Maple Grove Farm

And the work goes on . . .

It was such a busy weekend that I did not get a chance to post.  I feel like I am disappointing people if I am not on top of posting.  Maybe no one checks.  Anyways, it was a busy weekend.

We had a birthday on Wednesday.  This time it was mine!  We have 4 birthdays and Mother's Day over 20 days.  It keeps us busy.  On Monday was DH's 40th birthday, so we had a BBQ on Sunday to celebrate.  Before we got there though it was a sewing day on Friday and our monthly grocery shopping on Saturday.  We also got a few more plants in the ground.

I got a lot of sewing done between Thursday night and Saturday night - 10 dresses and 4 slips.  I have just a few hems and button holes to finish up the last five dresses.  I am doing some of that tonight.  It was really an assembly line with my daughters pinning and unpinning items while I whipped them through the machine. 

Here is how we did it: On Thursday we cut out about half the dresses.  On Friday, after cleaning up and starting chili and bread for lunch, I began sewing.  My two oldest kept cutting out items.  I did a lot of pinning and some sewing.  We used only white thread to piece all the dresses and for the serger.  Later the girls all assembled and I whipped the pieces through that I had pinned.  At the same time two daughters unpinned items while my oldest re-pinned pieces together.  We had a good time.  I also spent a little instructional time with the two oldest so they got to practice their sewing.

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02:07, 2008-May-7 .. Posted by a1health

I really want to learn to sew. I can never find pretty fall dresses for wearing around the house.

Blessings to you for your work.
~Farrah

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12:07, 2008-May-8 .. Posted by Alaina

You know I'm a visual creature! I hope I develope the patience to show my two younger girls what little I know about sewing. Are you going to the curriculum
Fair in June? Let me know. I would really like to go. Have a great Thurs. my friend!
Blessings,
Alaina

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03:42, 2008-May-8 .. Posted by anoldfashionedgirl

I am so impressed! 10 dresses! I needed to make about six total and I think I have gotten two done. Sewing has been a chore for me this year for some reason. I try to do spring sewing for spring and summer and fall sewing for fall and winter. I guess I better get busy or my girls will still be wearing winter dresses in the middle of summer. thanks for being an inspiration to me!!!
Jamie

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05:30, 2008-May-9 .. Posted by Schatzi

It is so great that you are teaching daughters to sew...I have a computerized Janome sewing machine given to me by my MIL, and I cannot sew anything except a straight line....so needless to say my daughters to NOT sew either....thanks for the great post.

Blessings,

Connie