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princess butterfly dress

for a friend's daughter's 6th birthday.  The fabric in the skirt is "Danielle", the same name of the recipient (spelled a little differently) and the fabric for the ruffle at the bottom and the sleeves is "princess butterfly".  Very suiting.  You can make your very own for your favorite little girl from the "Claire" pattern found here.  The directions were very clear and I did shirring for the first time ever!  My sewing machine handled the elastic thread like a charm and now I'm inspired to use a similar technique for some clothing for myself.  I'll keep you all posted!

-Penny

p.s. the truth just came out that YES, I did indeed try to put this dress on before I did the shirring since it looked pretty big beforehand.  But Wish I may, Wish I might, it did not fit.  So sad, I would really like to be able to wear this dress!

a way to my heart

 

  

one of many ways.  Thank-you so much Sheree!

 

Market bag and pattern winners

 

Thank-you all so much for your enthusiasm for the market bag!  Your sweet comments made my day and THANK-YOU from the bottom of my heart for those that purchased the pattern!

Here are the winners:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

46
18
36
14
49
77

Timestamp: 2009-07-13 02:06:16 UTC

The first five won a pdf file of the pattern. 

They are:

#46- Joby14

#18- Nancy *(Nancy, will you please get in touch with me, I don't seem to have your email)

#36- Becky

#14- Amy @ parkcitygirl

#49- Misty.Creek

And the person who won the actual market bag I made for the photoshoot is #77,  congratulations Karen!

I'll be in touch with you all!

 

Blue lake on the 4th

 
 

L-man and I had planned a short backpacking trip for this last weekend, but due to rain, we decided to do a hike instead up to blue lake.  The hot air balloon was flying almost directly over our house as we were packing the car.  That's one thing I'd like to do, take a hot air balloon ride, wouldn't you?

I'll spare you all the gory details of losing the trail due to snow cover, having to bushwhack, crossing snow fields, post-holing through the snow into the stream beneath and giving up hope of finding the lake only to find it AND discovering we were WAY above it and able to see Hang Lake as well.  It was a very good day indeed!

   

  

 

 

 

I hope your week is bright!

-Penny

 

Market bag pattern and giveaways

I am sew excited I finally did it!  I have my first pattern for sale! 

Introducing........ the Market Bag!

  

And it's now available for purchase through paypal on my sidebar, or in my etsy shop. 

So many people have asked how to make this bag or have requested custom bags, so now you can make a Market Bag of your own! 

Now about the giveaway.  I'm going to give away 5 pdf files of this pattern AND the actual bag in the top photo, totaling 6 lucky winners!

But really, everyone is a winner.  Because during the giveaway, I'm offering the pattern up for only $3.50.  Just through the giveaway time.  It will go to it's normal price of $5 next Sunday June 12th at 8pm MST.  (If you purchase the pattern during the giveaway and win a copy, I will reimburse you.) 

 

 

It's easy to enter, and to get extra entries!

1.  For one entry, if you don't crochet, leave me a comment telling me what color of bag you will make when you learn (or ask your dearest crocheting friend to make for you)!  If you already crochet, leave a comment telling me who taught you how to crochet and and how long you have been crocheting. 

2.  For a second entry, post about this giveaway on your blog and then come back here and leave another comment saying so.

3.  For a third entry, subscribe to sewtakeahike and come back and leave another comment letting me know.

I'll leave this post open for comments until Sunday July 12 at 8pm MST and will share the winners on Monday July 13th which will be chosen randomly.

Good luck to you all!

Penny

p.s.  This quilt is coming along nicely, so make sure you check back for the *possible* (wink wink) quilt giveaway!