Josephine Sews

I live in pajama's.  I get home strip off those other binding/confining garments and change into my comfy pj's.  I used McCall's 6659 to make pj's for someone else and really loved the pattern so I decided to make some for myself. McCall's 6659 Since it was so cold outside I bought flannel - months ago.  I have flannel pj's just in time for summer.  It was struggled to complete these pj's only because the temperature has been hovering between 70 - 75 degrees.  I also made the robe in "luxe" fleece and will post it later.  I am secretly hoping for a cold rainy day so I can enjoy my pj's before winter next year.  I won't do my normal post because I have a previous blog post on this same pattern ( McCalls 6659 ).  The only differences between these pj's and the previous ones made was that I added piping on both the top and pants, I added elastic to the pants, and I shortened the sleeves, top, and pants 3". Buttons Used for...

Two in a row - 2 memory quilts that is. Each year we open our evangelistic season by celebrating Founder's Day with the Church House of Prayer (CHOP) in Oklahoma. Last year a fellow church member suggested we create a memory quilt for presentation this year. I forgot about it until about a month ago when I was doing the previous memory quilt.  I requested pictures and after 2 weeks I figured I would not get them until after we arrived in Oklahoma.  Six days before I was to leave for Oklahoma I got the pictures.  I should have said I would get it done after we got back but I didn't. It was 6 days of insane stress but by God's grace I got it done. How I Did It I am happy to say everything came from my stash - ya.  I was determined not to buy anything for this project.  Except for Sunday all work was done starting in the evening after I got off work. Day 1 (Sunday) I got the pictures that afternoon but did not have time to do much. I prepared my fab...