Puerto Vallarta Fun

Lunch on our first day

     As we are now 'sheltering in place' due to the corona virus I don't have a lot to share.  No teaching and only a couple of small projects to finish up right now.

View from our room

     We had spent a week in Puerto Vallarta in mid March.  We went down there to celebrate a friend's retirement.  Mostly we walked around, learned how to ride the bus into the downtown area and the malecon, stone-built embankment or esplanade along the waterfront.

On our way to our table for dinner

   
     One evening we took a boat to another part of the coast where we enjoyed dinner on the waterfront and a Cirque du Soleil show in the amphitheater there.  It was an amazing show.

Sunset from our table

     We celebrated with our friend at at family owned restaurant in Puerto Vallarta.  It was great fun to meet her friends and family.

Iguana on the grounds of Los Tules

A cross on the grounds of Los Tules

     We stayed at Los Tules.  It had several pools and was located on the water.  The views were awesome and it had a nice open air restaurant on the grounds that we ate at several times.  My husband really enjoyed their mango margarita with the chili powder rim.

Sunset on the malecon

     The last night we were there we went down to the malecon and had dinner at Señor Frogs and watched the sunset.  I would go back here in a heartbeat, that is whenever we get released from home.  I hope you enjoyed these pictures while being cooped up at home.

Summer Sewing 2020

Beginning Sewing

     Well assuming this whole corona virus will be over by summer, here is all about my summer sewing camp schedule.  I will be offering two different Beginning Sewing camps.  The first is the week of June 8.  It meets Monday through Thursday from 9-12.  You will learn the basics of operating a sewing machine and then make a patchwork pillow, a drawstring bag and a book bag.  This camp will also be offered the week of June 29, the same Monday through Thursday schedule.

Pillow sham

Storage boxes

Bunting

Applique throw pillow

Bedside organizer

     For those who already have taken beginning sewing classes, I have the following camps.  First up is Design my Bedroom.  It meets the week of June 15, Monday through Thursday from 9-12.  You will make a pillow sham, storage boxes, a bunting, an applique throw pillow and finally a bedside organizer.

Petal skirt

Romper

Halter wrap dress

     Next on the schedule is Peace - Kids Clothing.  It meets the week of June 22, Monday through Thursday from 9-12.  The girls will make a flower petal skirt, a romper shorts set and a halter wrap dress.

Apron for pizza party

     The next camp is a one day camp on Tuesday July 14.  It meets from 9-2.  This camp is Pizza Party.  They will make an apron and learn to make pizza.  We will enjoy a late lunch eating our pizza while wearing our new aprons.

Shirt skirt

Tie necklace

T-shirt bracelets

T-shirt shopping bags

     The next camp will be The Three Rs - ReMake, ReModel, ReUse.  This meets the week of August 3, Monday through Thursday from 9-12.  The girls will make a skirt from a dress shirt, a necklace from a tie and a bracelet and shopping bag from t-shirts.  Have fun 'shopping' in your closet or at a local thrift store.

Slumber Party pattern book

     The last camp for the summer is Slumber Party.  It meets the week of August 10, Monday through Thursday from 9-12.  You will stitch up some pajamas, a matching sleep mask and a pillow duffel combo.  You will be all set for a fun slumber party.

Sammy's Christening Wall Hanging

Finished wallhanging

     This post is a little late coming out but I forgot to take a photo of the finished product.  I finally got around to asking my daughter-in-law to take a few photos for me.

Templates taped in place

     This is the fourth one I have made and fortunately I did find the notes I took while making the others.  I printed out templates of his name and date of his Christening.  I had saved the templates from the other parts from the previous wall hangings.

Backing and batting ready

     I cut the center piece slightly larger than my desired finished size in case there was any uptake of the fabric while embroidering.  I taped the templates in place with painter's tape.  I then hooped sticky paper and just laid the piece on top.  After embroidering, I cut it to size and added the three borders.

Front piece smoothed in place

     I cut my backing and batting also larger than needed.  I smoothed the backing fabric onto my cutting table and then smother the batting on top.  I then laid on the finished front piece and pinned all around.

Pinned and ready to cut

     I placed my pins parallel to the cutting edge, this made it easy to trim around.  After trimming the backing and batting I added my binding.  I stitched it to the back and then brought it around to the front where I topstitched it in place.  When I do bed quilts, I sew the binding to the front and hand stitch it in place form the back.

Cutting to size

     I then did a little quilting around the shell design and around the edge of the center piece.  Because this is a wall hanging and probably will never be washed, this is enough to keep everything together.

Embroidery details

     The shell design is from Embroidery Library as is the God Bless You design.  The lettering is from my MasterWorks program that I use.  I hope you enjoyed seeing another version of a Christening wall hanging.  Here are two others Maggie's and Colton's