A morning muse.

Sky dress is pinned and the skirt awaiting the attachment of its bodest. A girl of nine slept. I eagerly awaiting the smile from her shining face was all a jitter. So many years I spent awaiting this moment. It was sixteen years that my arms held an invisible child. Now she is nine! With children now in school, another tending to their vocational needs, I have for the first time the energy and the time to fill up the dreams of sewing for my own children. I have watched a generation pass and helped all those mothers and fathers. It is my turn to thrill in the joy of a little princess aglow with the frills of tole and rick-rack stitched from my loving hands. Designing this garment awoke the artist in me and the fun of using materials that were out of the box gave this little dress a one of a kind value that glow!
My son is in the cue awaiting pants that have flames and shorts with astronauts and rockets. This is so fun!
I am making a costume for Becca for her play in a couple of weeks. She shall be Woody Paper. The play is about recycling. I use cardboard and duct tape so far for the foundation and I padded the shoulder straps and sewed felt onto them. I plan to do a decoupage or such to apply the newspaper. This will give the school a costume that will last a few years.
Play dates are coming into fruition and the children are thriving. I am thriving too.

The monthly Arizona Sewing Guild Meeting was fun. We had a Fashion designer come to our meeting. She got me thinking outside the box. My art is coming alive!

I have a lot of boxes still to unpack from the new flooring and the dismantling of the school room. The studio (my studio!!!!!!!!!!) is fabulous! I have a lot of work to do yet on it. Many items still in boxes. I hope to do some art shows this fall and gain a little (or a lot ) of mad money that I can save and maybe take a trip or vacation for the family.