Baby has arrived!

Congratulations to Serena and Kyle!

"Landyn" was born on Friday ~ 21 Jan 2011 ~ 7:45 pm.

He weighed 9 lbs 12 oz!

Both Mommy and baby are home today and everyone is doing well.
 

He is adorable!

Landyn sound asleep ~ on his way home today!

 
We are all so very happy and proud  : )

Baby "stuff"!

My daughter Serena has pretty much everything for the baby on the way. 

A few things she didn't have were receiving blankets and burb cloths, so I made these few things for baby. 

~ receiving blankets  ~

These are all flannel ~ various sizes.

I mitered every corner on all the blankets

~ burb cloths ~

These are flannel on one side and terry cloth on the other.

I had never heard of these until my daughter told me about them.

One of her friends had some of these cloths so Serena drew one out to show me what they looked like and I made her some.

They are to be  placed over  the shoulder when feeding/burping the baby. 

(When my children were born I used receiving blankets for this purpose but these definitely appear to be a less bulkier and updated version.)

I saw a cute little quilt made up at one of my local 

sewing stores ~ Sewing World ~ and I bought the panel, so I will also make them a  crib quilt. 

I'll post pictures when it is done ~ the panel is adorable!

I made Ella a fleece blankie with the fabric she chose. 

Hers is the one on the left  in the picture below.

For Ella's dolls I also made a matching blankie with  pillow and with the left over terry cloth I made her various size cloths to imitate the burb cloths and change table pads.

Serena has her bags packed and ready for the hospital and everything is ready for baby to arrive.

Since Kyle is away I am her "partner" in the delivery room so I am ready too....
... we are all waiting patiently!

Serena is hoping next week will be the week because she is so ready :)

Serena

Isn't she beautiful?

Have a wonderful week~end!

"Thank You Angela"

Angela from RiAnge Creations has found some of the fabrics I was looking for at her local Jo-Ann's Fabric Store.  Angela kindly offered to buy some and send it to me.  I received my fabrics yesterday ~ I was sooooo pleased .

It still amazes me that people we only know through blogging and have never met would be so kind and do something like this. I can't Thank Angela enough and I truly appreciate what she has done. 

"Thank You" again Angela   :)

The fabric is a light weight sheer and it does look somewhat different from the dress on the McCall's pattern, however I will line it with a white fabric ~ the white really makes the colors brighter.....I love the large floral print ~ I will make this fabric work!

I told Angela, I normally don't name my garments but this dress will be my Angela dress.

                 Picture from McCall's site.

The description on Jo-Ann's site of the other  fabric Angela sent me , says it is a polyester but to me it  feels like a soft cotton. In real life, the colors in this fabric below, are as bright as the colors appear in this picture.

The colors are beautiful and it is a very nice fabric weight for a dress.

Picture from Jo-Ann Fabric Store.

Martinique Collection-Garden Peachskin

I am very anxious to start my garments.

 Thank You Angela!

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My son is graduating this year so we are busy with Prom and Graduation activities this week!

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My newest Sewing Room Notion

My husband and daughter saw this shoe tape dispenser at our local Staples store- and they thought it would be just too perfect for my sewing room...... I love it!

I'm very"slowly" making progress on my Vogue 8259 jacket .

Pieces are all interfaced.......pad stitching done ....

and pockets ready to be hand sewn on.

I hope to get more done tomorrow. It will be nice to finish this jacket so I can start on summer clothes....like this one of many I want to make.....

from Patrones #278. There are so many beautiful patterns in this issue.

(Thank you so much Paco).

I'm happy to say that my Jalie patterns have been shipped. They were not supposed to be released till Mar 24th, but I got my shipping notice on the 19th :) For those not familiar with Jalie, when you order (from their site), 3 patterns you receive a fourth free. I ordered three new patterns and my fourth I chose the pants patterm # 2107 for my husband. I also ordered my stretch denim from Fabric.com for the jeans pattern #2908.

....and last but not least, a picture of my "boys" keeping me company in my sewing room! Bradley happy as can be sleeping very comfortably on Duncan.

For Mom - Serena

I Posted a picture of Duncan, my handsome DS ,(for Denise), now here is one of Serena, (my beautiful DD) - for you Momm :)

Serena

Originally uploaded by Ann's Fashion Studio

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A Post for Denis

Allo Denis. It was very nice to hear from you! This post is for you!

You said there was no picture of Duncan, well for you, now there is a picture - taken this month. And Thank You. I enjoy blogging - sewing more of course.! I hope you check in every once in awhile. I'll have more pictures soon! and I'll add recent ones of Serena and us too!

Next time we are in Quebec we will let you know. It would be great to see you! Take Care!

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A Snowy Day

Moments in Time:

A beautiful Snowy Day means......

play time......

Robin and Mountain Ash Berries

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I have to share these beautiful pictures taken by my mother in law Irene, in Blacklands New Brunswick.

I love this one with the Mountain Ash berry in his mouth......

Fall Scene

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Benjamin NB Oct 5 2008 Originally uploaded by Ann's Fashion Studio

This beautiful view, which can be seen just down the road from where my husband's parents live, is the view across the

Chaleur Bay to Quebec , Gaspé Peninsula and Heron Island .

Picture taken in Benjamin New Brunswick.

by: Irene

Oct 5 2008

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I've been trying to come up with a Label name - for pictures - that I post that are Non Sewing related.

I finally came up with one I like. My new Label for these pictures is,

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Ann Originally uploaded by Ann's Fashion Studio

• We don't live near my family and so we don't see each other very often. This picture is for them - to see I went a "little" blonder - to hide the gray :) - and a bit shorter!

• I am never alone when I sew. My Bradley is always with me in my sewing room. Sometimes he's sleeping, like this picture taken last night, but mostly he wants to be on my lap, or playing ball. (I can sew and play catch with him.) I've gotten really good at aiming the ball, and gently, tossing it through the sewing room door to the family room :) He's just a little guy so this gives him a good run!
  He can do this forever - he never seems to get tired of this fun game!

• And now that it's getting a bit cooler, Hilda is taking up residence in my sewing table.

It's a very cozy spot for her.

Bradly and Hilda's pictures were taken last night. Salem wasn't in my sewing room with us, so not to leave him out I'll include a recent picture of him.

Great reference for Sewing Techniques

Susan from fabricluver posted a link to a very interesting Sewing Techniques reference video on The great coat sew along blog - Thank you so much Susan :) I really enjoyed it. When I first saw it - it reminded me of a great post I read on Tany's blog about thread tracing Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. (Thank you Tany. I hope you don't mind that yet again I link to your blog :) and of course Paco's wonderful Jacket Tailoring Methods tutorial. (Tany's translation).

I wanted to post these on my blog for those not participating in the coat sew along, and also for my future reference. The "Stitching techniques for the Tailored Jacket" are very well done in this video - made by OTIS college on youtube. (It's amazing what you can find there!)

Other videos : "OTIS Fashion Design Department" , Basic Hand Stitching, Invisible Zipper, Lap Zipper, Railroad Zipper.

I think if I was younger and starting out OTIS College might be a great place to attend.

• Non Sewing: My 16 yr old son was working on a school assigment "all" week end - taking care of a "baby". (A doll that is just like a baby!) For those not familiar with these dolls, the baby acts and sounds just like a real one. It is computerized and programmed to giggle, burp, cry when it is hungry,wet,fussy......... his responses are monitored by the bracelet he has to wear,which he cannot remove. My little Bradley was quite taken by this baby! It was a long week end and long nights for him. (and us-not use to hearing a baby's cry in the house anymore - especially late at night :)

All in all, he handled this assignment really well. We were truly very impressed!

However not a sight I want to see for quite some time :)

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*Sept 13th * Happy 23rd Birthday Serena *

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I Love the sound track to "The Cider House Rules"

A little off a sewing topic - but I really liked this movie, I know it's an older one, but I can listen to Michael Caine's voice for hours :)

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxJr09u10co

Soundtrack :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8WMXz1WeE&feature=related

From You Tube

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Images - Moments in Time : Today I started my red and green chow chow with the tomatoes Bill grew. (I'm originally from Quebec City , the majority of my family still lives there, and I'm used to my Mom's recipe, which is very close to the one I've linked to!) We picked all the plants except the little cherry tomatoes. Tonight they soak and tomorrow I cook them up! I'm also making home made bread :) for Duncan!

Upside down Cherry Tomato Plant (Bill's Mom gave us a couple of these planters with all these great tomato plants. This is the first time we tried growing these upside down plants. They are great! I've linked to a site I found that explains this method quite nicely). We were very successful growing them and will do so again next year!

Bradley

Bradley enjoying a little time out in the rain!

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Where has the time gone????

I can not believe it has been almost a month since I last blogged.

My husband and I took turns getting the cold that was going around - and it was such a nasty one. It seemed to take every bit of energy I had. I still am not my 100% well self, but feel so much better than the past few weeks. Plus throw in a little family matter.....plus a very very busy time at work - with not being able to take time off - and well there it is - a whole month has gone by. Winter like this cold is just hanging on and just doesn't want to go. I'm really ready for some sunshine and warmth :)

It's time to see this.............. ..No more of this * even if it is beautiful *

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Pictures are from my home town web site.

These pictures are taken at my in laws house. They live in the same province, but 4 hrs away! They have gotten way too much snow!

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I am so happy I am feeling better. I plan on getting back to work on my Vogue 8043 Jacket that I started, weeeeeks ago. It is all cut out and just waiting to be put together. It always seems that all is right when "something" with sewing is being done.

I did buy some fabric from Julie.(Timmel Fabrics). One of the fabrics is a Jersey knit - turquoise colour. It is such a beautiful colour and I plan on making a Jalie sweetheart top with it. I never wear red but when I saw this fabric, I loved the embroidery design and thought it would make such a cute sleeveless shirt.....maybe this one? View B or this one? Something simple in design but nice. The fabric is a nice light weight cotton and might also make a comfy summer pj?

Have a wonderful Easter!

It's a Blustery last day of 2007

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Bill and Duncan shovelling the back deck......while Bradley supervised :) - till Duncan accidently shovelled snow on him - then he came running over to me - he didn't like that at all :)

This was just at the beginning of the snow fall, they had to go out 2 more times during the day.

Merry Christmas

I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Picture of Bradley - taken by Dale *( Dale's Happy Tails - Pet Grooming)