April 12, 2009 By
This dress took weeks of designing, planning, sewing, and resewing, but it is now all done.
This dress will be called Muriel. It is based on a picture of a 1911 special occasion dress.
I made it to honor my neighbor and friend who taught me about sewing and inspired me to persue it professionally. I will present it to Muriel for her birthday on Thursday. I think she will be honored that I made a dress and named it after her.
A Busy Weekend
April 10, 2009 By
Tomorrow is the big Easter Egg Hunt at the Effingham Public Library. I am baking cupcakes and bringing the apple juice. Oh, and of course the eggs. White eggs, green eggs, and brown eggs. The kids will search for filled eggs around the library, and the eggs I am donating will be for coloring. They even get to make an Easter basket to put them in. I have to make the cupcakes later. I have to think of something fun and creative for the tops. I don’t have any frosting on hand, but I am sure I will come up with something.
I have almost finished the Muriel dress for Thornton Square. I just have to finish putting on the lace and fix the collar. Her birthday is next Thursday, so I will make it on time. I thought for a day or two I wasn’t going to be done on time. No worries.
We started working on the Thornton Square website last night. We have gotten the design up and the categories. Now, I have to work on getting the pictures of the replica clothing and descriptions on there. The descriptions are always the hardest for me.
Sunday will be the day we cut a whole so the first set of chickens can actually free range again. We switched them to a new pen last fall, and they haven’t been out yet this spring. They peer out the windows, longing to scratch in the dirt again. Wait until they meet the cats.
Coming Soon
March 21, 2009 By
I have been tirelessly working on getting Thornton Square all ready to put on the web. I have so many different designs, it has taken time to sort them all out, and name them. We spent much of this afternoon shooting pictures to put on the site. Many of them came out, but some we will have to reshoot. I am not partial to digital cameras. They are so tempermental.
We shall soon?take some of the pictures outdoors. It should be warm enough on Tuesday. The lighting outdoors is certainly better.
Keep your eyes open for ThorntonSquare.com.
