Sew Sam

For Christmas 2007 I wanted to make my sister Sam something special. I am always replacing buttons on her jackets so, I thought I would make her a jacket that (hopefully) the buttons will not fall off of. she loves it. Above is a photo of the front. Below is one from the back. and after that a closer pic of the lapel.

Wedding dress

When Sam asked me to make her wedding dress. I was thrilled. I was ready to go out and help her pick out a pattern and fabric in an instant. Instead Sam suprised me by saying that she knew what she wanted. "I have some pictures" she said.

Needless to say there were no patterns avaliable for the kind of dress that she wanted. I fudged it, She loved it. It was a great time and a great day.

Below are two photos taken when I entered her dress into the Rochester Fair. I got a ribbon (Yeah!)

Twilight bedroom

Because Faith does not want to share her bedroom again, Faith and Andrea switched rooms. With Andrea and all her toys in the bigger bedroom We were able to turn the playroom into a bedroom for our next exchange student.

I thought Faith's new room needed a teenage make over. Since she read, lives and breathes Twilight ( I have read them, and I must say I now have OCD(obsessive Cullen Disorder) ) I went with this theme.

I think it is coming along nice. Faith and I spent a weekend painting the ceiling, and woodwork white and the walls a dark blue. After finishing this I drew and painted "Twilight" in big letter on one wall. Next I took several quotes from the twilight books and painted them randomly on the walls. I am not done with this part yet. It should take me a couple of more weeks to finish it up.

Faith also got a new bed. because her room is now so small we changes the captains bed in for a loft bed. she sleeps about a foot from the ceiling, but the floor space underneath is much better.

I still have to make curtains and would like to get a desk for her to study at and possibly a bean bag chair to lounge on .