Well, I had to leave Ohio and that adorable little Amelia and come back to real life. I really hate every time I have to do that; I wish life could be one very long vacation. But I had to come back to cleaning my own bathrooms, back washing the same clothes and back vacuuming the same carpets. It is amazing that housework isn't so bad when you are doing it for someone else. But I had to come back to taking care of the two helpless men left in my house, doing homework for the two classes I'm taking and making the blessing dress for Amelia. And worst of all I had to come back to the heat. When will it ever end?
I have just three weeks to get the dress done in (I do have the bodice embroidered and it cut out) before we fly back to Ohio for her blessing. But I have to do homework for my American Lit class I'm taking that is do tomorrow. The question of the day is do I write up my homework (What is the theme of Rip Van Winkle) or do I work on the blessing dress or do I write up a new blog? As you can see I'm not doing the first two but I do have good intentions of doing both.
I like to try and fill my life just about as full as possible, as I'm sure most of you do too.
When I actually get started putting the dress together I will put some pictures of it on my blog. My idea is to have a beautiful dress that Amelia can save and possibly bless her children in some day. We are looking for an heirloom here. Hopefully, it will turn out well enough that we will even want to bless Amelia in it.
I grew up in a family where my parents owned clothing stores and we had absolutely no need to make our own clothes. After all there were two stores we could walk into and take anything off the rack we wanted. But for some reason I really wanted to learn how to sew and I took multiple sewing classes at the Montgomery Wards store that was in the same mall as one of my parent's stores. Since then I have made lots of Halloween costumes and some maternity clothes, some choir dresses and mended and hemmed countless pairs of pants, made some quilts and drapes but it has been years and I mean years since I've made anything for someone to wear. Let alone something that I want to be an heirloom.
Wish me luck!
3 comments:
I'm sure the dress will turn out great. We certainly miss having you around to clean the floors, bathrooms, and do the laundry. You're welcome back any time you'd like...
Want to wish you luck, even though you really don't need it, on making a dress for your sweet, adorable, and gorgeous grandbaby:) You are so talented.
Sorry you had to come home so soon, I agree with you on the housework, its way better doing at someone else's home than your own.
Have a great trip in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to see the pictures.
I'm sure the dress will be an amazing heirloom but do you realize you are starting a tradition here? How many more little granddaughters will you be OBLIGATED to make heirloom dresses for. . .lol! Good luck with the project!
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