butterflies

Anyone who knows my embroidery design and my embellishing of clothing knows that the butterfly is one of my very favorite design motifs, reminding us of our "New Life."

Look at this beautiful butterfly that Judy stitched onto the simple tee. It is open work and thus is light enough not to weigh down a lightweight tee shirt. Perfect.

But she thought that it needed something more and she was right.

She brought the Swarovski crystals over and we added them around the butterfly. What a difference! Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it (actually, you can click on the symbol on the bottom of the enlarged picture to make it even larger) so that you can see the details of the design and the crystals at work.

The addition of the scattered crystals in no particular pattern gave the butterfly its own shimmer of new life.

maranatha

We knew that she would be delighted with this V necked tee (and another similar one with long sleeves) with the Maranatha dove scattered over the front of the shirt. Of course, we added some on the back also. We were pleased with the look of the dove in red against the black tee and so is she.

turquoise and purple beads

A simple teal tee with a scooped neck, bright turquoise ribbon, and bright purple beads that swing from loops of turquoise colored glass beads makes a nice top to wear with skirts, jeans, or even under a jacket for casual business wear .

she has the box

I had written that Judy and I were sewing for a friend. Well, we finished our "collection," shipped the box -- all 20 pounds of it -- and it arrived yesterday. Today, I should hear how things fit.

The box contained things we thought that she would enjoy wearing. When she called last night, thrilled, she kept asking how we could know what colors, what fabrics, what designs she would like and could wear. In other words, she was thrilled with everything in there. And we are blesssed beyond measure.

One thing we did was embroider several tee shirts for her. Knowing that she wore jeans and tees to work, we bought several plain tees in the colors that we knew would be complimentary for her. And then we worked out machine embroidery designs for the shirts and even found other embellishments that would make the shirts anything other than plain tees.

When you see these, you will notice immediately that I took the pictures before we pressed everything, but be assured that all was pressed before it went ino the box. You can see lace trim, beaded trim, purchased appliques, and machine embroidery on the shirts.

Next time, the story of the little suit I made.