Our Class at It's Sew Heavenly

Our wonderful group of Stitchers at It's Sew Heavenly.

Brenda is the Queen of everything  pretty and she had her Christmas decorations up for us to enjoy!

We did some serious and fun Heirloom Sewing.

The T-Yoke Dress or Gown (or Christening Gown) is the best class to get that confidence you need in Heirloom Sewing.

We learned how to join two fabrics together using lace.

As well as many other techniques.

And the students did a wonderful job!

Brenda and Lacie have already planned what their second Dress will look like. 

They are going with soft Blue Swiss Lawn.

The entire shop is lovely "Eye Candy" for the Heirloom Stitcher.

Beautiful garments hanging around to inspire you and delicious fabric crying out to be bought. 

This group knew each other so visiting  and chatting were always tempting but they were a hard working bunch too.

Button Frenzy!!

There was a limited supply of special Buttons for sale and everyone wanted them!!

They  shared. They divided the quantity between them all.

(One lady kept sewing, ignoring the Buttons entirely.  I told her I was surprised she wasn't interested and she said "I already told them to give me whatever  my friend is buying".  Ha Ha, she knows if her friend wants them, so does she)

Here is an example of the Baby Gown and Baby Dress. The pictured slip is from the pattern "Old Fashioned Baby Dresses" and the front was adapted to match the dress.  I made it for a magazine article several years ago.

Classes are Fun!

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An OLD French Acadian Christening Gown

This dress was hand made 30 plus years ago in South Louisiana.

Click to enlarge and see the distictive French Acadian style.

I love the way the Christening Gown back was embellished with pin tucks and Featherstitching.

The hem has  lace, pin tucks and Featherstitching.

It's so sweet!

A student brought this to class.

Just to show me.

What a treat it was for me to see this gown.

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Last Day of Class!

Pretty little Old Fashioned Baby Clothes to enjoy during class.

My students were a serious but  fun group.

Can you see the HOMEMADE Pinapple Upsidedown Cake?

And Lacie made sure everyone was taken care of at lunch time.

Not that anyone would want to miss a meal.

The food was better than you could get at a five star restaurant. 

Every student had the front and back sewn together by the end of the third day.

They all did a beautiful job.

We all wished we could stay for one more day.

But it wasn't to be.

I hope I see you there again next year!

We could call our sewing experience….Sew Wonderful!

Thank you Lacie and Brenda for  our It's Sew Heavenly experience.

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Teaching for It's Sew Heavenly - Day Two

This is the great group of Ladies that stitched together.

At It's Sew Heavenly.

We were a happy bunch!

After stitching the Fancy Lace Band to our gown, we cut the fabric away from behind  the lace.  Very carefully.

I always recommend Lace Scissors for this job.

The gown front is beginning to look like the pretty garment it will be.

And everyone worked real hard!

Day Two gone!

Oh dear, so soon?

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It''s Sew Heavenly

My Christening Gown made from French Acadian Christening Gowns pattern.

Fashioned after the style so popular in South Louisiana in days gone by. 

A bit of  history for you to stitch.

The shop It's Sew Heavenly has the perfect name. 

 Just step inside and it truly is heavenly for any Heirloom Stitcher.  You will think you died and went to Heirloom Heaven! You will find an abundance of Lace, fine Fabric, Trims and more.

There are so many prettily stitched dresses  on display to inspire you.

This is where I went to teach……in South Louisiana.  

Here is Brenda pulling threads on her Swiss Batiste.  The very first thing we did was pull threads to prepare for the Hemstitching.  You can't do anything until that part is finished.

Lucky, there were only a few threads to withdraw.

We sewed our beautiful lace together to form a Fancy Lace Band.

Then we stitched the Fancy Lace Bands to our dress front.

All the tucking was done with a Double (or Twin) Needle.

It was a busy first day………no homework.

Just rest and relax for a full day of stitching.

Tomorrow.

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French Acadian Christening Gown - Teaching

We are stitching Tucks on this lovely Gown.

By machine.

I am confident my students will like my gown and learn lots and lots.

And although it's not the way it was done in years gone by, it's very pretty.

We're stitching Double Needle Tucks by machine.

And working the Old Fashioned Antique Featherstitch by hand.

And I have my sleeves stitched.

And I am very pleased!

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French Acadian Christening Gown for It's Sew Heavenly

I am extremely pleased at how my Christening Gown is looking.

I'm sure the beautiful lace has something to do with it!!

Even though this is a Machine Sewing/Hand Embellishing Class, I am stitching some of the lace on by hand to get a perfect placement.

And the corner is mitered.

I'm flying along.

Teaching for It's Sew Heavenly this week.

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French Acadian Christening Class - Designing as I go

The class project for  It's Sew Heavenly is a Christening Gown.

This is what the Fancy Lace Band from the last post is for.

I am changing the pattern up just a bit and want to make up a sample.

I'm having fun!

Smocked Hangers at PBJ Kids Shop

I love these Smocked Childrens hangers

I was pleased to see the  hard to find wooden childrens hangers are available at Peanut Butter and Jelly Kids shop.  You need them to make the Smocked Hangers.

Bye to Anna Marie and Peanut Butter and Jelly Kids Heirloom Sewing Shop!!

Hope to visit you again.

ps.  Ladies.  You need to drive out of your way to visit this fantastic shop in Mobile, Alabama.

You will be happy you did.

French Lace + Swiss Fabric = Happiness

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Teaching For Saga in Anaheim.

Dress Pattern is Revised Baby Daydresses. The Embroidery design in not included in the pattern.

This is the dress featured in the latest Sew Beautiful magazine.  It is one of the most enjoyable projects I have worked on.  I love to hemstitch, I love to embroider, I love pretty lace and I love this little dress!

It is available as a KIT on my website.

But even better.  

This will be a two day class I will be teaching in California this fall for the Smocking Arts Guild of America.

                   The new Class Brochure for the National Convention is now available for viewing!!

You can visit the SAGA (Smocking Arts Guild of America)website for all kinds of wonderful information as well as looking at all the teachers and classes in the Convention Brochure.

In my two day class you will get to stitch this dress with me.  We will work all the sweet techniques on this dress as I show you specific methods I use to make my little baby dress creations. 

 So you can make them just like me!

Start planning now to be there with us.

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Jeannie's Workshop For Sew Heavenly

Hem of the Baby Dress we will be stitching in my Class.

 "Little White Baby Dress"

I will be teaching a Two Day Workshop for  Sew Heavenly this coming October 23 and 24.  

Sew Heavenly is a shop located in Youngsville, Louisiana.

If you have enjoyed our Sew Along but would like hands on experience, join us!!

 

The  Front Yoke of the Baby Dress for class.

Below is an excerpt from their Newsletter:

"Join us Oct 23 & 24 2010   for this two day class on  Little White Baby Dress with Jeannie Baumeister "The Old Fashion Baby" (12-hour class- Machine And Handsewing- This class features a pretty white dress that is big on Heirloom sewing techniques along with the two most popular embroidery stitches, Featherstitching and Bullions! Jeannie will show you the method she uses to shape, miter and overlap lace as you stitch it to the fabric, then trim the fabric from behind  the lace for a light and airy look. The design is a varation of her Daydress pattern which was featured  in Sew Beautiful magazine several years ago.  The fabric is a treasured Geiger Lawn and the laces are pretty and fine.  There are tucks at the yoke and dainty Featherstitching with Bullion Rosebuds to embellish this little dress.  You will learn both the single and the Old Fashioned Double Featherstitching as you stitch in class.  This is a beautiful dress that will enhance and improve your sewing skills.  "

If you would like more information about this Workshop, contact  Brenda:

 phone - 337 856 8141  email -  brenda@itssewheavenly.com

Fill your Heart 

  with Beauty,

and

Beauty  

will come to you.

joan wlash anglund

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Elegant Stitches - Elegantly Stitched Sewing Retreat

This Lovely Bonnet is my class project. Bonnet will be White.

Elegantly Stitched is a three day heirloom sewing retreat featuring hand and machine heirloom classes.  The bonnet featured above includes both hand and machine sewing techniques and beautiful embroidery.  It is made out of the finest materials -  Swiss fabric and Maline laces!  Learn more about the Elegantly Stitched Retreat.

 The porch at the Hilton Hotel where the Sewing Retreat is being held.

This will be a relaxing time to get away from the routine of life, recharge your creative energy and stitch, stitch, stitch.  Students  will experience an entire day of learning with  each teacher -   me,  Laura Jenkins Thompson and Connie  Palmer.  And we each have wonderful projects designed  for you to learn and perfect your sewing skills.  Retreat Dates are this April 16-18.

Old Fashioned Baby Raglan Christening Gown shown in this picture.

Elegant Stitches has wonderful Heirloom Fabrics and Old Fashioned Baby supplies.  The Elegant Stitches Store is another  "walk  in "  sewing store where you can touch and feel to your hearts content.

 Elegant Stitches

210 C Colonades  Way

Waverly Place Shopping Center

Cary, North Carolina

1 918 852-4445

Oodles of fabrics, patterns and heirloom sewing and smocking supplies fill the store.  You will need to go see for yourself! 

 Support your local Heirloom Sewing Shop.

Baby Bonnet Class for Elegantly Stitched

Bonnet that my class will be making at "Elegantly Stitched -an Heirloom Sewing Event".

I am excited about teaching for Elegant Stitches in North Carolina.  April will be a wonderful time to be in North Carolina and the event is being held in a beautiful Hotel.  It will host three teachers and each student will have a full days class with each teacher.  The bonnet above is the class that I will be teaching.  It is my copy of another creation of   Alice Virginia Gordon, Jamie's talented late Mother In Law and it is beautiful!!   For Information, go to Elegantly Stitched.

My Bags are Packed for Norfolk/T-Yoke Gown Class

Old  Fashioned Baby T-Yoke Gown, Dress and Christening Gown Pattern.

 I love the class I am teaching for the Seaside Smockers.  It is the "T-Yoke Baby Gown" class. A two day class (one thing I love about it!).  This class has some very useful techniques that look difficult but are not.  You just have to know how to do them! As my students follow along in class, stitching, they are amazed at what they can do.   I love the happy look on someones face when they are pleased with their accomplishments.  That's the best part of teaching.  See Martha's finished gown at Southern Matriarch.

Getting ready to teach the T-Yoke Gown class to the Seaside Smockers.

I have started this gown in Green Fairy fabric so I can show the steps as we progress in class.

 

Little pink Bullions Roses on the green sleeve.

  I am also making a dress from the same pattern with the Green Fairy fabric (are you thinking I love this lovely green?) but I am going to eliminate the ruffle on the dress to change it up a bit.
One of the neatest things about going to teach this class for the Seaside Smockers is that one of their members is the reason this pattern exists.  Jamie has shared many of her wonderful garments with me, allowing me to copy and be inspired by them.  More on Jamie and the history of the T-Yoke Gown another time!