Completed --- Finally!

Thank You, Lord, for restoring my soul and my life, and for leading me

 in the way that is right for me.

Loving Out Loud -- Joyce Meyer

I have finally completed my pink top!!  After all the challenges I've had I got it finished.  I think it turned out rather well too.

The neckline gaped open somewhat so I did tack that together.  I love the flattering way cross over bodices are but don't like the way they gape and shows everything. Others don't need to know what I don't have. :)  It's a simple top and a simple pattern but the way my sewing machine acted wasn't so simple. 

 I'm feeling quite accomplished and am ready to get back into my craft room and start on another project.  I don't think I'll get my August Bucket List complete but it's amazing how when I get one project finished it motivates me to get working on another.  Right now I've got quite a few projects on my Christmas list and need to get started on them.   I also have a baby shower coming up for a friend who is having her first baby.  I want something special for that.  I was thinking about a baby album and a quilt.  I'll have to get my behind in gear.

My daughter, Laura & I are attending a scrapbooking crop in September and the theme is Pajama Party - it's the groups 4th birthday so it's a celebration event.  Laura has already requested that I embroider us matching t-shirts with a scrapbooking theme on them.  She wants her t-shirt in purple and I'll do mine in pink.

The Sewing Expo will be here the first week of October and I can't wait for that.  Even though the last couple of years (although I didn't go last year) hasn't had the vendor variety that I've seen in the past I keep going cause that may change.  Laura has already bought the tickets for us.  It's my birthday present to myself. 

 I saw on Embroidery Library a submittal that a customer sent in of where she had made outfits for her granddaughters.  The customer used a "stacked" design on fleece pants & top.  A stacked design is where there are usually three items sitting on top of each other.  What caught my eye was that she put the whole design, I think she used elephants, on one of the legs of the pants then "pulled" one of the elephants out of the stack and embroidered off center close to the hem of the top.  I thought that was the cutest idea.  So yesterday since I was tired and just didn't feel like doing a whole lot I spent a good part of my day playing around with the embroidery software I have.  I've owned it for many years but haven't taken the time to learn it. I have Digitize 'n Stitch & Edit 'n Stitch 2.0.  Both are so easy to use and I figured out how to do the exact same idea that the customer did.  I want to make PJ's for my grandchildren so I'm going to use her idea.  I'll make flannel pants and put the whole stack on the leg and buy blank t-shirts and put part of the design on it.  I may even make a few fleece outfits too. The possibilities are now endless.  Sew many projects, Sew little time.