Stretch lace Black Covering

Yet another homemade covering is this one made of stretch lace.

I sewed the headband in to the inside.

It's quite comfortable.

My favorite Homemade Covering

This covering is black.

I sewed it 21 years ago and the black has been fading to a lovely purple-ish color.

I sew "clippies" to the inside of my brocade coverings.

One clip for the hair next to my forehead and another for the very crown of my head.

It doesn't blow off in the wind.

You can see I also made one in white that I rarely wear. It looks more like something for a wedding on my dark hair. I added long trim too.

Again, I'm wearing McCall's Jumper 6041 in a light floral fabric.

A Homemade Covering

This covering is blue, and it's homemade.

It's made of brocade.

I'm wearing McCalls Jumper 6041 in the light floral fabric.

Cat and Mice Quilt

This quilt was much more difficult.

I got the pattern for the interior blocks from Paula Nadelstern's book, "Color Design in Patchwork." Each block has 72 pieces, that's why there are only 4 of them. She called that block "Cat and Mice."

I then built out from the center in what's known as the "Welsh" style of patchwork. It has been written that the Welsh influenced the Amish greatly in their quilt tastes. A good book to get is called, "Making Welsh Quilts" by Mary Jenkins and Clare Claridge.

I used Timbleberries for the old fashioned fabrics.

I included a sleeve for wall hanging.

It hung on a wall for 1 year until I tired of it and packed it away in acid free paper in my cedar chest.

Easy 4 Patch Quilt

This one was built to last for a long time. Good thing too because it's been in constant use since 1990. I chose tough fabrics. Denim, twill, & corduroy. I backed it in the highest quality flannel plaid that I have ever seen. You can see it flipped over in one photo. It has little dark red yarn ties to keep it quilted together. I wanted it to look really old fashioned and it does. My sons both love it and take turns with it. It's very heavy. In the photos it's laying on my king sized bed but that's not the bed size it was made for. It is more of a double-bed size.

McCalls 6041

Here I am wearing both parts that come with McCalls 6041 -- the "underneath" dress with lace collar and the jumper over. There is a lot of modesty with the "vest-like" layer over the bosom. I think it qualifies as a katastole which is how we are told to dress in I Tim 2:9 -- you can't see the word "katastole" in English translations but it is there in the Greek. It's Strong's #2689. It is only used once in the Bible and it means "long robe." Kata, in this case means, "long" and stole is a loose outer garment worn by kings and persons of rank.

3 New Patterns

I am very excited about this Butterick Apron pattern #B5509.

It has the Edwardian one exactly like the Sense and Sensibility one that is making its way all over the internet--yea !! The Scarlet Thread has sewn 3 of those for me and they are GREAT. That is NOT all that you get with this Butterick--you get 4 other aprons too. The one I'm so excited about is empire waist w/bib and little gathers around the ribcage. So cute. I think this is a lot of pattern for the money.

Next, call me weird, but I've always wanted to make my own shoes. I know, it sounds a little over the top. Well now I can. I have Butterick #B5233 here on my desk !! Thrilling !! They give 7 different styles. They are a cross between a moccasin and a desert boot (as they were known in the 60's & 70's).

Lastly I have a cute purse with Butterick #B5371. It comes with other stuff like men's wrist bracers which maybe I could make in velvet or something lady-like for myself. It's the little pouch like purse that I liked so much and I have lots of fabric on-hand to experiment with.

Fun, fun.