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Hello ~ I just wanted to update our blog a little.

Things have been pretty busy and I've been posting our projects over at our new blog.

Also, Keeper2Be posted about her first 'official' sewing project at her blog.

Here have been our recent projects (click to see)...

Mama Keeper's New Dress

More T-shirt Dresses for the 'Mini' Keepers2Be

Keeper2Be's First Dress

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On my new blog, I posted about the t-shirt dress I made this weekend and was asked to share how I had made them. I posted the T-Shrit Dress How-To's today and just wanted to share the link here.

I haven't, yet, decided if I am going to keep this blog or not. But until I decide, I will try to, at least, post a link to my other blog when we do any keepers at home projects.

We do hope to see you at our new home, though.

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After working on Keeper2Be's regency gown for, what seems like, so long,

I was finally able to complete it today.

Here is the front of the dress...

Here is the back...

Here is a view of the back of the bodice with the buttons...

And here is Keeper2Be in her new regency gown...

She is excited to be able to wear it 'officially' to church tomorrow!

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This weekend I was able to work a little further on Keeper2Be's regency gown.

I spent the time working on her sleeves.

I gathered the edge of the sleeve ...

and pinned it to the sleeve band...

Then, of course, sewed it together...

After finishing both sleeves, I then sewed them to the bodice...

Keeper2Be loved the sleeves...

I also began sewing the skirt together

and have reached a 'snag' trying to figure out the placket.... ugh!

I hope to work on it some more this week

in between holiday time with hubby, school, and packing.

We are both eager to get it finished

and look forward to seeing it completed so she can wear it.

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend!

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Don't you hate it when you seem to be on a roll

and then discover that you WERE on a roll...

only it was downhill in the wrong direction?

Well, I did that.

There I was happily going along, thinking I was doing so well (being a little puffed up),

only to discover, when I went to turn the right sides out of the Regency bodice,

that I had somehow 'seen' a direction that wasn't there

and I sewed something together that wasn't supposed to be sewn together!

And I had been making sure that it was sewn together good, too,

by backstitching here and there, especially on the other seams...

A Scripture came to mind...

"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." ~  Proverbs 16:18

Hello seam ripper...

One of those tools that you love to hate and hate to love.

We spent quite some time together, the seam ripper and I,

and were able to become well aquainted after such a long time of being apart.

And, at last, we accomplished the goal at hand.

It was then time to read the directions slowly and more fully

and to continue sewing the bodice together in the correct places.

Sew, I continued on...

It doesn't seam like much, but here is what I was able to get finished...

This is the view of the back with the bodice and the lining sewn together.

This is the front of the bodice

Here is a view of the bodice, open from the back.

We're now another step closer to the finished product!

And I was able to practice patience and smiling

as the seam ripper and I did some 'catching up'.

"In all labour there is profit..." ~ Proverbs 14:23

~ Mama Keeper

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It seems that lately all I've blogged about here was food.

Not that food is a bad thing, but it's nice to be able to have another kind of project.

Well, Keeper2Be and I were finally able to begin working on her regency gown Saturday.

We've encountered a few 'difficulties' with the pattern

and we've had to adjust the bodice neckline and arm holes.

It's been a little challenging but we hope to have figured it out.

Keeper2Be has done quite a bit of tracing and cutting.

Another good reason to trace your pattern... just in case you have to make adjustments later.

Here is Keeper2Be cutting out her adjusted bodice...

As I waited for the new pieces, I continued sewing my own jumper...

Multitasking is great!

After Keeper2Be was finished cutting, I worked at putting the bodice back together...

Pinning something that is gathered and on a curve is always "interesting".

While I pinned and sewed the bodice back,

Keeper2Be ironed my new jumper skirt...

We were able to get most of my jumper finished

and were able to get most of Keeper2Be's bodice back finished.

It's always challenging figuring out a new pattern.

Here is her bodice back so far...

I think she picked a beautiful blue for her fabric.

We hope to work on this dress throughout the week and in between homeschooling.

We'll keep y'all posted.  

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Saturday was a pretty busy day for us,

but somehow I managed to get my new jumper started and finshed.

I sewed as much as I could in between defrosting the upright freezer,

making three meals, changing numerous amounts of diapers, cleaning here and there,

doing a few loads of laundry, checking emails, helping hubby occasionally,

giving baths to three children, talking to my mother on the phone,

and spending some time with the children... phew! But I still finished it! Yeah!

I bought enough of the material (I hope)

to make all four of us girls matching dresses/jumpers.

As I was working on my jumper,

Keeper2Be and I brought out my old sewing machine to see if it still had life... it did!

So Keeper2Be spent some time experimenting with the different stitches.

Dad took time out of his busy workload to snap a few photos of us...

After a day of sewing and many other miscellaneous things,

I was thankful we didn't have any unexpected company. *Ü*

There was a nice scattered pile of strings and scraps laying around.

But we did finish our projects and we had a special time of sewing together.

Here is what Keeper2Be decided to do with her sewing time...

She made a stitch sampler...

She enjoyed seeing all the different stitches

and was trying to determine which were her favorites.

Here is a photo of Keeper2Be and I today, after church.

She is wearing the one she made recently

and I am wearing the jumper that I made yesterday .

It was a busy day in the HsKubes' Home.

Have a blessed Lord's Day everyone.

~ Mama Keeper

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After a lot of time and hard work, I finished my jumper!

I had a lot of fun doing it and learned a lot.

Here I was cutting the excess material from sewing the skirt and bodice together.

Here I am sewing the line to mark my fold for my hem.

Here I am sewing the hem, which was my least favorite part.

Probably because I was ready to be finished

and because I didn't like taking off any of the length.

Oh well, next time we'll make it longer.

Then I had one more thing to do.

Ironing wasn't that bad, actually. I liked how it helped the seams!

And then what I've been waiting for...

My finished jumper!! Woo hoo!!

Now that I'm finished, I can't wait to get the 1800's Regency Gown pattern

so I can fill my closet with them!!

Thank you, Mom, for helping me and teaching me!

~ Keeper2Be

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We were able to spend a lot of time today working on Keeper2Be's sewing project.

This project is Keeper2Be's first time sewing using a pattern, yardage of material,

pinning, ironing in between and actual machine sewing.

She has been learning many new things.

She was very eager and determined today to try to finish her dress.

We have made a bargain... When she learns the basics of sewing, by finishing this dress...

I will then buy the 1800's regency dress pattern that she wants badly.

We came very close to finishing today. She was an extremely diligent worker.

Below are a few photos of the process...

Here she is with the finished bodice... ironed and all...

The bodice was not her favorite and she was extremely thrilled to be finished.

Here is part of the six-panel skirt she just finished pinning and is ready to sew...

Here she is sewing it together...

When we first started pinning the pockets, she was unsure how it was going to work.

But she was thrilled when she finished them and loved how the pockets 'hid' into the skirt.

Here she is with the finished skirt (well, minus the band she will add)...

She is even more eager to finish the whole project.

Only a few more steps away!

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This week Mama Keeper and Keeper2Be have been working together

sewing a new jumper for Keeper2Be.

This is Keeper2Be's first attempt at sewing her own jumper

and she is excited in learning a new skill,

though she has discovered that cutting fabric with scissors

is not one of her favorite things to do.

Here she is cutting a piece of the skirt... 

Cutting a piece of the bodice...

Yesterday evening, we spent some time sewing it.

Here we are as I was explaining what to do...

And here she is sewing it herself...

We're taking a little at a time and she looks forward to the finished product.

She's been very excited about learning to sew

and I look forward to all the things we'll be able to make together.

"She ...worketh willingly with her hands." ~ Proverbs 31:13

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This weekend I was able to finish my new jumper that I had been working on.

I have made this pattern a few times before. I just really love the six panel skirt.

I had previously made one by adjusting the bottom of the dress with adding a band.

I decided to that with this one, too. I made the bodice and the bottom band match.

I also let Keeper2Be help a little with the sewing.

Shamefully (on my part), this was her first time ever sewing,

so she was quite unsure of herself at first.

But I think she became a little more comfortable.

Here she is...

We didn't get any photos of me sewing, but here is the finished dress...

As with all sewing projects, it was a great sense of accomplishment finishing it!