Paisley's Blessing Gown

A tradition I have, is making an heirloom blessing gown for each of my grandchildren.
I made this gown for Paisley, she is my 10th grandchild :)

This gown is made of cotton organdy.

It is very sheer and crisp.

I hand embroidered some flowers on the yoke.

The French cotton lace is attached at the neckline, with entredeux.

I embroidered some flowers and ribbon on each sleeve.

I love the Swiss cotton lace and entredeux on the cuff, with gathered French lace.

The focal point of this gown, is the fancy band along the hemline.

Each row of lace is attached seperately, and sometimes it takes 3 rows of sewing to attach it.

Here's a closer view of the laces.

I love this cotton organdy, it doesn't fray or wrinkle as much as Swiss batiste.

I always add pearl buttons to the back, I especially like these little flower ones.

Each of the blessing gowns I make, always has a slip to match.

The gown fabric is sheer and the slip gives it more of a "princess"look.

On the back of the dress in the center by the hem, I always embroider the baby's initials.

Paisley Louise Horst
Louise is my middle name :) I feel pretty honored!

The idea is that Paisley will pass this heirloom gown on to her daughter when she is blessed, and embroider her initials next to her own.

Paisley's daughter will do the same and so on....

Eventually, there will be a row or more of initials :)

The organdy fabric doesn't lend itself to embroidery as well as swiss batiste.

I also make a smocked bonnet with double faced silk satin ribbon.

I was searching for a spot to take the photo, and decided to take it next to my first grandaughter Kennedy, who was wearing her heirloom blessing gown and bonnet.

Here's a closeup of the bonnet.

Sometimes I add seed pearls, but I think this fabric needs to stand out on its own :)

Here's a full length photo of the gown.

Now it's ready to be delivered.

I'll show you photos of the blessing on Wednesday :)

Happy Birthday America!

Happy Fourth of July!

Have a wonderful time with friends and family and have a great weekend :)

Blessing gown, WIP

I have been making a fancy band with French cotton lace.

Now I'm adding a row of Swiss cotton lace with entredeux.It is attached using a zigzag stitch. The 

needle goes into everyone if those holes, a very painstaking procedure :)

I've completed the fancy band, each stitch was sewn with much love for my new grand daughter, Paisley.

I'll show you the completed slip, dress, and smocked bonnet soon :)

Quilt Humor

Burp Pads

I made some burp pads for Paisley Louise.

I lined this one with some super soft minky, the same fabric that is on the back of Paisley Louise's baby quilt.

Don't you just love Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf?

I like this one too, there's a lot of bright colors and fun things going on!

Japanese fabric is so soft.

I backed on with chenille.

All wrapped up and ready to give :)

Quilt humor

Modern Instabee 2014, June

I've posted about this before, but I belong to Hive 11 of the Modern Instabee.
I found out about the group on Instagram.

There are 13 quilts or quilt blocks in this book.

There are 12 members in the hive.

Each member chooses a month, mine is October.

You tell the hive which block you want and what colors.

Sometimes one of the members will send us a square to use for the center of the triple star block.

The triple star block has been the most popular so far.

This hive member wanted her block in orange, yellow and a mossy green.

I made the block a little differently this time, I hope she likes it :)

Usually, you rotate the colors.

I made each layer of points the same color.

The finished block, the triple star.