stitches of love from Grandma Adrienne

I came home from work last night to find my husband Kevin and mother-in-law Adrienne working at the kitchen table with the sewing machine. Together they spent the day picking out a pattern then selecting fabric, ribbon, and buttons to make three little dresses. Kevin isn't doing the sewing, but liked the gadgety automatic button-holer feature on the sewing machine.

Dress number 1 is now finished. It is a jumper in deep red with red and gold ribbon in a Greek key pattern at the waist. It has a long ribbon bow in the back. The buttons to fasten the jumper have a Greek key design as well.

Dress number 2 is in progress. It is pink gingham with apple green ribbon bows on the shoulders. If you look at the pattern, the dress is the largest featured on the front. Adrienne may add green ribbon at the bottom hemline and some lace that peeks out from the underskirt.

Dress number 3 is an Asian inspired red brocade and will have gold ribbon. Very fancy, and just perfect for Chinese New Year parties!

My mother came over tonight and exclaimed, "It's a jumping dress!" When I was a toddler and wore "jumpers" I thought that meant that one was supposed to jump up and down when you wear a jumper. Apparently my parents thought that was pretty funny and didn't correct me, allowing me to jump around in public in my "jumpers." Great... thanks, Mom and Dad.