Easter.....

Can you believe that spring is here and Easter is in 2 days!! I am so excited and not for candy or hats or eggs or leg of lamb....I am excited because Jesus rose for our sins and that is why we have Easter!! What is a better holiday than Easter? None as far as I'm concerned...we celebrate Christmas for the day Jesus was born but what is far more exciting for a christian than Easter Sunday! The day Jesus rose again! This is the most glorious day ever and I can't wait for sunrise to worship the Lord +

Okay now as far as the dress...I am ashamed that I am finished it but I am having problems with the jacket.. so I found another skirt and jacket that I started last year in pink, circa 1959, and we will be wearing this. Mind you it is pretty close to the pattern but the material that I started with this pattern, is falling apart and I just don't have the time or money to buy different material and start again. I tried the dress on last night and without the jacket it just isn't the same. This jacket and skirt is a hotter pink but really nice. Of course the waist is really snug..I must of gained about 1 inch to my waist in a year or 2. Isn't it amazing how we don't see the pounds sneaking up on us :)

I promise to take a picture of it on me and a picture of the other unfinished dress so you can all see it. I did take a picture of them without me in the picture so I will show you those tomorrow. Thank you all for posting comments, I love them all, please continue.

Until tomorrow..tonight has been kept a night!
Donna

Its right here!

As usual I write before I think..the pattern is right here, not at the bottom :)

I FOUND THE DRESS PATTERN

HERE IS THE DRESS PATTERN! GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND YOU WILL SEE THE IMAGE. CAN YOU BELIEVE SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY SELLING IT FOR $24.00! THATS A BIG MARGIN!
DONNA

Sewing for Easter!!

Hey everyone..I found a great slideshow of pictures, CRAFTS, the one thing I love to do! I also finally got comments from Dana..thanks Dana, at least I know someone is looking. I know you also have a post, just keeping working on it and it will get around just like Rachels did, I mean look at all of us, we're all posting to it and she must have over 500 comments on the Bible Study!

Hope you can all see this font color..anyway. This is the color of my dress that I'm making and this is the color of the accent color for the lapels and cuffs. I am actually going to try and find the pattern and put it on my site so everyone can see it. It is probably circa 1957, Butterick #6725, and at that time it only cost .50 cents! Can you believe how much patterns cost these days! Some like Vogue can actually cost over $25 and for what, paper! It's so fragile it usually ripes anyway. Well I am wearing this gorgeous dress with the jacket, a fabric colored belt, and wearing gloves also. White of course. Unfortunately Easter here in Atlanta, may be raining, but I will wear the colors with ultimate pride because there is nothing better than wearing something you made yourself. Remember that when you say you can't find anything to wear. Make it yourself. When I put this online as a photo the pattern and the material were all purchased on Ebay. I love shopping on Ebay for patterns and material, fun, fun!! Okay I gotta finish this thing. I'll post tonight hopefully with the dress completed to show you all.
God Bless you all,
Donna

It's St Patty's Day..

I'm keeping it short today because I am running late for work! As you can tell I am Irish from my husband's side and from England on my side, born there! Anyway Happy St Patty's Day..Have a good day..and I will post later!
Donna

Tips for great sewing..

I wasn't sure how to title this. I love to sew. I mean I am obsessed, and as soon as I figure how to complete this blog I will show you my patterns. I have a list of movies and I forgot to write "Far from Heaven". Okay, so it's not much of a movie but I love the styles of the 50's clothing and era. I love the way the 50's were so crisp with everything worn. The gloves with every jacket and skirt. The cocktail parties that everyone went to. The table settings, flatware, etc. The hat's that you cannot find now unless you go onto Ebay, and then you have to outbid everyone.

So, I started becoming intrigued when I "surfed" on Ebay and just could not resist the patterns from that era. Anyway, so I started collecting all patterns back in '02 on Ebay, when it wasn't so over rated. I got patterns for a song and dance.! I made a lot of items because I also bought the material on Ebay. Which I knew what would look great with the patterns. I would sew nightly, sometimes till 3 am and would wear whatever I made the next day.

Everyone needs a hobby or at least an escape. A love for writing, knitting (I also love to do), turning nothing into something..I have always loved to create. I remember in 5th grade when a substitute teacher was showing the class how to create a project for our Moms. Well I came in late for some reason, they were probably on step 3, I completely bypassed step 1 thru 3 and did the whole project by myself. I love that part in me. I hate the part in me that hasn't made a real living out of it. I became an Interior Designer and I worked hard at it, my problems seem to be that I get bored at jobs and either quit or move onto something else. I went to art school and I wanted to make a living doing it. I actually wanted to try out for Project Runway. I'm afraid of failing and thats why I quit. The funny thing is I didn't fail at my Interior Design job, I did great. I just wanted my business and that didn't happen so I went on to other things. It's a process and I work on it by doing things on the side.

My whole reason for this was a tip wasn't it... I guess if you want to sew or do any designing what so ever, please do something out of the usual. Bid on Ebay for something you wouldn't do before. Find the material you see on an old Bette David movie. You will find it and if you want that fabulous outfit for that fabulous cocktail party..give it to me and I will make you the hottest outfit you've ever worn..See you tomorrow
D.

My first entry..its about me..

Hi to all...strange to all of you that are blog savvy! I am not but want to be. I do write posts for other blogs but I figured out tonight that it's about time I write about what I love, have done, am doing and what I'm gonna do. Does that make sense? Anyway, my name is Donna McGuinness. I am married to a wonderful man that is disabled right now. How? Well lets say don't have back surgeries they don't always work. I have 5 beautiful children. Sean is 24, and he'll be 25 in June. Ashley is 23, just turned it. Katherine is 20 and, gosh will be 21 in June! Then I have a set of girl twins, Casey and Courtney, 14. They keep me running now more than they did when they were young! I miss the older kids not living at home. They were my "helpers", the times I needed to escape I would and they were there to watch and play with the babies..it seems so long ago.

I want to write daily so I don't want to write everything in the first entry...but I am a survivor, an artist, a confident, I love the Lord and I hope to meet a lot of people through this. I want friends, and ones that will listen and talk too.

Also I am a crazed crafter, sewer, knitter and all over..ya know start a project and never finish? I may from time to time put projects on line as well as vintage patterns. You name it I may have it to sell or share. So let me know.
God Bless, until tomorrow..because "tomorrow is another day"
Donna