And now vacation is over

We took a little vacation to the ocean.

While there, we crocheted hats for customers. We even had a customer while at the resort.

Now we have a little time to add new items to our shop - like these baby pillows
and these burp cloths. People are always asking for these.

We have delivered

Just in time for Christmas, our customers got their furniture. Doesn't it look nice in their home?

They were very happy.

Some Projects we're working on.

This is a custom lunch bag for a little boy.An apron for a customer

We're actually making 2 of these - dresses for ourselves. We like to match.

And of course, the couch that goes with the chair we finished. It's coming along much easier than the chair.

A Birthday Present

Here's our new work table in our store. Isn't it a wonderful birthday present from our brother? We are totally enjoying it.
And here is the finished chair. It has now gone home to it's happy owner. It was a good experience. We had a lot to work out with each other - not always easy. We are now working on the sofa, besides dresses, aprons, alterations, booties, scarfs etc. - All orders to get done before Christmas

Apron

Here's an apron we just finished for a customer. We are still working on smaller jobs as we work on our chair and sofa. Aprons are pretty fun and easy. And the fabrics you can use to make nice aprons is just wonderful. This customer wanted this style and any fabric black and white. It makes it fun to choose.

Working Hard

This is Victoria working on the cushion for the chair we are slipcovering.This is Veronica making the back look perfect with the arms. This chair has been a challenge, but we've had a friend upholsterer come and give us lots of tips for the trouble areas. It is all working out, even though many times we've been discouraged and disagreed etc. I think the owner will like it.

Our new work table getting coats of varethane. We have it in our house, because the garage and shop are too cold for the paint and varethane. But hopefully, we'll move it tonight.

We are now in the slipcover business. This is a muslin that we are doing for a fit for this chair. We want to have this perfect to use for a pattern for the real fabric. We also have a couch to do. Tomorrow an upholsterer friend will come and look at it and tell us how we are doing. I hope it looks good to her.For a break, we sit and knit hats for ourselves, unless customers come. We did have a good business day today.

An Evening at Home

Here we are a typical evening at home. Our older sister calls us "Grandmas".

Drawing

Here's an old hobby that I've just taken up again. A friend from California came to visit and saw some other pictures that I'd drawn, and asked me to draw her children for her. So here's the first.A close up view of my drawing.

Veronica

Here's a sample of one of our Christmas dresses.Our shop and how we redid it for the season.

Another view.

We had a lot of good sales this weekend. It was great.

Thanksgiving

Here we are playing Tabu on a great Thanksgiving evening. We had friends over, lots of food and games - a great time.We are very thankful for our family and friends. We also talked about how the reformation influenced the founding of America. We can be thankful that our country was a place that people could come and freely worship the Lord, and we can pray that it may remain that way.

Just in time

This is a happy customer with her new apron just in time for Thanksgiving baking. We even delivered this one this morning. I think we'll make more for our shop.

What's Coming

We are getting ready for a big sale we'll be having.If you can make it, you should be here. Don't miss out on the deals.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

We're 19 today. This is Veronica making a pie.This is Victoria sewing a dress.

What kind of job is this?

Here's another unusual job. We are making synth covers. There's a performance and it will be videotaped at a local school. The young children play synthesizers, so we are making covers so you can't see underneath them. Makes it look more professional. These took a while to figure out. Our mom taught us to miter, but she was thinking from the quilter's end working out. These needed to work in. A little different. So we had to make some changes.

Basketball Jerseys

Here I am hard at work resizing some basketball jerseys. They came too large and we are making them smaller for the coach. It's amazing some of the jobs we get. A lady who was checking out our shop referred him to us.

Veronica

Our newest addition

We bought this mannequin for our shop. We'll have to give her a name. Any ideas?

Dolls

We finished these dolls for our customer. I think we'll make more.

Aprons and Dolls

We taught Danielle how to make this apron the other day. I wonder if she found any cookies in the cookie jar.Today we are working on some dolls - transforming Raggedy Ann into Little House on the Prairie girls. These are for a custom order - 3 of them.

Turkey Jumper

Our latest item for a custom job. We have a friend who did the applique work for us. We are also selling it on Etsy.

Birthday Party

Yesterday, we helped a friend of our with a birthday party.Quite a few little girls watching Dotty open her presents.

Then we helped the girls each sew a pillow. This is Crystal. Who's doing the work here? We've been giving several of them sewing lessons, so they don't do too bad.

It was a very fun party.

What's in our Window?

There it is. It can be seen from the road, but we haven't checked how well cars going quickly can see them.Here is one of the dresses hanging in the window.

This is a custom dress for a customer. We do adult clothing also, although toddler clothing is our specialty.

Our New Helper

This is Molly Jo, our little helper. She comes to our store once a week and dusts, sweeps, and empties wastebaskets for us. We are also teaching her to sew after she's done working.Here's our new Christmas dress.

And a vintage style winter dress. These will be available in our Etsy shop soon.

A Happy Customer- And isn't She cute!

Here are some photos from one happy customer.This is our dirndll dress. It could also be a good dress for a European type Christmas. Goes good with a lot of the old stories of St. Nicholas.

What are we doing today?

Our mom caught us sewing and took this picture a few minutes ago.Here's an apron I (Veronica) finished for a customer this morning. The cupcake fabric is so cute and popular, I think I'll make more to sell