Dear readers...thought you might enjoy some photos of my 2009 creations, for it was last year that I started sewing again for real, ( I hadn't made dresses for many years, but now that I had 3 little girls to sew for, I thought it would be fun.)
It all began again when my Auntie and my darling niece and her new ( and first) baby came out for a visit here from BC, there were lots of excited people here that couldn't wait to set eyes on them.
we had a wonderful time, although it was in the -20s and -30s, the coldest week of the whole year, it did not manage to dampen anyones' enjoyment of their visit.
We were shopping in the babies' department, and a casual remark my niece made, stuck in my brain. She said she loved "babies in black"!
Well, later that summer I decided to make some toddler clothes for my granddaughter and my grandniece...I remembered that remark, and began choosing some fabrics in black and white, solids and patterns. I had an idea for sundresses, and for some ruffled
panties ( what we used to call bloomers) although I had never sewn anything remotely like that.
Undeterred, I looked around for some paper patterns and found a couple that I liked.
I proceeded to sew all summer, in black and white only, branching out to include making dresses for my beautiful 4 yr old niece. I did not want anyone, big or small, to feel left out in the dress department. I branched out in colours too, some batiks, some novelty prints, and I tried to learn a few new skills along the way.
I found that I enjoyed renewing my craft and learning changes in technology. With help from other creative and talented people, who were using the internet to communicate through blogs and online shops, I found sewing could be fun again. I awakened from a long dry spell, (creatively speaking) and have realized, that by fueling my artistic and creative nature, I was taking a familiar path, and that only some of the fellow travellers have changed
