easter sewing

I teach a few of the YW in our ward sewing lessons. I have been doing this for some time now. I love it! The girls were at the skirt phase of their sewing lessons a couple of weeks ago. JoAnns didn't have fabric that I liked, but HobLob did. Erin wanted polka dots and Lib wanted tourquiose.  I thought that they would like these fabrics for their skirts.

 I fell in love with the gray and thought that P's Easter dress would be adorable out of it.  Erin and Libby made their Easter skirts this year.  After a failed attempt to find me something to wear for Easter Sunday at the mall, Clyde took me back to HobLob for gray fabric. Did I mention that was the night before Easter Sunday?  I think that Erin and Libby's skirts turned out great! Only a few tears were shed, when I told one of my daughters they had to take out the waist band and redo it. I understand why moms send their girls to me for sewing.  Teaching my daughters how to sew has been a challenge for me.

Overall, the Wardlings clothes turned out nicely.  The hardest part of making Easter clothes was getting the Wardlings (all 6 of them) to participate in some pictures. Really guys? Picture taking sessions like this one, happens maybe 2-3 times a year and they (those pesky photo shoots) would go alot smoother, if you would do what I wanted the first time. :)!

2013 DC trip

This year's DC trip was a first ever out-of-the-state-of-NC trip that Clyde's new school had ever taken. The trip was initiated and planned by Clyde. It may be his last planned out-of-the-state-trip too.

Clyde works with alot of short folks!!

Closing another GSO stake basketball season

Thanks Wardlings for making our Friday nights and Saturday mornings adventurous and fun!! You all played well!!

40th

My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this year. We all met up at my brother's (D &T) family's house to celebrate.  That's where the testosterone kicked in.

 This picture is out of order, but this pinterest cake that I made was a big hit...to all those Cecil/ Ward/ Luntz's who weren't on the Atkins diet.

Happy 40th Mom and Dad!!

french revolution project

The week before Spring break, Josh had a project due for Social Studies on the French Revolution.  Clyde helped Josh with a cool power point. Pictures, music, info made the power point great! They really did a great job on it.   Josh had asked me to make him something neat to wear, but since he had the power point, I figured a costume wasn't really necessary.  The night before the project, I thought that Josh was right, he needed a costume. The presentation would look better, if he were dressed up.  I got to work making all the little pieces that made the outfit. I consulted with Sis. D to make sure that the costume was indeed french and not British looking.  Her suggestions were to add lace at the knees and a ribbon. I love that lady! The lace and ribbon totally completed the outfit. Josh is actually wearing some of Jacob's suit pants.  My Mom had given me the ribbon and the lace with pearls in it, that made the jabot and cuffs.  Penny's pre-k teacher had given me bags of Cone Mill samples that made the vest and Josh's suit jacket was whipped stitched back to make the cutaway look.

About a week and a half before the project, Josh's SS teacher asked about a costume for him too. It was funny to Josh to see his teacher try costumes on. I think the men look great in their costumes and hopefully Josh got an A!

grody!

Nearly every Saturday, this is what the front of the shop looks like. What is that you ask? Answer: Urine.  It is really bad during baseball season. Drunk folks who didn't pee before they left the baseball stadium, will stop and pee on the building.  Homeless folks pee on us. This is a gross part of working downtown with the public. If it weren't illegal to add an volt of electricity or 5, I'm sure it would be done. Emerald City people...Stop peeing on the shop!! (And yes, we do clean it up before the shop opens. Not a fun thing to do on a Saturday morning.)