Cats in My Workroom.

Here is a picture of my preparations for teaching at It's Sew Heavenly.

Beautiful pale green fabric and off white laces.  

What a lovely combination.

It was a beautiful day so I had the window open.  

Open windows always attract cats!

Reilly always needs to think about things.  "should I sit in the window?"

Whoops!  Levi never hesitates.  He knew he wanted to be in the window.

"What???"  

He who snoozes, loses!

The fairy fabric when held up against the light of the window is sheer.  

I love this fabric! This is the fabric our dress will be made from.

You do need to starch and press it before beginning.   The starch brings out the body. 

 Brenda,  at It's Sew Heavenly told me a great way to prepare this fabric for several students at a time.  Spray starch the fabric heavily and lay the starched fabric over a towel draped chair.  The fabric is quite damp.  Do that for all the fabric pieces.  In this case 13.  Iron the fabric, starting  at the bottom of the stack.

I remember my Mother wrapping damp laundry  up in a towel to keep them moist before ironing, which  will work well in this instance. Roll the fabric up in a towel and then the students can iron them as they come into class.  It works great.  It will work for just one piece of fabric as well.

May your week begin happy and end in peace!

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Fed X

I have just sent off  the article and garment for my May column in Sew Beautiful. I wish I could show you.  It is one of the cutest things I have ever done!

I think you will love it.  Here's a hint. Redwork.

I Love, Love Fed X!!

I am amazed that I can be holding a garment in my hand in the afternoon and know that it will be in someone else's hands by tomorrow even though they are states away.

That allows me to finish at the very last minute!

Because I  just want to use up all the time allowed me.

Wheeww!

I'm a  little worn out.

The picture below should be me.

But it isn't!

Levi sleeping in my sewing room.

I admit that I found it a little annoying that my cat was in a constant state of blissful relaxation while I worked around him in such a flurry!

I tried talking to him to bother him a bit.

He ignored me.

This is what I am reading this morning.

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.  And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.  And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers and you shall be my people and I will be your God."

Ezekiel 36:26-27

Have a wonderful day!!

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