Final Fitting and Pick-Up Day!

This Bridal Gown was cut down 8 inches, both in the body and the length. It started as a size 14, and ended up a 2 Petitte. My Bride was very happy! This dress had thousands of tiny lace and tulle layers making up the skirt, the tiny ruffled tiers went all the way to the hem of the train.

This Gown had the most fabric taken out of it than any other Bridal Gown I have ever worked on in my entire life! Too bad I wasn't able to get a BEFORE Picture!

Craft-a-long... 100 Flowers Book

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=400335.0

    I started a Craft-Along on Craftster.Org for a book entitled:

100 Flowers to Knit And Crochet; by Leslie Stanfield.

In this Photo Collage I have made a small batch of  flowers in 

Crochet, with a size 1.80 hook, and size 10 Soft Twist Craft Thread. I'm showing the multi-color pack I purchased for this, each skein is 10 yards in length. I really love the little butterfly the best!  

    Also, I'm starting some of the knitted flowers and leaves with a set of tiny size 0 DPNS. ( That's double-pointed needles) 

  Please check them out ! I haven't decided what to do with the flowers yet, but they will be used to embellish lot's of things, like gift packages for starters!  

New knitting project! Vintage 50's/60's pattern

I'm knitting my Uncle Joe a COLD WEATHER sweater. He's moving up to Washington State soon, and he's elderly. I found a pattern in my old childhood favorite craft primer: McCall's Needlework and Crafts.
I'm using two strands of Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool. This sweater is VERY thick. I am at the point where the raglan armholes need to be  shaped ( and I have both sleeves on the needles together), but I'm concerned the pattern is flawed. More about this later! I'll be back to edit this post with pictures and details.

Knitted Sampler Afghan Completed

Giant Windsock-Pentacost

This super-sized windsock was custom made for a church in Louisiana. It was ordered thru my ETSY on-line shop. The barrel diameter is 12 inches across, x 30 inches in length. The streamers are 4.5 ft. long. That makes a total length of over 7 feet!

 I used a heavier nylon for the barrel, and lighter weight for the streamers. The design was machine applique.

This was a lot of fun to make. I'm most pleased with the effect of using the florescent red with the primary red.

Custom Flag Project

 I just completed this lovely flag for Grants Jewelers in New York State.  I'm so proud of the way it turned out! The flag is made of 1.5oz. rip-stop nylon; and it's 2-sided. The fact that it's 2-sided creates a challenge, since the image has to be matched up exactly.
There were a lot of steps to this, and it was more time consuming than I anticipated. But, Here's the finished item:

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