Friday, October 28, 2016

Dress a Girl Around The World Sewing Day

 We met at church today and made dresses for a program called Dress a Girl Around the World.  Most of the dresses were made by Ruby and Kay before today, I only got two made today.  I brought two more home to work on, this will be a continuing project for our Shining Light ministry at church.
We made a total of fifty-seven dresses to send!
 I had a chance to pull out my serger and put it to work.  I really like my serger.

 This was my work station, I had my serger and my sewing machine set up next to each other.
 Miss Norma spent the day sewing all of those labels on the dresses.  The labels on the dresses help to keep predators away from the young girls by giving them an organization they belong to.
Miss Ruby cut out many dresses for us to sew on today.  She has been sewing for a long time.
 She shared this special seam ripper with me.  She got it when she took her first sewing class in 1959.  It is a light weight aluminum type of seam ripper.
 Her husband made this thread holder for her.  I need to get my husband to make one for me!
 She also brought this neat tube turner set with her.  It had many different sizes.
 I also have to show you her pin cushion that looks like a chair, it is made out of a tuna can.
We had a pretty productive day of sewing, it was a lot fun!

Missy
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6 comments:

  1. Cheryl's Teapots2QuiltingOctober 28, 2016 at 7:48 PM

    Looks like you had a fun and productive day.

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  2. kate steeperOctober 29, 2016 at 3:31 AM

    Thanks for solving a sewing mystery, tube turners!! Ive had some brass ones tucked in a drawer for years , I knew they were sewing related but just couldnt figure out their purpose

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  3. SarahOctober 29, 2016 at 5:35 AM

    57 dresses sounds like a very impressive and productive day!! Congrats!

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  4. donnaOctober 30, 2016 at 10:20 AM

    Looks like you had fun sewing today. It is so good to see you my dear. Love seeing Miss Ruby's sewing dodad's. The pin cushion is awesome.
    Hugs
    donna

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  5. Siouxzq64@gmail.comOctober 31, 2016 at 7:40 PM

    Cute dresses. What neat sewing notions.

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  6. Pam @Threading My WayNovember 5, 2016 at 1:05 AM

    That thread holder is nifty. Great going on 57 dresses between you all.

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