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.
April Showers Bring May Flowers
April 7, 2009 By
The showers may bring flowers, but it doesn’t help for getting much outdoor work done around here. It’s cold, and damp and no fun to do anything outdoors.
This morning I finished the chemise I had started a couple days ago. It turned out to be just what I wanted. It will be added to the Thornton Square line of clothes.
We are getting over two dozen eggs a day now. The chickens are out everyday, and having a ball. It is fun to watch them run all over the yard chasing things. Thank heavens the cats don’t chase them.
The cats do however chase every leave that blows across the yard. They are having fun, and we have fun watching them. I was sure they would be upset at us for making them outdoor cats, but I think their fun makes up for it. They have acres and acres to run and scamper after things that move. Puca, who we thought was going to be “wild” has tamed out well. Pyewacket is sweet, but now prefers to chase Puca over being in my lap. Oh, they grow so fast.
Saturday we are helping out at the library with the kids Easter Egg Hunt. We are donating the eggs for the kids to color. I have hard boiled some white eggs, green eggs, and brown eggs. It’ll be alot of fun.
Thornton Square
April 3, 2009 By
Still working on one last design to put on the website (www.thorntonsquare.com). It is the Muriel dress. It is the dress I am making in honor of Muriel’s upcoming birthday. As of today I have 13 days to get it finished. I have the under dress almost complete, and I have gotten the fabric for the over dress. I just need to sit down and figure how I am going to put it all together. With spring chores weighing heavy on my list of things to do, I have put Muriel dress aside for a few days. I realized today time is approaching to present this to her.
In Honor of Muriel
March 22, 2009 By
My neighbor Muriel will be 98 in April. In honor of her birthday, I am desiging a dress that was worn in the?1911, the year she was born. I have gotten the drawing all done, but am having troubles with the box pleats on the skirt. It has a drop waist that I have to fit into a yoke, and it isn’t working out the way I had it planned in my head. I will have to sleep on it again. Tomorrow, I will start piecing it all together. I know as I put it together the light in my head will go on.
This dress will be added to the Thornton Square line of women’s replica clothes on April 16…so I better get a move on.
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.
At it Again
March 20, 2009 By
Getting Thornton Up and Running
March 12, 2009 By
I have been working on getting Thornton Square up and running. I have several different outfits, and designs all made, and I have been working on a couple others. Now, I just need to get the pictures taken, descriptions put together and then get them on the site. This is something I have been working on all winter and I am anxoius to get it done before spring planting comes along. That will take up most of my time until fall.
