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Natalie's Stitch & Sew Book Sampler

Last time y'all saw Natalie she was doing a little bit of quilting to make the cover of her Stitch & Sew Book Sampler.

 

 

Simple quilting is nothing more than stitching over two pieces of fabric with some type of padding (batting) in between.  Here Natalie is stitching in straight rows.  

 

 

 

 Natalie also recently learned she could sew on cardstock and make her own unique Sew Cards!!

 

 

 

But what about the pages of her Stitch Book.  Well it's already October and Natalie is now 8 years old.  She's been busy selecting from different embroidery stitches she wants to include in her book.

 

We used cross-stitch fabric for the pages in our book because the fabric is stiff and can take all kinds of heavy stitching without the need of interfacing or a hoop.  We measured the fabric and folded it in half before stitching it down the spine of the book.

 

 

 Here's a sample of Natalie's machine embroidery stitches -- She chose a checkerboard pattern along with stars, flowers and leaves.

 

Natalie is also going to learn hand embroidery.  We'll be learning how to cross-stitch and how to make daisy stitches, fly stitches and french knots, etc.

   

 

 Sew, that's a wrap!

-- especially pretty in the zebra print ribbon she selected as a tie closure to her Stitch & Sew Book Sampler

 

 Let us know what you think, leave a comment or any sewing questions to 

Sew, Sew Natalie

 

Blessings Terri

 

Halloween Needle Felted Apron

Needle-Felted Spider on Apron Bib Spins her Web

and Catches a Cocoon 

 

 

 I'm known as the Spider Lady at Halloween.  We have the biggest spiders at our house in the whole city, so I've been told.  So when all the ghost and gobblins come to our door will they get a treat? or a trick?  

 

 

Or will they be caught in my web and spun for safekeeping?

 

 

The apron bib and pockets were machine needle felted with wool roving, angelina fibers and scraps of netting, tulle, craft felt and yarns.  The spider was needle-felted and shaped with black wool roving.  I ran some machine stitching through the needle-felted pieces.

The spider is much more errie than it looks.

 

 

Especially with me wearing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Happy Halloween!!

 

 

Sew, So Natalie - A Pair of Pillowcase Dresses Part 2

 If you missed the first part of this blog post,

please go here first

 Natalie - Pair of Pillowcase Dresses Part 1

 

Natalie says, "Meet my little sis, Sophia." 

 

 

Sophia says, "What's this sis?  OH, oh you cut a hole in Momma's pillowcase and I'm gonna tell.  You in troubbblle!"

 

  

 

Sophia says, "I sew so so sooorrry, Natalie!  

I didn't know what you were doing!"

 

 

 

 Sophia says, "You made me a pillowcase dress just like yours!

You the best sister in the whole wide world.  

Everybody is gonna want a big sister like you."  

 

We can all learn from Natalie -- not only is she learning to sew and loving it, she shares her sewing tips with us and she actually made her sister's dress before she started on her own.  

Kudos to Natalie!!

 

Again, if you missed the tips/pattern #, go here to learn more

Natalie - Pair of Pillowcase Dresses Part 1

 

We learn to create and love what we do on Morning Dewdrops -- as we embrace our passions, we can't help but get excited and share it with others.

 

 Blessings Terri

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Sew, So Natalie - A Pair of Pillowcase Dresses Part 1

Natalie is learning the rewards of sewing and knows to take her time, drive slow and be patient, BUT OH the REWARDS!

Sew let's check in on Natalie and see how it's going.

 

 

Here's Natalie sewing a ribbon border around the hem of her dress, and YES, it's a pillow case. 

Natalie says that if her sewing machine could talk, she'd want it to say, "Pressure Bar Down!"  LOL -- And for those of you who sew, wouldn't this be wonderful!  

 

As Natalie was sewing her bobbin thread tangled under the needleplate, so we stopped to fix the problem.  We had to remove some of the fabric from the feeddogs. Then Natalie said, "That's why they're called "feeddogs" because they're real hungry to eat up your fabric."  LOL!

 

That's Right -- We sewers have all had our share of "feeddog" problems!!!

 

 

 

 

Natalie moved up to the serger today!  Natalie says she likes serging because you can go pretty fast.  She also likes that it cuts the fabric while you sew. She warns to keep your fingers away from those needles though and she'd rather not have to thread this machine!! -- Four Very Big Spools of Thread!!

 

Sew with all of these problems, how does Natalie do it!!  Focus, Determination, Patience but mostly LOVE  -- Love in creating -- 

  

 

 She's a Fashion Designer making her own ONE OF A KIND -- Fashion Statement.  WELL GIRLS -- Natalie looks lovely modeling her lastest design at Morning Dewdrops, a fuschia pillowcase dress trimmed in a grey and white herringbone ribbon and embriodered with daisies.

  Her mom, Kim, made the hairbow in the same ribbon used for the neck ties and hem border.  We're coming up daisies!!  OMG! I just noticed her toenails -- they even match -- what is that color Natalie?

 

Natalie learned to embrioder on the sewing machine today.  I think she liked that the best.  She embriodered the stems for the daisies.

Natalie sewed the ribbon border to perfection! And she learned how to sew on bias tape and how to pull the ribbon through the opening around the neck using a big safety pin.

 

But didn't we say a "Pair" of Pillowcase Dresses?

Sew this in about an hour, catch Natalie in Part 2 of our ongoing Sew So Natalie!!

 

Tip -- You can use a pillowcase for this dress and we did, but we also used Simplicity Pattern No. 2391 because we're learning about patterns too.  This is a good pattern to start with -- only one pattern piece was used for the dress!  And we're going to make more designs from it too -- Like a top and crop pants maybe.  

 

But Natalie said she wants to make a skirt next.  Oh That Natalie!  We can't keep up!

 

Sew Today -- Fall in Love with Sewing

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Blessings Terri

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Natalie's Apron Makes A Fashion Statement

 

 Natalie says, "Girls, this apron is not just for cooking!"

 

 

So get out your big glam flowers to wear with it & CReaTe! 

 

Natalie's making a fashion statement in her designer apron.  Adorable aprons have been in stores in big numbers in the past few years, but we've gone one stronger.

We created our own pattern and used mod-fabulous fabric in a stripe of lime green, pink & zebra print.

  

There is no other apron like this in the world.

 

 

 

 

 Natalie discovered she can wear her apron while sewing, drawing and just being the artist that she is.  She can even wear it to art shows, museums or on photoshoots with her Mom -- keeping her sketch pad and small notebook handy, so she can jot down ideas and draw out new fashion designs when her muse is ready!

 

The top portion of the apron consists of a small square with each piece of fabric fused with interfacing and the ties are made from a zebra print ribbon.

 

 

 

The bottom half of the apron consists of two pieces measuring approximately 15 x 20 inches.  The perfect size for Natalie's seven-year-old frame.  Interfacing was fused to the bottom half on both peices of fabric.

 

The bottom was folded toward the front to create the pockets and Natalie sewed the pockets into equal parts to create four roomy pockets. 

 

 

 Natalie says, "BFFs if you really want to make a fashion statement wear this apron with your blinged out glitter shoes

and step into CreATivitTY!"

 

No matter what kind of artist, you are you'll look good and keep your supplies handy all at the same time

Yes! EVEN when serving eye-candy cup cakes!

 

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Natalie says she'll see you again in April for more exciting fashion to sew -- a Dress?  Shorts with a matching halter?  Who knows.  

 

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 Also coming in late April, more talk about 

"What's In Your Dewdrop?"

 

 

 

A DigiMag from Morning Dewdrops Media (MDM)

coming this summer!!

 

Blessings,  Terri 

 

 

Natalie's "Stitch & Sketch" Fabric Art Journal

First grader, Natalie, is back to show all her friends and other girls her age just how much fun sewing can be.  

She's creating a "Stitch & Sketch" fabric art journal.  

   

 

Natalie is actually quilting the journal cover.  

She learned about interfacing and how it makes the fabric stiffer.  We placed some felt in between two pieces of fabric for padding.

 Natalie will eventually end up with puffy little stitched squares as her quilting design on her fabric art journal cover.  

 

 

 

Natalie sewed on her zebra-print ribbon tie closure -- Look how close to the edge of the ribbon her stitches are

Practice & Precision

 

There's no telling what creative stitches and sketches Natalie will put in her new fabric art journal.  

 

We'll be revealing some of those pages in April.  We'll be adding fabric pages and sketching & stitching on paper too.

 

 Natalie will finish her journal cover at home because we're sewing up a designer apron!  

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We will provide a tutorial of the "Stitch & Sketch" Fabric Art Journal cover and pages in late April.

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 Also coming in late April 

"What's In Your Dewdrop?"

 

 

 A DigiMag from Morning Dewdrops Media (MDM)

this summer!!

 

Blessings,  Terri