, that is, groom, horses.  Okay, I brushed one horse one day and decided I want to learn how to groom horses.  There are lots of horse people around here.  One is a ranger who has sixteen horses and she says I can come out and learn to groom and groom till I fall over.  Is that a dream come true or what?  I'm breathless I'm so looking forward to it.  I'm not sure which day yet, but she is going to schedule a day where kids, 4-H kids, will learn about washing horses' legs.  Some of her horses are quite tall I gather, so the smaller kids can only do so much.  I get to learn with them.  And our son too, of course.  Actually, it is all more for him and I am an appendage, but I'm so excited.  I prayed for this and I prayed the Lord will give me a way to make it happen and it's happening.  Like the chorus of that song we sing at church - All things are possible!

I should warn.  I'm feeling real scrunched in this web page.  I might be going back to all white with no comments soon.

7 comments:

Jules said...

The dress and hat is so cute (and the photogrpahy is creative too!). I love being able to comment but I understand that you miss your big white blog. I know someone else having a similar problem since they changed their blog. Either old format plus comments or new format and no comments. Don't know why it's happening like that for some but it is. Oh well, guess I'll just have to email you with my comments if you change back. Blessings, Jules

Jules said...

Phew! It looks as if you only got my comment the once. You wouldn't believe the trouble I've just had trying to post a comment. Perhaps your blog is trying to tell us all something. lol

Liliana said...

Someone else has the same problem? Well then, maybe I'll change back and also write Blogger. I posted twice at their help forum and phrased it differently - got no replies at all. Incidentally, I used to have trouble posting comments at other blogs all the time. Now my comments always go through the first time. It's verrry weird I tell you. :)

SchnauzerMom said...

The dress is adorable. I love horses, I think it would be fun to be able to work with them.

Shelby said...

Cute little set Lil! Don't ya just love being able to make stuff like that?! I know I always have such a satisfied feeling when it's completed. I too do not like hand sewing and try to get away with machine stitching whenever possible.

Liliana said...

Hi SchnauzerMom and Shelby! Thank you both, and yes, finishing is so satisfying. Completely! I like to bask in the moment and acknowledge I actually started and finished SOMEthing. Now to take a look at that partly done baby quilt. I bought the kit two years before the baby was born. I got stuck and never got back to it. Maybe I'll have it done by the time she's ten. :)

Daisy said...

Lil, you did a great job on that dress and hat! I love the fabric!