Tuesday, August 23, 2011

not much sewing, but some pics! :o)

Saturday night was the Father/Daughter Royal Purity Ball. This was the 5th annual Ball, and Jim and the girls have went every year. (I'll have to remember to post some of the older pics sometime, I can't believe how grown up the girls are becoming!) That's Anna in the purple and Elizabeth in the teal. Beautiful, even if I do say so myself! :o)  
And then yesterday was the first day of 8th Grade! And Jimmy starts Preschool on Friday - I'm not sure if I'm ready to talk about that yet! :o( He's excited tho, so that's good... :o) 
I did make myself a new "sunny" new ironing board cover! :o) In general, I followed this Moda Bake Shop tutorial. One note on that tutorial, if you have a wider ironing board like I do, make sure to add extra ribbon! I threaded three yards of ribbon thru that casing, and GGGRRR! It was about 3" too short to go all the way around, and I certainly couldn't tie it! So back to the store for four yards of ribbon, that worked just fine... :o) The fabric is from the "Fresh Palette" line by Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Co! :o) LOVE it! :o)

6 comments:

Hazel said...

Great looking family , the girls look so grown up ,my goodness where has the time gone .

Cornfield Quilter said...

I am amazed at how grown up the children are from last years photo! What a difference a year makes!! I am sure you are a very proud mother. :D

Piece by Piece said...

Angela, my goodness how they have all grown. Beutiful family. I know how I felt when my youngest started school, they are not "babies" for long any more. Just think of all the extra uninterrupted sewing time you will have lol.
Patricia

Annette said...

Your daughters are so pretty all dressed up. You have such a nice family.

Laurie said...

Oh, you're a trouper for going back to the drawing board with that ironing board cover! Your daughters are so pretty. Lucky you to have had girls!

Pat from Florida said...

What a beautiful family you have! Oh yes, they are growing up!