Little Dresses for Africa

These are some of the eighteen little dresses that I've made so far for the Little Dresses project. They requested that they be packaged a dozen of one size in a two-gallon zipper seal baggie.

Morgan's Doll

This is a doll I made for Morgan's fourth birthday. I used McCall's Crafts pattern #898 from about ten years ago. I had already made dolls for her cousins' fourth birthdays. I don't plan to make anymore. Does anyone want the pattern?

The Fashion Diva

Today is Morgan's third birthday which we celebrated last Friday. I had made her a few outfits which she agreed to model for us. The first two outfits were made using Simpicity pattern 2684; the last one is made from See & Sew 5405 (this was an old pattern dated 1985!)

Hannah's Cathedral Windows Quilt

These photos are of the quilt I began working on in 2004 for my eldest granddaughter, Hannah. So far I have cut out about 1024 (I haven't really counted them!) 7-inch squares, turned 480 -so far- of them into 3-inch squares which were then sewn into 12 strips of 32 squares each. I only need 32 strips to make a queen size quilt. Then I have to sew 2-inch squares of various printed cotton squares (left over fabric from some of the many clothes I have made for her until a couple years ago) onto the 3-inch squares. I guesstamated that I would need about 1002 of those little 2-inch squares. A friend talked me into making this quilt as it is suppose to be very easy for a beginner and it involves no batting or backing; once the last square is stitched onto the quilt, it will be finished. At the rate I'm going, that will probably be in about 35 years as I only have 8 of the 63 rows of little squares done. I also have high hopes of making similar quilts for my other two granddaughters, Hope and Morgan. So I cannot die until 2114!

Seven Years, Five Months, One Week, Six Days Later

It's finally done! I've worked and worked on this tablecloth for my eldest granddaughter since October 1, 2001. She will be ten in April.