Sew much fun

On Friday and Saturday, Rosanna and I had a sewing sleepover with a younger friend from our church to make Easter dresses for next Sunday. This is my first big sewing project, although I have helped my Mom and sister do a few other things.

Here are some pictures from our sleepover. Some of them did not come out that well, because of the lights and my camera's flash acting up...oh, well!

Jensen's material...

my material in my favorite colour....

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and Rosanna's material (blue of course!).

Cutting out Jensen's dress.

This is Jensen's first time making a dress and she was watching Rosanna's every move hoping that she didn't make a mistake.

Oh, the fun of learning to sew....

...and of scraps!

Nathanael fixed Jensen's sewing machine for her,

and then he and Andrew presented her with this outrageous bill...

NATHANAEL R. BROWN

APPLIANCE REPAIR LTD...

Statement of services rendered

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Service charge: $20.00

Time at $50/hr: $52.34

Overtime Compensation: $15.75

Liability Insurance Fee: $47.25

Static Electricity Exposure Fee: $ 32.17

Parts Charge: $0.99

Tool Charge: $8.00

Billing Fees: $20.42

Compensations & Royalties: $106.21

SUB TOTAL: $303.13

TAX: 15% = $45.46

TOTAL: $348.59

Round it off to an even $350.00?


....to which Jensen replied, "Well guys, it was very nice of you
to fix my machine for me, how about I use this extra material

and make each of you a pillow case!"

(the guys left rather quickly by the way :)

Around 11:30 set up our camp in the living room,
and had some much needed sleep!

Mom was up early, and woke us up by taking pictures of us,
She was a little too chipper for 7:00 in the morning!

Time to get back to work!

Jensen getting the hang of the sewing machine.

Jensen and Mom took a break from the dress and made a hat to go with it.

Cutting out my dress.

Well, we did not get everything done, but we had a great time. I have been working on my dress, and Jensen will be back on Thursday and Friday to finish up hers. Will post more pictures when everything is completed.