Lynn Carson Harris

Tinsel Town Tree Skirt

I have a guest post over on the Dear Stella blog. Pop over there to read about the tree skirt I made using the new Tinsel Town collection and Debbie Grifka’s Snowflake Tree Skirt pattern.

 

Kids Sewing Camp

My featherweight collection got quite the work out the last two weeks. I hosted Kids Sewing Camp here at the house and each student had loads of fun using one of my five featherweights. 

When I first mentioned that I was going to have a sewing camp, the five student class filled quickly with Miss P's friends and before I knew it I had three groups of kids signed up. 

We did a bit of basic sewing practice and then made three projects. 

The first project was a pillowcase.

Second, we used mama urchin's tutorial for the drawstring backpacks and sized them up a bit because the tutorial is for a toddler size.

The last project of the week was pajama pants. Most of the kids used Rae's Parsley pants pattern. A few of the older kids used the Sew Easy Pajama Pants by Cindy Taylor Oates.

I think all of the campers had fun making their projects, playing with our young chicks, and and swinging on our barn swing. Our chicks are much tamer now after all of the attention they got.

Sewing Camp was so much fun for everyone that I think it will be an annual event around here. 

 

 

Bubbles and Swirls

I've been doing a little more client quilting. I quilted this one in bubbles and swirls for Jemillia. She sent a wool batting for this one. Look how puffy and soft it is. 

I love the movement in this improv drunkard's path, it was a fun one to quilt.

 

 

Family Vacation

We had a short family get away last week for the fourth. M has an internship this summer over on the west coast of the state and we had been too busy to visit him until the holiday weekend. It is nice that he is SO CLOSE to the lake this summer. I know he is enjoying that.

Miss P got to use her new binoculars!

There was a lot of rock skipping and searching for perfect skipping rocks,

some dune play, 

and a bit of general splashing around.

We also saw an awesome fireworks show in town.

We had so much fun at the beach that we hardly noticed there was no power or internet in M's apartment. His neighborhood was the last to be restored after a storm earlier last week.

I hope we make it back for another visit before the summer is over!