with a needle and thREAD

Here are some of great things about sewing that make it an excellent pursuit for me:

I make lovely (hopefully!) things that people can use

It requires practice and patience

The more one practices, the better one gets – mostly (this helps me practice what I preach to my children. I’m always saying to them, “Well, how do you get better at something? Practice!”)

The people who are more skilled inspire me to do more and become better

Humility

Humility is the main one this week.  I had the dresses for the flower girls almost done last week, and was working on the tulle skirts.  Then, once the skirts were done, I had Hannah try hers on with her dress.  And – ta-da! – it looked funny.  The empire waistline and gathers just made it impossible to arrange without it looking funny.  Whoops.  I don’t know if I could have predicted that, but it was true.  Funny-looking is NOT the flower girl look.  SO…I made new dresses this week.  I tried them on the girls this morning, and they DON’T look funny.  I think they look quite cute.

        

Luckily, the new dress pattern is quite simple, and I’d made it before, so they came together quickly.

Hannah won’t have purple socks on for the wedding!

Have I mentioned that the girls are very excited about this wedding?

I still need to put the ribbon on, but we’re nearly there. 

Reading this week has been somewhat limited, because most of the reading I’ve been doing is from my to-do list and the talk that we’re giving at the local Newman Center tonight.  However, I did download a couple of Grace Livingston Hill books on Elizabeth’s recommendation, and I’ve gotten a sneak paragraph here and there from The Enchanted Barn.  I imagine that an airplane trip in the near future will give me a chance to do a bit more reading.  It will certainly cut down on the sewing!

You can see what others are sewing and reading at Elizabeth’s blog!