I finished the cloaks. I am glad to have them done well in advance of any Ren Faires that will occur in May but I still want to work on some little tunics, belts and pouches and like before then. The cloaks are the hard part though, so I have plenty of time to work on the rest of it. My stuff came from Weirs already, so I wanted to finish these up
quickly so I can get to our Spring nature table stuff before I am
utterly consumed by the project of putting two dolls together. I know I have been more crafty than normal lately but it lends itself well to homeschooling. I can sit and work on a project quietly while the girls work on their school stuff. That way I am right there and available to help with questions but it doesn’t make them feel like I am sitting right on top of them.
The girls joined 4-H. This was almost entirely due to the absolutely stellar leader they have. She is a retired home economics teacher who volunteers all of her time to teaching her 4-H’ers to sew. She has a serger, three sewing machines and every gizmo known to mankind but more importantly she will teach the girls to sew properly. I sort
of cobble things together as I go and take a lot of shortcuts so it is definitely not a good idea for me to be the only one teaching them. They had their first lesson with her today. She seems like a very nice lady.
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Sounds like they will have a fantstic time at 4-H!
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Adorable!
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They look fantastic! Of course your models would look adorable in anything.
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Those look great! As you know. I am a cobble of things. Thankfully, the usually look a’ight. Your’s look definately more than a’ight.
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Your cloaks look wonderful !! And I love that toothless smile 🙂
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Those cloaks are great. Abra has been heading off to Hogwarts everyday so we found a Halloween type cloak at the thrift store, but it would be so much fun to make one. It looks like yours are lined; you are a brave seamstress. I was thinking something simpler. You’re inspiring me to dust off the old sewing machine.
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those are wonderful!i wish i had a sewing tutor like that. maybe they’ll be able to teach you some great things.
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those are wonderful!i wish i had a sewing tutor like that. maybe they’ll be able to teach you some great things.
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The cloaks look great! 🙂
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I LOVE THOSE CLOAKS!!!!! Great job!!
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Those are awesome cloaks. 🙂 And this “I sort of cobble things together as I go and take a lot of shortcuts” is exactly why I can’t sew (or do any other crafty thing) — but it looks like you’ve managed to overcome!! haha
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