Last night I removed the scattered buttons and the little pieces of soutache trim. That trim took a long time to take off thanks to the zigzag stitches used to attach it. I'm always leary about marks left underneath but I lucked out. Last year I was removing darts from a fitted blouse and discovered the dart points had tiny holes marking the ends. That was an unpleasant surprise!
I decided 5 large buttons would be the right amount for the front closure. There were also 5 leftover buttons from the skull embroidered jacket and luckily, 5 smaller decorative buttons from the group I removed last night. I'm thinking I should buy a lottery ticket today! 😎😎 I'll combine them for a little personality! I'll hit the denim with a little starch and hot iron to remove the wrinkles left from the buttons.
I decided 5 large buttons would be the right amount for the front closure. There were also 5 leftover buttons from the skull embroidered jacket and luckily, 5 smaller decorative buttons from the group I removed last night. I'm thinking I should buy a lottery ticket today! 😎😎 I'll combine them for a little personality! I'll hit the denim with a little starch and hot iron to remove the wrinkles left from the buttons.
I agree the blue knit shawl from my mom is the best of the shawl/scarf options. It's chunky like the jacket too. My next favorite is probably the soft blue shawl Barbara knit. It can tuck inside the jacket neck opening. I also like the brighter colors too. This may turn out to be a very useful jacket! I have a closet of jackets and coats but it's always nice to have options!
In other news, the 53 Angel Tree quilts are finished, tagged and labeled for the Christmas season. I was so tickled when my friend Pam came over and we were able to match quilts for the children. We had requests from aged 1 - 18. I had a larger quilt I had finished a few years ago that was waiting for its special person. The 18 year old boy will get it. We had a set of sisters and they will get the mermaid and the ballerina quilts. The 2 brothers got the 2 race car quilts. And on and on.
I'm leaving shortly to meet one of MDUMC's ministers to discuss a small blessing service for the quilts. We want to make sure they go out to their children with the most love possible.
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I can only imagine how much fun, and how much love, the afternoon contained with the final work on the Angel quilts. What a wonderful accomplishment and blessing to so many children. The jacket looks so much better without all that stuff on it!
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