Aggravated!

I finished another maternity dress for my daughter last week. I love this pattern...KwikSew 3486. She is due in 2.5 more weeks, so maybe she'll be able to wear it a few times. lol...Our winters are usually very mild-mild enough to wear summerish dresses, but not this year! Oh well, we'll just put it up for another time. (That's wishful thinking for you!)

I had the worst time with the invisible zipper. I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but I was using the little plastic invisible zipper foot I bought from Hancocks. I guess it's getting old, because it kept shifting left and right while I was sewing. The invisible zipper turned out being not very invisible. I ended up buying the invisible zipper foot that was made for my machine...it ought to work much better.

This is my next project (Carter- by Cyndi and company)... and this is where the title of my post comes in. I've got everything cut out except for the skirt. I go to do that tonight, but.....no skirt pattern pieces! I have looked high and low for those things...they were right on my dining room table....where could they be?!?!? I am sooo aggravated. Then I was thinking that maybe the directions just give a rectangle measurement to cut out....ummm....nope...don't see 'em. I'm sure that's what I'll end up doing, but hey...I would just rather have the pattern pieces. Maybe I'll run across someone else who has the pattern and they can tell me if there are even skirt pattern pieces in the pattern.

Sooooo....until I figure out what I'm going to do about the skirt...I'll look over some things I got in the mail. I bought the A-Z book of Heirloom Sewing, a Bonnie Blue pattern called Shelby Kate, and an old Creative Needle baby issue that I missed way back when.

Snow!

I know there are a million posts out there about the snow, so what the hey? I'll add one more. We had so much snow for Charleston, SC. I had four inches in my yard! woo hoo! Unfortunately, I had to work in it...and I've lost my power for quite a while. I haven't gotten much sewing done. God bless our pioneer women who sewed by candlelight...not fun, at least for me.

This is what snow looks like on a palmetto tree!

Here is a maternity dress that I finished for my daughter. She is due in 5 weeks...hopefully, it'll warm up in enough time for her to wear it. It's a great pattern and the style suits her. (excuse the ripped walls...we're looking for more termites)

I've cut out another dress for her. When my electricity decides to stay on, I'll start sewing it for her. As you can see, my three helpers are at it again.

The best laid plans...

Looks like my sewing is back on the dining room table for awhile. I had a little, teeny, weeny leak between my bathroom wall and my sewing room wall. Although it was a little, teeny, weeny leak...it made a HUGE, BIG, OL' mess! I had to pull down sheet rock and when I pulled down sheet rock...what did I see? Termites! Jeez Louise!! So, my bathroom is gutted and two of my sewing room walls are down.

I have managed to sew a little bit, though. I'm making some maternity dresses for my daughter. She is expecting a boy in 6 weeks (my first grandson) and she is at the stage where she feels like nothing fits. She picked out Kwik Sew 3486. This is the first Kwik Sew pattern I've sewn and I have to say, I'm impressed. The fit is wonderful...straight out of the envelope. This may be my first review on Pattern Review, too.

This is my little helper...