LIFE IS GOOD - Sewing Spread

Hi everyone! 

When we were growing up our mother made our clothes and was a fantastic seamstress.  We always had beautiful dresses for Easter and Christmas and I can recall her at the sewing machine late Christmas Eve finishing up the details while we were supposedly asleep in bed.  She could remake an outfit for our brother from items handed down by cousins who also gave us dresses to re-size.

I was almost a teenager when I got my first bought coat.  Mother and I went shopping and I saw this adorable blue coat with white trim but mother selected a more sturdy one that would be ideal for our winter weather.  I was disappointed but knew her choice was best.

My sister and I learned how to sew and I took a sewing class in junior high school and struggled with a French seam (perfectionist at work); and, as teenagers we started making our skirts and tops adding trim via embroidered designs. 

For my spreads in my UNIQUE JOURNAL, I use tags and my personal journaling is on the reverse of each tag.  I used several items from grandmother's sewing basket.  The cost of the buttons on the left-hand page were 10 cents.  I can't even remember when we attached snaps and hooks like the packet I also included.  My spreads are more CD because I wanted to add items before they got lost or thrown away.  I created the doll template on the right-hand page and hope to use it as a stencil on other pages and several elements were from my dear friend, Debbie.

I also will link to Carolyn Dube's LETS PLAY. 

HAPPY AUGUST.