A Fun Time With My Sew Sew's!

Lovely Crocheted Baby Blankets!  For a lucky baby!

We were all working on assorted projects today.  Only the blankets finished for show and tell!

Working on the SAGA class/program I am teaching for the French Hand Sewers. 

 Lorraine has done her Snail Shirring and is finishing up her bonnet to be ready for the next class.

I am hemstitching! 

I love to hemstitch.  It is so satisfying to see those loose little threads bundled into a pretty design.

We drank coffe and tea in pretty cups.

Jenny was knitting and Laura was finishing a slip with the Shell Hem.

The hostess told me she and her family built their house 45 years ago when they had 3 small children underfoot.  She had a 4'X10' space built off the family room/kitchen area just for her sewing. It is the perfect spot for a Mom with little ones to watch.  And there are doors to close it off so she could  keep those little hands safe.  It is a wonderful space!

This is  a very functional area.  Everything she needs right there!

Bits of odd lace pinned to her embroidered hanger cover.

What a pretty way to keep those  lace pieces  available.  It is hanging in her sewing area.

Snail Shirring Bonnet Class

Snail Shirring Bonnet

This cute  little Bonnet features the unique method of gathering fabric that I call "Snail Shirring".  I named it Snail Shirring when I needed to call it something for an article I was doing for the  Creative Needle May/June  issue in 1992.  It was the second article I did for my column "The Old Fashioned Baby" (named after my business).  I named it Snail Shirring  after finding it in an old sewing book.

Swiss Batiste, Baby Entredeux, Silk Satin Ribbon, Mother of Pearl Buttons and fine Swiss Edging.

Ready to  go into the kits.

Getting the kits ready  to teach the this Bonnet Class for the French Hand Sewers SAGA guild.  You can see more of this stitch by visiting the pretty things on The Southern Matriarch blog.

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