Stitching With the Atlanta Smocking Guild

Someone was kind enough to bring in this Baby Gown they made using my OFB pattern Antique T-Yoke, Gown and Christening Gown.

Her work is lovely!

On this day we were working on our Whip Tucked Baby Dress.

We were whipping the tucks and stitching the lace!

Eating with Sewing Friends is sew much fun! Notice the party favors.

Then a break for an amazing lunch.

Love the Aprons.

A talented member not only made this lunch but also the party favors to go with it!  She used copies of old patterns for the cover of this notebook.  Very clever.

Back to sewing.

The fabric was cut away from the lace and finished on the wrong side of the dress.  I wish I had taken a picture of the front too.  But, the wrong side of this garment is done very nicely indeed!

And then I went home!

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More Fun With the Atlanta Smocking Guild

A group of Sewing Ladies in the Garden.

It was such a treat for me to be taken to the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

Spring was in full  evidence on this cool and sunny day. 

Another two weeks and the Roses would have been in Full glorious bloom!. 

The Roses were just coming into bloom and were beautiful!  Of course my picture does not do them justice.  And they smelled heavenly.

It was fun to see the work in progress on this wonderful event.

Larger than life Plant Animals.  

They were just starting to fill in with plants and flowers.

Here is our group enjoying the day.

I love Gardens.

It was SO MUCH FUN!!

I was totally living out my New Years Resolution to Have More Fun!

Next post we start stitching...

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Teaching and Having a Good Time in Atlanta!

Wee Care garments, in progress, fill this basket.

This little basket sits on the floor by the sofa so it is always at hand for Mary to  pick up a Wee Care gown to stitch.

Mary was my hostess during my stay in Atlanta.

Wee Care is  a Saga service program for Babies in need.  Saga members all over the country stitch little garments and donate them to  area Hospitals for sick Babies.

A few of the members of the Atlanta Smocking Guild having fun!

Mary hosted a Pot Luck supper after class one evening.  The term "Pot Luck" doesn't really do it justice.  The food was more like what you would find at a catered event.

These ladies know how to throw a party!

I love the old brick patio and the potted flowers.

I have to confess to having Patio Envy. 

I love pretty clay pots.

And Mary's patio was on two levels because Atlanta has hills.  The hills are quite a change from Baton Rouge and very pleasing to the eye.

More on Atlanta coming.....

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Class Dress Finished by Marilyn

This dress is the project from my class  "Whip Tuck Baby Dress".

It is a class I will be teaching in Atlanta soon and I am getting ready for my trip right now!

I will be teaching for the Atlanta Smocking Guild.

Marilyn, who is in my own French Handsewers Smocking Guild, took this class a while back.

And finished the dress.

She did a wonderful job on this very cute Baby Dress!

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