Dresses for Isabele

My sewing room is back to being a sewing room and no longer a refinishing both.   Now to make Isabele a couple of new dresses.   I'm thinking of using the seersucker I bought a while back to make a sundress like the pink and white stripped, dmocked one I made years before having kids,  that Isabele wears all the time right now.   I need to check the pattern and see if i have enough fabric.   I don't think I'll smock it, so i can always use less in the skirt.
I'm not sure about another pattern or variation.  Of course there are 1000 possibilities.   I just have to decide.

Grandma's Mahogany Table

Grandma Bolinger's mahogany table has seen better days.   After leaving grandma's several years ago,  it lived with Micah for a time.   Then it moved to the garage at the Fredora.  The other day mom decided to try to sell it for $50.  There were no takers,  do I told her we should strip it.   Then it occured to me that it woikd for in the sewing room and I could use it as a drafting and cutting take as the leaves folding up and down would work well for my space.   So I brought it home and stripped it off the old and well worn varnish.  Brian gave me some epoxy to use on a couple of spots where the laminate was no longer glued.  Today i put on the first coat of varnish.  It's going to be gorgeous!

Before.

after stripping 

first coat of varnish, still wet.

Today,  July 26th, i finely decided it has enough varnish...i think 5 or 6 coats,  but could be 7 or 8.  I have sanded and sanded and sanded.   Today was 0000 steel wool, then 1200 grit paper dry,  then 1200 wet.   Now to wait 2 weeks and use an electric buffer to bring the shine back.  It's a satin finish right now.   Oh, I do need to put a coat or two on the bit that shows when the ends are folded down as I think it will be used the most like that.   Pictures when is back to glossy. 

August 9th.  I waxed the table this week.  Now i can use it! 

Apron

I made this apron yesterday and today from old pillowcases and lace from pillowcases.   I think it's really sweet, and wish I was better at wearing aprons.

Pattern Drafting

I found an awesome set of classes on craftsy about pattern drafting.  I'm enjoying learning the rules about how to design clothing and draft the patterns.   I started with Isabele and have completed the skirt sloper, the bodice moulage and bodice sloper.  Much more to learn bit so far I love it!