Oh, there you are!  It's so nice to "see" you again!!!  :)
WB> KO> things I promised to send out 2 weeks ago!  :}  -  Kathy
WB>::GIGGLE!::  And what will you do for those who turned a deep
WB>shade of blue from standing by the mailbox holding their breath
WB>waiting for those things?
Send 'em oxygen?  Or is it too late?  ;>  Naw, ya'll ought to know by
now that, if I give a date for mailing stuff, it will never make it
- dunno why...  "schtuff" happens.
WB>So, you're making a baptism dress?  How neat!  I've never tried
WB>one of those.  Is it very hard?  How are you making it?
I've made one before - for Elmo's big sister.  All the boys had their
own "boy" baptism outfits - DH wouldn't go for a baptism dress on any
of his sons!  This one is just a simple pattern from Butterick:
requisite extra-long skirt gathered to a yoke.  I embellished &
changed everything, OC, but it looks pretty much like it should.
For the skirt I used some eyelet with a scalloped edge embroidered
with roses: cut the scalloped part off & used it as a band at the
bottom of the skirt & added lace to the bottom edge.  If I'd been
thinking, I would have cut the dress & the band as one piece, since it
all came from the same piece of fabric anyway!  I used a sheer knit
with a crystal-like sparkle to it for the yoke & the bonnet brim.  The
sleeves of the dress are made of the same lace used in the bonnet &
the whole outfit is trimmed with yards & yards of ruffled lace.  (Can
you tell I have 4 boys?  I tend to go crazy when sewing girl stuff! :)
All I have left to do is buttons & buttonholes (as soon as I figure
out how to use the buttonhole attachment on my new machine) & add the
ribbon on the bonnet.  And the baptism is still a week off!  No
last-minute stitching on this one!  :)
I did do some of that last-minute stuff today, though.  Irene has
needed a new swimming suit for quite some time, but I just don't like
any I've seen - too revealing for a little girl to wear.  Sunday night
I started cutting apart one of her old suits to make into a new one.
I added a little here & lengthened it there, got it all cut out & sewn
together last night & then tried it on her this a.m.  It fit!  I spent
the afternoon furiously sewing the elastic in - Elmo stayed awake
longer than I expected & it was a race to finish the elastic before
Irene had to wear the suit to swim class this afternoon!  I do have to
go back & shorten the elastic in the back of the suit - it's a bit
saggy, but I did get the thing finished so she could wear it.  Irene
must have told a couple of her little friends that her mom made her
suit - one of the girls asked me how I could make something like that
in one night.  If she only knew!  ;>
Now I want to know: since I made that suit especially to fit this
child, why does she keep pulling it down from her rear end?  I know
the suit is plenty long enough - must be an old habit...  :)  - Kathy
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