R is for Robin!

Robin was in class on Sunday and by Tuesday she had sent me a picture of her finished project!!

Yeah Robin!!  Great Work too!!

Teachers love seeing the class project complete (we need encouragement too!)

This project was from the SAGA Convention class Embroidered Initials.  It is a pretty Lingerie Bag that has been personalized.  Wonder what will go in Robins bag?

The Initials are from my Embroidery Book.

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White Wednesday -Baby Anna's Circa 1920 Bonnet

Original Bonnet.  Made from a soft Organdy.

Isn't it Beautiful.  So unusual.  I was attracted to it right away.  

This Heirloom Bonnet is owned by my friend Jamie. 

Side View.  

See the Antique Featherstitching along the Crown and the Brim pieces.

It was made for Baby Anna by her Mother.

The Embroidery was worked primarily in Satin Stitch Embroidery.  

For more history, please see this Post!

The Crown.

Just as fancy as the rest of the Bonnet.

Old Fashioned Baby copy of Anna's Circa 1920 Antique Baby Bonnet.

I now have the pattern for sale on my Web site.  You have the option of including all the materials with the pattern.

This is my White Wednesday, the day I share lovely white treasures with you.  I tour along with Faded Charm to peek at other peoples white treasures!

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There and Back Again!

This picture was taken by the  famous Susan O'Conner!!

These sweet ladies were in my two day Daygown and Bonnet class! 

We had a nice, relaxing and productive two days of sewing. 

 I would have kept them all week if I could have!!

But I had fun with all my classes!

And Robin & Marlene kept me supplied with Starbucks Mocha Latte's (decaf).

The week went by in the blink of an eye and it was Saturday before you knew it!

The Saturday Night Convention Dinner.

Our  past SAGA Presidents table!  Aren't they Elegant??

My Friend Sharon and myself.

Me with my famous friends ...Wendy Schoen and Judith Adams.

Judith won a basket!

This is the basket that I didn't win!!  Love that cowboy hat!! 

 With 5 Granddaughters, I put most of my tickets here!

Some of the baskets donated by Saga Chapters, Teachers and Individuals.

This is so much fun!!  And it is a Fund Raiser.  And many, many thanks to the chapters who donate these baskets.  You would be thrilled to see all the ladies get so excited as they look at the baskets and  try to decide which ones to put their tickets in.  Then they go back and buy more tickets because they are all so wonderful!!

(I did not win a basket..but I did put my tickets in!) 

I came a day early to relax and visit my friend, Sharon.  She has a wonderful yard and she served me tea and breakfast on the deck in her garden.

To see her secret garden, go to my garden blog!

And she had a special tea cup just for me to use.  I loved it!!  Roses on cream china.  Beautiful!  Notice the Blue tea pot too!

Sharon - What a doll!!

Next year we will be in Southern California.  

Start making plans to be there!!

Be There or Be Square!

SAGA ROCKS!!

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Sunday At Saga and a Birthday!

This is a class that I teach for SAGA.  I am not teaching it this year though.  It is all about Bonnets.  

And today (Sunday, September 26)  is my daughters Birthday.

Baby Shawna

She didn't miss a meal!!  Good rich Mothers Milk! I was an Earth Mother. Child of the late 60's and 70's!  I  Loved Natural!!  My kids didn't even know they gave out lollipops at the docters office!!  

I made the blanket she is on while waiting for her to arrive.  It's yellow, because, of course, I didn't know she would be a Girl!!  That was before ultrasounds.    I embroidered pretty little flowers and designs on soft flannel, then lined it and stitched gathered eyelet around the edges.  I  loved that blanket!  We lost it somewhere in Arizona while driving home from California to visit my parents in Texas. We were off the beaten path to see a small Indian village where they still had a community oven. It was very interesting but there was much poverty which also made it sad.  I liked to imagine that a mother  found that blanket and used it for her own baby.

She is still just like this!!!  Such a Priss!!  And Cute!

This was taken when I was expecting her.  I made my maternity set.  I am playing with my son in the Yosemite river (inside Yosemite National Park) in California.  Clear and Cold and Beautiful water.  My long, long hair gives you a hint that it is the early 70's!

Bringing Baby home. 

 I certainly have a good grip on her!  Never dropped a baby yet!

Wearing a little pink dress with an Eyelet apron that her Aunt Kathy made her.

She is all grown up now!

Her Birth announcement reads:

She's soft and cuddly

and couldn't be sweeter.

She's our baby daughter and 

We'd like you to meet her.

I arrive home from SAGA tonight!

And get to sleep in my own bed.  Yeah!!

(I  hope I had fun!)

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Saturday I'm Teaching the Slip Class!

This is a very useful class!

Dear Friends, I am teaching the Wonderful Petticoat Class today!

Eveyone needs a slip under their little Daygown or Dress.  Although we often think it is for modesty, it also enhances the garment.  Slips are a must.  And we will be learning how to draft our own, using a yoke pattern.  That way you can always have a slip to go with any dress you make.

This is the slip we will be making in class.  

We will practice the Featherstitch and Flowers to embellish it with.

The fabric is this sheer , wonderful, Fairy Fabric!  It is so light , the Fairies might have spun it!

We have to know how to stitch the Shell hem!!  It's lovely on a slip.  And many other fancy and plain embellishments and techniques!

Your Affectionately, Jeannie


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Friday is Embroidery!

This is the class I am teaching today!

We will learn the wonderful Featherstitch!  French Eyelets, used here as the center of a flower. And an assortment of Bullion Rose flowers.  Including Looped Bullions.

The Smocking Arts Guild of America. 

 I am proud to belong to it.  I love the group of ladies scattered all over the world but with the same love of stitching.   And I have met many of these ladies.  They really are nice.

Sewing Ladies are the Best!!

My antique Mother of Pearl Buttons.  These are collectable.  Made prior to WW1.

Tonight at the Convention is Market Night!! 

 Ladies will be standing in line to rush to the booths to purchase items that are hard to come by in most areas.  And many of us (Venders) bring things in limited quantity and special items that we don't have available most of the time.
It's Fun!

 I will be selling the pattern for this Antique Reproduction Baby Bonnet of mine.

It will be an exciting, exhausting and sometimes expensive night (I shop too!). 

We will sleep well after this long, long day!!

Sleep my babe 

Lie still and slumber

All through the night

Guardian Angels 

God will send thee

All through the night 


I'm counting on it!

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White Wednesday -Teaching My Daygown Class!

Sweet and Simple Daygown Collection pattern.

I love this Daygown!

Today I am in Norfolk, VA.

I am teaching at the National Convention of the Smocking Arts Guild of America.

Purpose "The purpose of the Smocking Arts Guild of America is preserve and foster the art of smocking and related needlework for future generations through education, service, communication and quality workmanship."

I will be showing my class how to miter lace insertion evenly and neatly.  And how to attach the lace to the fabric.  It is so much easier to learn when you can actually watch someone perform the stitches.

We will be Featherstitching!!  And stitching Bullion Roses.

And learning the Old Fashioned (Antique) Double  Featherstitching.

And stitching A Bullion Flower in a Button! Very Pretty!

This is a two day class, so I will be teaching it on Thursday too!

Yes, we will get pretty far along on the Daygown and the matching Bonnet!

Wish you were here!!

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Embroidered Flower on Old Nighty

Isn't this a lovely little embroidered flower?

It is Satin Stitch (roughly done) and I think they used two strands of floss.  It might even be a floche but it didn't look quite as smooth as  floche usually looks.

I plan to copy it and use it somewhere.  You can too, if you'd like! (I would like to see it if you do!)

A friend brought me this nightgown to show me the embroidered flower.  The materials are not fine (poly lace - gasp!) but it is sure cute.  And do you notice the smocking on either side?

It is smocked with the Honeycomb!  One of my favorite Smocking Stitches.  

Very Old Fashioned!

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Jeannie's World vs Mayhem! Am I living in the Real world??

This is my sewing room, design room, order room, writting room. My room!

I call this room mayhem at the moment!

I fly to Norfolk tomorrow and this is what my life looks like right now as I throw things about, discarding what I won't need and piling up what I will need.  Soon, I will shut the door on this room and turn my mind to other things.  It will still be here but I won't think about it!

This is also my sewing room, design room ...etc. My room. 

(well, not at this moment) 

This is the world I like to see!

They are both the real world.

That is why Blogging is so much fun and so wonderful.  You can highlight the lovely things in your life.

Like all of you, I have my troubles.  But I have beauty and joy  too.   

I don't put my burnt scones on my blog.  Or furniture that needs dusting.  Why would I?  I like the pretty things.  The lovely part of life.  I like to see yummy scones on pretty china.  And fresh flowers in a vase.  It is all real.

I choose to focus on the Good things in my life!

That's my world too!

This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

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Baby Ashley in Baby's Smocked Layette

When I first saw little Ashley, she was dressed in the little gown I had made for her older cousin.  It is always a thrill to see a baby wearing something special you made.

Baby Ashley is all dressed up in Baby's Smocked Layette.  Complete with Bonnet!

She is pretty in pink.

Cute little baby toes!

The Princess and Her Shoe

Doodle, doodle, doo

The princess lost her shoe;

The princess hopped

The fiddler stopped,

Not knowing what to do.

old nursery rhyme

Baby's Smocked Layette

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Daygown Sew Along - Picture Gallery!!

                                                                                                                                        

Belinda used pink Floche on white fabric for her Embroidered Raglan Daygown.

Today I will show you the pictures of Sew Along Daygowns that were sent to me.  Many of you emailed me and told me you were not finished yet but planned to finish.  I am happy with your kind words and enthusiasm.

Lisa used Blue Satin Batiste and stitched a Shadow Embroidered Bunny on the front of her Embroidered Raglan Daygown.  She trimmed her Embroidered Raglan Daygown with baby tatting.  For more photos, visit Lisa at her Blog.

Marcy's Daygown with gathered lace edging.

Debbie used blue and stitched the design included with my pattern.

Chris made a pink Daygown with a Bonnet to match.

Susan sent a picture of one of her favorite parts of making her Daygown, the embroidery.  Many of you mentioned that you liked stitching the embroidery.

Marie made a slip to go with her Daygown.  And I know several of you are making a slip to go with your Daygown.

Jan crocheted the edging for her neck and sleeves.  You can see more pics of Jan's Daygown on Jans Blog.  If any of you have your Daygown on your blog, let me know and I can link to you!

(Jan, the fabric behind your Daygown looks just like my little sofa in my sewing room)

Virginia used ecru lace.

Wendy's Baby Daygown.  

I am pleased so many of you liked the embroidery design included in the pattern.

Cassie made hers from pink lawn and used white embroidery floss.  She also used Fancy Entredeux on the neck and sleeves. 

They are all lovely!  So many of you wrote to tell me that you discovered that Handsewing was not as time consuming as you thought it was going to be.  And you really like it! 

Yes, I will do another Sew Along.  Right now my mind is occupied with teaching for the SAGA convention and I hope to meet some of you there!  But I will let you know about the next one!! 

 Thank you all for sewing with me these past few weeks.

 And please share your sewing skills with others!!

Be as the Stars,

unchanging in the firmament,

Guiding others

through the darkness

by your steadfast light.

Joan Walsh Anglund

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