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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Apron Sew-A--Long...read and then move to the new  |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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 Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 05:24:46 AM
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Jess! I love the aprons! Your mom is very lucky to have you!
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"What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress? Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath."
-- Thomas Crum
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 05:45:37 AM
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Thanks everybody! MAking clothes today will post last night's apron in a bit. Am I collecting menopause knowledge for later...does not sound like a bowl of cherries!
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 05:59:08 AM
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Last night's apron for my husband's Italian cousin!...state flower fabric. |
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 05:59:52 AM
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I'm with Naomi and Jess in the under 50 crowd ;) Looks like all of you ladies have been keeping busy this week. I've got tomorrow off and am hoping to get some sewing done. Gotta get some more fabric for bias tape first though.
http://ruby--slippers.blogspot.com/
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
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Georgann
Midlothian
VA
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Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 06:27:39 AM
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I guess the money I save on Kotex will help pay for my tri-focals! LOL
See, there is an up side to menopause!
Jess, the state flowers apron is beautiful. Love the pocket. Oh, and Nay...........get some sleep girl, you need it!
I did a bit of resewing last night. I ordered a beautiful vintage sundress off of the internet from a gal in Chicago, and ripped out the side seams and hem and refashioned it into a beautiful "hippy" style sundress to wear over a t-shirt and jeans for one of my daughters. It fits her beautifully and it is so, sew pretty! Let me see if I can get a snapshot of it................
I used tie-dye batiks for the side panels and for the tier added to the bottom. I might add more trim later. She likes it as is. She is going to wear it to school tomorrow since she has art on Thursdays and her art teacher encourages the students to dress artsy on art day!
She is smaller than my sewing dummy, so I had to pin it up on it. It's really not crooked.
Well, gotta clean today.
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://thefabricho.blogspot.com/
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
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Edited by - Aunt George on Sep 19 2007 06:30:12 AM |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 06:40:11 AM
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love the dress! my style of clothes too! I love it!
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"Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath."
-- Thomas Crum
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 06:43:26 AM
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| oh i love that batik..i have several similar dresses that i have bought at shows and boutiques around town. Good job for encouraging that George..and tell her she can dress like that even on the days she does not have art! |
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 07:18:03 AM
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Jess! Lucky MOM!! (She just doesn't realize how lucky~Happy 50th! Mom!)
And even luckier cousin! Absolutely adorable!
Georgann, your daughter will be the "talk" in art class!
Oh, and Jess, yes pay attention. No one ever told us all what to expect.
Our mothers just endured menopause and we thought they were nutz and people
always just made jokes. Of course everyone's
experience is somewhat different. I hate the way women's issues were something
to be scoffed at~we need to take back the power and recognize the passages we all share.
Yeah, it affects memory, energy and just overall well-being, but we should get badges of perserverence afterwards!! Not be the butt of jokes.
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 07:28:06 AM
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I agree with you Bonne. Women in their early 60's are just entering the peak of their power as a woman. It is a gathering of life experiences and shedding of inhibitions. It is being wise enough to know better, yet foolish to know you had better!!
Thanks, she loves it and it so fits her personality!! I'm hoping to instill some of this old mom into each of my young daughters and I think it is working. They are both independent and emotional strong, powerful little girls. Dani says she has a reputation of being a freethinker and free dresser and she loves that!! She doesn't want to be like the crowd of plastics around her! Yippeeeee!!! Hannah has always been an independent thinker and really doesn't care what others of her age think about her.....phew.............mission accomplished thus far!
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://thefabricho.blogspot.com/
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 07:29:30 AM
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| yep..i agree..i have had a few blessing ways for friends of mine dealing with it..and it has been really fun! and there is nothing like a bunch of earthy women howling at the moon! |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 07:46:42 AM
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| good job georgann! |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 09:30:05 AM
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Earthy women howling at the moon! Now we're on my topic! I still have lots to learn and more encouragement.
HOWLLLLLL
HHHHHOOOOOOWWWWWLLLL !!!
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"Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath."
-- Thomas Crum
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 09:45:23 AM
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| oh yes...my husband takes cover in the house and we chant and ritual and burn stuff and smudge and give herbal massages...hot stones...too bad i have neighbors or we could be completely without our inhibitions..they probably all think i am nuts! |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 12:07:42 PM
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Bev,
Yep, took me 30 years to find my Thomas..he's my best friend and the love of my life, and everybody loves him and always says "what a wonderful guy!"  It's so nice!! (((Glow..Glow)))
Been using this wonderful fantastic magnifying lens today..OMG, don't know how I've made it without it..it's great..It's the "Daylight" brand in case anyone wants to check them out.
Stephanie
quote:
Originally posted by Bee Haven Maven
Stephanie... You are right, my hubby is the love of my life...he is everything I ever wanted in a mate!...everybody loves him.
 Visit our farm at: www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com
Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 1:18:39 PM
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I usually miss the AM talk so here is my afternoon reply to everyone about menopause ...
Jess and Naomi... y'all have the advantage of having new herbal discoveries that are not known yet. Women's health studies are taken more seriously now that the researchers finally realized how extremely different women's heart disease symptoms are from a man and that's just a beginning.
And the menopause issues will be on the front burner from here on out with such a big percentage of the population aging right now. Alot of us menopausal and postmeno.. have come into our own and are "forming New Trails where there aren't any Paths" and we are ready to do great things like never before!
So the issues of how menopause can steal away your energy, memory and other things...(what are they?)...LOL are really a hendrance but with determination and research can be overcome!
Oh, and the most important thing to possess at all times is a "sense of humor"!!! Without it you will become a bitter old woman with crooked fingers, toes and nose :o)
Stephanie
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 1:50:18 PM
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Yea, I laugh everytime I pee myself.....sneezing, running, and sometimes laughing hard!!! Laugh, pee, laugh more!!!
Bonne....what a treasure that book is....the aprons are great.
Georgann, I love the dress....very Bohemian...love that style, personally.
Ok, here is installment #2 of the RenFaire costume. Today I made the chemise to wear underneath. It is natural colored muslin and very long(mid-calf). Tomorrow I tackle the doublet (I think that is what it is called...vest type thingy)
Visit our farm at: www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com
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DeepsouthMamma
True Blue Farmgirl
1454 Posts
Autumn
Southwest Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 1:50:29 PM
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I don't get too much into philosophy but I just wanted to add in a little to the discussion on menopause.
Our bodies were created by a loving God to function in cycles,phases whatever you want to call it- but change.
Just as our kids go through puberty with all those changes we go through similiar changes.
So much of the american lifestyle interrupts and dis-rupts what our bodies are created to do.
Moving in the direction of healthy choices-food,activity whatever must be better for us.
As Stephanie said - there is new research all the time- but truly each of us must grow older and my hope is to do so in the most graceful manner possible.
Growing old is not so bad- but gowing old & bitter or harsh -that scares me.
I try to choose grace when I can- and I seek to surround myself with good examples of older graceful women- to keep me motivated.
Now what does that have to do with aprons???
Autumn
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 2:18:09 PM
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Autumn,
Aprons can say so many things but... Grace is definitely at the top of the list! I think that an apron can transform a woman's spirit so to speak. So I definitely think we are a group of graceful ladies at heart
Stephanie
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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Stitching & Crafting Room: Apron Sew-A--Long...read and then move to the new |
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Apron Sew-A--Long...read and then move to the new
