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I have made lots of projects from Creative Needle; but the most intimidating project I ever tackled was from the Sept/Oct '94 issue. The dress and jacket was "Just for Rosemary" by Becky B's smocked with "Gingerbread Lane." Here's a photo of my daughter wearing them in Christmas '94. I love Creative Needle and still look forward to its arrival every other month. K. D., Paragould, AR |
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| When I saw “The Wedding Party” in CN May/June ‘05, I had to show it to my niece who was planning her wedding. She immediately fell in love with children’s outfits and I was honored when she requested that I make the ringbearer and flower girl garments. Being a novice to tucks and lace, however, I was afraid of uneven tucks and hems. I kept thinking about all the people that would be seeing these garments. Refusing to let my niece down and succumb to defeat, I followed the dress instructions step-by-step and along with the pictures produced lovely garments. Once completed, I was inspired to put my embroidery skills to test making the ringbearer pillow. The children were beautiful and wonderful memories made.
M. A., Iowa Park, TX |
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| Three years ago in your Easter issue you featured a beautiful pink dress by Lyn Weeks that caught my daughter-in-law’s eye. She requested that I make it for my granddaughter. Seeing all that lace and serpentine hemstitching was very intimidating to say the least. I’d only been sewing heirloom for a year; but how could I refuse such a beautiful dress for my granddaughter? I had no idea how to do it on my sewing machine so I did all of it, except the seams, by hand. I took the dress to the SAGA convention that year and Lyn saw it. She graciously said it was as good as hers. I also entered that beautiful intimidating dress in our state fair and received a 1st place ribbon for it. Guess that speaks well for the outcome!
W. D., Doylestown, PA |
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Dear Creative Needle, Even though I had only learned to smock a few years prior, I wanted to create the fluted spoke collar project by Trudy Horne from the Nov/Dec ‘97 issue. The collar featured six sections with embroidery, fagoting, and lace. I had done very little embroidery and never even heard of fagoting, so I studied the article and pondered it for months. I finally decided to go for it and started in June to make this collar for my older daughter’s Christmas dress. The only changes I made were to the embroidery–I wanted holly berries and leaves instead of bullion cabbage roses. I worked throughout the summer and finished it in time to enter it into the Mid-South fair. The judges gave it a “Best of Show” award and my daughter wore it for three Christmases with three different dresses. You never know what you are capable of unless you try! S. M., Collierville, TN |
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