Back In The Saddle! ;-)

I belong to a Yahoo craft group called International Prim Doll-makers..
Our first project of 2009 will be progressive through-out the year. The theme is "Annie in the Garden" We all will be stitching a redwork block every month,swapping with a different partner, so at the end, we will have a block piece stitched by each of our friends..later, there will be a contest of the best project using all our swapped blocks...Here's a pic of my first block of the series...

Part 1...The saga of a homemade dress project.....The Good, The bad, and the Ugly!

First things first!! I finally had selected my fabric. I wanted to add an air of
thriftiness to this project, so into the linen closet I rummaged and found a decades old white sheet with eyelet trim. But I didn't want my dress to appear as if I was wearing an old sheet...so I found some black dye!! Oh! I had visions of a unique, folksy, black garment with vibrant embroidery!!!... BIG BUBBLE BURST!!... my fabric dying experiment yielded 3 yds. of grey!!! a re-examination of the tag...50% poly!!! WHOOPS! Oh well...
I got used to the idea of grey plus the no-iron factor,(an added bonus) and thus my project continues undaunted....I'm sticking to my thrifty guns and shall go where-ever this project takes me! (big grin)....have a wonderful creative day everyone!!!

Time For A " Sew A-Long"!!!

I found a fabulous sewing project perfect for summer!!!! It's a wonderful pattern available as a instant download. Very inexpensive too!! ONLY 5.00!! A great deal!!!
I'll be posting my progress here....If you decide to join me, I'd love to know about it. Let's even get one of those Mr linky things to encourage one another!!!
If you decide to play...please say "hi"!!! ;-)