Lucy Jane's Blessing Gown

I smocked a bishop style blessing gown with a lace overlay.

The white fabric is cotton organdy and the ecru lace is swiss cotton.

I used pearl cotton thread, size 8 in white to smock and stitched little seed pearls in the middle of each diamond.

The sleeve edge is finished with swiss beaded lace, and entredeux.

1/4" silk satin double faced ribbon is woven through the beading.

The gathered scalloped lace is swiss cotton.

I wanted the focal point of the gown to be the collar, so I left the hem plain.

I sewed some entredeux along the hem and attached some swiss cotton lace.  

On the back of the gown close to the hem in the middle, I always embroider the baby's initials, with the family name initial in the middle.

I used DMC floche thread to shadow embroider the letters.

The idea is that when Lucy Jane has a daughter of her own, she will pass this blessing gown to her and embroider her baby girl's initials next to her own on the hem of the gown.

This will continue through the generations and there will be lots of initials embroidered on the hem :)

This is the yoke detail on the slip.

I think the swiss cotton lace is very delicate, it's also sewn along the hem.

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Lucy Jane's blessing is next Sunday, I can hardly wait to see how cute and adorable she will look on her special day!

I will definetly share some photos of Lucy Jane in her gown and bonnet with you :)

Table painted with "Annie Sloan" chalk paint.

I love painting furniture and have recently discovered some fabulous paint!  

It's Annie Sloan chalk paint, and it can paint over anything without having to strip finishes or prime the piece of furniture first.

I did quite a bit of research on it through you tube and pinterest.

The paint is a little pricey but since it goes such a long way, I think that it is a good investment.

If you want to read about the paint, you can go to Annie Sloan's website here.

I bought a can of "Florence", it's a perfect shade of turquoise!

Whoops, I almost forgot to take a photo of my little table before I started painting it!

It's not an expensive piece of furniture, but I really like it's shape :)

I guess that since the sun was shining through the windows, the color showed up a little lighter than it really is.
This is a pretty color too!

I sanded the table a little in areas to give it a distressed look.

Then I waxed the table and waited 24 hours before I buffed it.

The color still looks lighter than it actually is.

The table will go beside my red couch.

This is the true color of the table, it will add a nice "pop" of color to the room.

I just put the vase of flowers on the table, I'm looking for a little lamp to go there instead.

The Quilty Barn Along, Cool Threads

 I love this "cool threads" block!

I chose bright, happy fabrics for the thread.

This is block #5 of the silo barns.

I like the yellow barn with gray accents, that's the color of my bedroom.

What better place to "plant a garden", than at a farm!

I'm all caught up on my barns now :)

Princess Neo

I made one of my little grand daughters a princess dress, you can read about it here.

She has been wearing it every single day since she opened it!

Her mom makes her take it off when she eats so that there won't be any accidents :)

I promised you a photo of Neo in her princess gown, she just turned 3!

I asked her where her prince was today, and she said, "At work."

Adorable!!!!

The Quilty Barn Along, Patchwork Pumpkin

This quilty silo barn is #7 and it's perfect for October!

I think the teal barn color goes really well with the orange patchwork pumpkin.

Lori's tutorial for the 6" pumpkin block can be found here.

Isn't this the cutest block ever?

I could see a quilt or a table runner with these pumpkins!

Ta da!!!  Here's my silo barn...

I really like the birds on the silo, very farm - ish :)

The window has details for a Costume Contest, perfect for a Fall Festival!

The Quilty Barn Along, Canning Season

These barns are always so much fun to design and make!

Lori has some really cute vintage photos on her blog, and you can get the instructions for her mason jars and silo barn tutorial here.

I chose the colors for my mason jars very carefully :) 
This is silo barn #6.

The green jar is green beans, the orange is peaches, the yellow is corn, the purple is grape juice (yuck, I see some spiders got in there by accident.....), the aqua is strawberries, and the red is tomatoes.

Yummy!!!  I love home canning!

I auditioned my fabrics and here they are.

Here's my cute little silo barn!  

The fabric I used for the window is Japanese fabric, I fussy cut it from a busy print.

A pink barn, who knew?

Hallowe'en Pennant

I love pennants hanging in front of the fireplace.

I wanted one for Hallowe'en, so I bought some fabric on the quilt shop hop I went on a few weeks ago.

This little green monster fabric is so cute, and the purple fabric is crawling with spiders!

Here are the monsters in orange, along with some candy corn.

I really love this fabric!!!

This fabric and the two monster ones are by "Sweetwater".

They always have really different collections.

Here is the pennant on the fireplace.  

I think it looks really pretty but unfortunately, it doesn't look much like Hallowe'en.

Since the pennant has fall colors, I think I'll just keep it up throughout the Thanksgiving holiday.