I'm back with an update and also oodles of pajamas to share....

First, I owe you (whoever reads this blog), an apology.  I'm been completely MIA since the Summer. I have no excuses really....just busy with this thing called life.   Summer is always a busy time on the farm and especially busy at the end when I am busy canning and preserving food for the winter.  I always feel somewhat like a squirrel....gathering and storing food for my family for the months ahead.  LOL   

 Roma tomatoes. To be used for spaghetti sauce, casseroles, chili.

I usually grow surreal amounts of zucchini in my garden.  This puts the big whales to perfect use!

Zucchini relish in the pints and zucchini salsa in the quarts. I think we only have a couple salsa jars left.  We eat a lot of salsa!!

I laid out  the peaches for a day to let them ripen and then canned them with syrup.  My kids love canned peaches.

Beautiful!!

These are pears from our tree.  So good!

 

Canned with syrup.  Yummy!

The Fall also brings the corn harvest.  We make corn silage for our dairy cattle.

Of course, on the farm we always have new birth...new kittens...

New calves....

My youngest daughter doing her chores.  Look at all those baby calves!!  So cute!!

Here are bigger heifers...enjoying their dinner.

Halloween 2014!

 I made my youngest daughter her Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz Halloween costume.  

PATTERN:  Butterick 4320

FABRIC:  Cotton Gingham

SIZE:  8/10

 Christmas 2014!  

 Christmas morning....oh how I love my family!  

Finally the pajama-athon!!

First up...a nightgown for my youngest daughter.   

PATTERN:  Simplicity 5941

FABRIC:  cotton woven that I had bought white to dye.  It had the white butterflies imprinted and the dye didn't dye over them.  I used dye from Dharma Trading .  I love their fabric dyes.

SIZE:  10

I love the old, vintage feel of this nightgown.  It makes me happy and best of all my daughter, Jenelle, loves it!!  

A pretty and feminine pajama set for me!!
PATTERN:  Women's Ottobre Winter 2011
FABRIC:  Ivory cotton eyelet
SIZE:  38
I love this set!  I'm so tired of wearing tattered tank tops to bed.  I am in desperate need of pajamas. This fits the bill perfectly.

Look how pretty the bodice is!  Love the picot elastic trim peeking out of the top of the bodice and the hem line.  

 The shorts are also from the Women's 2011 issue.  I added 3" to the hem length as I felt they were a tad too short for my liking.   Again...the picot trim elastic is a nice touch.

Another set of pj shorts.  Same as above, but with more added length to the hem.  Love these.

I added grommets instead of doing buttonholes for the tie.

Yet another pair of pj shorts.  These are for my oldest daughter.  These are sewn from the same Ottobre pattern, but with no modifications.  See how short these suckers are!  Too short in my opinion.  Basically covers her butt.  Eeeeekkkk.....

 Next up a pj set for my youngest son, Matthew.
PATTERN for SHIRT:  Ottobre 2008 Raglan
SIZE:  158
PATTERN for SHORTS:  Kwik Sew for Children Book.  Modified shorts.  I eliminated the side seam so the pattern piece is just one piece instead of two pieces.   SIZE: XL
FABRIC:  Cotton interlock

I used my Babylock Coverstitch machine in reverse to get the top coverstitch look.

Had a bit of the print left over so I made Matthew a pair of underwear.  

PATTERN:  Ottobre Winter 2004 long Johns - modified.  I eliminated the back (butt) piece so the pattern is only two pieces.  I also eliminated the top casing allowance and used exposed elastic instead.  

Thanks so much for reading!  Hope you enjoyed the picture overload!  

Until next time......happy sewing!