Crunch Time

With less than 3 weeks before the wedding and Thanksgiving thrown in there it is really getting down to crunch time. The girls' tops are nearly complete. I need the measurements from my daughter so I can get started on the table runners. Then the veil, the bustling of her dress and the flower girl baskets. Have to figure out when to get my hair highlighted and try to buy shoes. Also since my side of the family is celebrating Christmas the day after the wedding I need to but Christmas gifts also. Can someone find some more hours in the day?

Clothing adaptations are finished and delivered. Starting on the drapery panels from long scarf treatments.

Anna finished the lining and zipped pocket on her tote and is getting ready to do the band on the top. Meaghan has the elastic in the top of her peasant blouse while Sammie finished her cousins' dresses! They look so cute. I bet the girls will look adorable on Christmas. Lauren is working on her pajama pants and poor Grace has the flu and had to miss class yesterday.

The family did the Lincolnwood Turkey Trot on Sunday. Jennifer did her 10K in 55 minutes while I ran it with John who didn't stop to walk at all. Big step for him. PJ and Kate did the 5K where Kate beat PJ. Bob did the 5K walk pretty much running most of it. JJ took the pictures. Then after breakfast at IHop we came home, cooked and celebrated Thanksgiving with a huge meal. Lots of food was made with stuff we grew over the summer. What fun.

3 weeks to go

Well I guess I officially am getting old, had to get progressive lens today when I got new glasses. I am working on the bridesmaids tops, the velvet will look beautiful but it is a pain to sew. In class, Anna is working on her tote, Grace is almost done with her skirt and Meaghan is ready to sew the casing for the neckline elastic. Sammie will come today to work on her cousins' Christmas dresses and Lauren will be back today also. Just a short post today, have so many things going on.

I just came back from my WING meeting. Great speaker, Dave Verbeten, ActionCoach. He'll be there again in January.

Getting closer to the wedding part II

Well I can tell I really am getting frazzled by all this wedding stuff. I thought yesterday was Wednesday and posted a blog. No wonder that it seemed like the girls didn't make any progress in sewing class. A quick update on them from yesterday. Anna has the pocket on her tote and the front and back sewn together, Grace did the center back seam and slit on her skirt and is ready to sew on the tab, Meghan sewed the pieces of the blouse together and will start doing the elastic casings next week. Sammie did the buttonholes and sewed on the buttons by machine. Lauren missed class last week due to an overload of homework. Oh well, I guess school has to come before sewing :-)

I finished a second bridesmaid skirt last night. Yeah!

Getting closer to the wedding

It seems like I 'm just focused on the wedding preparation lately but that is kind of where I am at. I fitted the muslins on two of the bridesmaids on Saturday before the shower. I have several alterations that I need to make. The skirts fit fine, so now I have to put on the waistbands and hem them. The bride's skirt just needs to be bustled now, something I am not very good at doing. Hopefully the books I have will help. As I said, the shower was Saturday afternoon. Carol and Tammy did a great job. I am so glad I didn't have that to think about also. That evening my daughter and future son-in-law had their bachelor/bachelorette party at WhirlyBall. It is a cross between basketball and lacrosse played in bumper cars. It was great fun but I do have some major bruises from it.

In sewing class, Anna is working on her tote, Meghan finished zigzagging her edges on the blouse she is making for her sister and Sammie finished setting in the gathered sleeves for her cousins' dresses. I have been working on modifications to clothing for a client without hands.

I've finalized the menu for Thanksgiving dinner, which will be the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and registered the family to run a race that morning. Should be fun.

Less than 6 weeks to wedding

Yesterday I finished the bride's top. I have some more work to do on the skirt and then work on trying to bustle it. I have posted pictures on my Facebook page of the dress so far. Two of the bridesmaids are coming on Saturday before the shower for their fittings. Hopefully the muslins I made won't need too many alterations. I hope to have the third bridesmaid's dress done by the end of the week. In classes, Anna has started constructing her tote bag, Meghan got the top cut out for her sister and finished most of the zigzagging, Sammie has the sleeves on the dresses and will work on the buttonholes next week. I am working on doing some alterations for a gentleman who has two hooks instead of hands. I redo his shirts to have Velcro fastenings along with some other changes. Today is my CEO advisory board meeting. My task for this month was to bring photos from our trip. I have a mockup of the first draft of a book we (meaning mostly my husband) are putting together of the photos from our Black and White trip. The weather today is cold, damp and dreary so I'm glad I have something fun to do at lunchtime.