Stitching the pieces together
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Sounds intriguing, Sas. Love to see pictures.
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Welcome, Shellshine/Pau. I take it you changed your screen name???
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I have an extension table for my Husquvarna but only use it while machine quilting, not for piecing. Don't know if mine is like yours, Melissa.
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Hi Jan, yes, the table is koa. As you probably already know the houses are tiny in Hawaii compared to the "mainland" so we need to keep what small space we have uncluttered. I love homemaking skills, so try to make our little space as comfortable as possible.
Chrissy, the wedding reception design sounds so beautiful. Please take pictures and post so we can see. Every detail sounds perfect. When you wrote that the chairs will be dresses I had a picture of dresses pulled over the chair backs tied with organza! Then I reread and figured out the real plan, but laughed at myself for trying to figure out how chairs would have dresses on them.
The table lei is very doable, but it takes a bit of time. Find a few thick long leaves that will hold up for a few days. I use the local Spider Lily. Have also used banana leaves and coconut bark, so look throughout your community and see what type of natural materials you can use.
Use an ice pick to punch holes in 2 or three leaves, and wire them together to form a base the length you want to make.
For the flowers, choose ones that will last a few days, preferably ones that will dry well. Make small posies, rubber band each posy together with the tiny rubber bands you can get in craft shops. Make all your posies first, and lay them along the backing so you get an idea of how many you need. The arrow head represents the flower heads so you can see the direction they face.
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Using the ice pick and florist wire, punch a hole in the backing and wire the stems of the posy in place, covering each stem with the flowers of the next posy. The center posy takes a little more work - you want it to be more circular in style. Using wired florist sticks helps - they look like thick green toothpicks with wire attached at the head.
Here is a closeup that I hope shows the individual posies laid down to cover the stems of the one before it.
Feel free to PM anytime and I can talk you through it by phone if needed.
~ Michelle
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Wow Michelle, that is gorgeous! I think I get what you are saying and I'll ask my sister where she gets her florist supplies from as she does bridal bouquets (only on special order, she doesn't have a shop) so should be able to help me with those things. I think I'll do a small artificial one to start so I get the feel for it. I'll keep you posted.....lol......literally....hahahaha! Sorry, my warped sense of humour raising its nutty head.....it's late here, like 2.22am. Seriously, I definitely will keep in mind what you have said and if I get into trouble I'll pm you for your number so you can talk me through, thanks for that by the way.
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Shell Wow, the closeup makes your work even more impressive! And, of course, I love anything made with Koa. On my first trip to Hawaii, I fell in love with Hawaiian applique quilting. I made many 18" squares for pillow tops. My eyes can't do that fine needle work any more. I wish I had bought a condo there years ago. I could have really enjoyed those warm breezes during my CA recovery. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Your son is home, right? J
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Yes Jan - my best bud is home for the summer. We just got back from a hike and breakfast, brought DH back a "loco moco." It's just going on 10 am here in Hawaii. Life is good!
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Meece - screen name back to Shellshine.
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The table lei is beautiful, Michelle.
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My best friend's father died and the funeral is tomorrow. I took the day off to pick flowers and make the arrangements, our property has lots of tropicals. Have to get going ans start picking. The arrangements aren't florist quality but the flowers are pretty.
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Oh Shellshine I'm really sorry to hear of your friend's father's death. My condolences. No matter that the arrangements are not florist quality they are saying a lot more as you have picked and then done the arrangement yourself.
Love and (((((hugs)))))). Chrissy
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Oh Chrissy - it was a long time coming - he was being kept alive in a poor state of health by tube feedings, after a bad stroke a year and a half ago. Unfortunately my best friend and her mom believe in prolonging life to the full extent possible through medical technology, many admissions for pneumonia when they medical staff gently encouraged them to let him go. It was so hard on the whole family - especially her dad who couldn't speak or fully understand. I'm so relieved they finally let him pass from this life to the next (he was a devout Christian).
I'm finishing up my Nurse Practitioner degree - 6 more weeks, then I plan to work in Palliative Care / Hospice, so this was a good experience for me, supporting my friend and her family and gently helping them in letting him go. It is an honor and a blessing to be able to help others in this way.
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Shellshine, I understand. Palliative and hospice care are two areas of nursing that require a very special type of person and a lot of people don't want to work in those areas as they find them too emotionally draining. I know you are told to not become emotionally involved with the patients but if they are in your care for a resonable amount of time its hard not to. Good luck with the final weeks of your degree and hopefully you will find the position that you want quickly.
May your friend and her mom be at peace.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Shellshine, so happy for your friend and her family that they have you around. You are a special person!
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My Great Aunt is 99 years old and in a home. Her family has been dispersing her things and since my mother was like her daughter they are giving her the option of keeping things they don;t want. They gave her a box of crochet pattern books and she has in turn let me have what I want.
I found a bunch of Workbasket Magazines from the 40s. Back when they were 8 pages with no advertisers. If you want a pattern to make "Soakers" for you baby, my mother has it! lol! Or, perhaps you'd like to crochet a dress for you toilet paper roll? She's got several for those, too!
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Oh Meece! How special! I have some of the old magazine patterns and they are just fabulous! I never get tired of looking at them and finding something to make.
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Yesterday I went to the local fabric warehouse. It is not a chain, but the prices are reasonable.
That is an actual picture of the store. They have a huge selection of fleece (but who doesn't these days). Also, if you like minky they have many dozens of bolts from $5-$12/yd. I joked with my mom that I'd like her to make a nightgown for me from minky, only inside out.
I found the fabric for the flower girl dress. It takes the dress fabric, a sheer over skirt, lining, and tulle for the lining. I bought a total of 9 yards of fabric and spent $30 plus tax. I don't think that's too bad.
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WOW!!! That's some store! I think I could blow the budget well and truly in there......lol. The flower girl dress sounds lovely, what color is it?
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PINK!!!
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While going through the box of crochet patterns I also picked out some patterns/books to frame and use as art on my sewing room walls:
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Um...well...yeah, that sure is PINK!!!!......lol....but should look soooo cute. Those old patterns and mags make really good art done as a collage. I love looking at some of the old dress patterns and then think on whats around today.....lol.....in a lot of cases fashion is just recycled. Here's hoping they don't recyle the eighties!
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Meece - Love the patterns/art. I have some sheet music I bought I need to frame. Above my desk right now is "You Made Me Love You" Al Jolson's Terrific Winter Garden Hit. It has my paternal grandmother's name on it but I have no idea why. I think my mother knew since she's the one that framed it. Wish I had written it down. Lots of my family history I wish I knew before she passed.
Don't know about you but I would wear the top right pattern with the big buttons, well maybe not in mustard. The ones on the left look OK, too. But do not make the red/blue one for me!
I bet the flower girl will look amazing. I love that color pink though pink is far from my color, not be choice but by coloration.
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Amen.
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Even the red/blue one would be fine if you used tailored trim instead of the ruffles. Piping would almost make it faux military.
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Those patterns and fabrics are inspiring! Wouldn't it be a hoot if I busted out my old sewing maching and it still works! Just love the classic look of 40's clothes - I'm with you Chrissy on recycyling fashions, please, lets not do the 80's again!
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PINK ?!?!?!?!?!?! That's neon highlighter glow in the dark PINK
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Oh dear! I remember seeing the toilet roll dress in use!
There's a fabric warehouse in Portland, OR, that I'm dying to visit. DH doesn't get that it will take most of the day and be $$$$$.
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I'm not sure if I posted this one this thread. I know I did on the weather thread.
This is the second 40s wedding gown I sewed for DIL1 seven years ago.
I purchased a vintage 40s dress and the bridesmaids looked like the Andrews Sisters.
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I was looking for 40s patterns and found one on Etsy I thought would be cool to make, then I saw the seller wanter $95! Not for me!
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I inherited from my Aunt Mary all her patterns from 30.40, 50,60, 70's,80......unknown to me DH saw nothing, he threw them out...............
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