One of the nightgowns that I made for my granddaughters was a mishap. The flannel was very soft, and I thought it would make a nice nightgown. The problem was that the material kept falling apart at the seams and at the neck edge. It simply frayed apart. Dot was so unhappy so I told her I would make her another one. They don't take much time at all. She wanted the doggie material. I didn't think I had enough because that is what I used for Portia's. However, since I made the yoke and sleeves of Portia's out of pink, and since Portia's was smaller anyway, I was able to have enough material to make one for Dot out of the material she wanted. I still needed to make the yoke pink and I cut out one of the doggies and appliqued it to the pink yoke. I had just enough material and I think it came out really cute.
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| The new nightgown. |
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| The first nightgown which she could only wear about once. |
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| This shows how the material frayed at the neck edge. This is also what it did at the seams. |
As a side project, I have been working on the afghan for Keeping America Warm. I need to knit 49 squares and I have finished about 30 of them. Hope I get this thing done in time for this winter. If not, then it will be for next winter. Either way, I will still ship it off to the organization if they are still doing it. I started this project last year and I haven't checked to see if they are still doing it. If not, then I will have a nice gift for someone.
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