The Sewing Weekend

Last weekend my parents came for a visit, their first visit since Christmas.  It was great to see them!  It also turned out to be a very good thing, and quite providential, that they chose last weekend to make the trip.  It just so happened that Moira, the sewer (well, sew-er, or I guess seamstress is the proper term?) in our family, volunteered to make new black skirts for their upcoming Irish dance recital.  We needed to make seven black skirts and hem seven more that our friends, and fellow Irish dancers, made.  It also just happens to be that my mom has the most sewing talent this side of the Mississippi (or something like that).  So my mom and dad came, along with their dog, Lacy.  They also brought my mom's sewing machine and serger.  Those machines were both smokin' all weekend long.

On Friday, seven skirts were made that look like this...

Then, seven more were hemmed, and then all fourteen were packed up to be embroidered...

My mom and the girls worked most of the day on Friday getting these done.  All I can say is the serger saved the day!

Worker number one...

Worker number two...

Worker number three's photo is missing.  I think I accidently deleted it from my camera and the computer.  Ooops.  But of course that worker would be Moira. 

Here they all are...

So, while that was a lot of work, they did not stop there.  Oh no!  On Saturday, Moira had a birthday party to attend that included ballroom dancing.  The dress she wore needed alterations.  Done. Then, since the girls' prom is coming up this weekend, they decided to alter those dresses as well. Done. They didn't even stop there.  There was also Moira's friend's dress that needed to be hemmed.  Done. And then there was a dress in Eileen's closet that needed a seam fixed. Done.

I think that was it, but I could be forgetting something.  The machines are probably still warm from all the work they did.  Whew!  It was certanly a productive sewing weekend.  Thanks again Mom!