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I actually have something to share today! Several days ago, I made the girls matching 4th of July jumpers. Well, except Julianna. I purchased a dress for her on Etsy. Since her birthday is on the 4th of July, I wanted something a little extra special. The Etsy seller did an awesome job and I am very pleased. But you'll have to wait till I get pictures of Julianna in it before you get to see her dress. :)

I don't have a sewing room or any kind of room that I can leave things like my sewing machine out and ready to go. It's a bit of a pain to start a sewing project since I have to drag everything out and set it up. And I usually have to get out my manual and figure out how things go since so much time elapses between projects. So Millie's dress took a LONG time to complete. I probably worked 12 hours on her dress. (argh!) I sewed Gracie's the next day and because I had left everything out and I was familiar with the pattern by that time, it only took 6 hours to sew Gracie's. I wish I was the type that could just whip something like this out in an hour or two. But nope.

I also crocheted some beads onto socks for Julianna. Those took about an hour to do.

Here are the girls' dresses. I just loved the fabric but it ended up being tricky to cut the pattern out since it can only go in one direction.

(they've been on my dresser! I should've ironed them before I took these pics!)

And here are Julianna's socks!

Thanks for stopping by!

(added for Mary :)
How To Make Beaded Socks

1. The first thing you need to do is pull a long piece of the yarn or thread from the skein (do not cut it!) and string your beads. You'll need at least 30 beads. I used 33 beads and these socks are size 18 months. You want to err on the side of having too many rather than too few, because you'll have to cut your yarn/thread to add some more if you run out.
2. Next, make a slip knot onto your crochet hook. (like she does at the beginning of the video above)
3. Leave your sock the way it would look if you were wearing it, right side out with the cuff folded down. Starting at the back of the sock, slip your crochet needle with the slip knot attached behind the cuff (so that you won't see the knot) & poke your needle through the cuff and away from the sock about 1/8 to 1/4" above the edge of the cuff.
   
4. Begin the basic chains from there. I did 2 chains down, slide up a bead, 2 more chains, slide up another bead, two more chains, slide up another bead, two more chains and then repeat the part where you poke the needle through the rib of the sock (from behind the cuff, away from the sock). I counted 3 ribs in between to make it even. You can vary the number of beads per loop, chains, etc.
   
5. When you get all the way around the sock, you have to knot it off. I cannot explain how I do this very well and I don't even know if I'm doing it right. But I cut the thread/yarn, poke it through the cuff so that the knot is not visible, slide the yarn through the slip knot and then knot it a couple more times with the tail end of the beginning stitch. Here you can hot glue the knots to make them more secure (we don't want babies pulling off the beads and putting them in their mouths!).
6. Voila! Done!