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We're excited to be a part of the Sew Beautiful magazine blog tour today! Sew Beautiful magazine has been in publication for 23 years and has always celebrated a love of fine and heirloom sewing. With its pages long-graced by hand embroidery, fine laces and trims, delicate smocking, Christening gowns, and antiques, it's no wonder there is a general misconception that heirloom sewing, with all of its finery and detail, is very difficult. But the truth is that basic heirloom techniques are really quite simple, and with the right materials, require little more than a straight stitch and zigzag stitch!
Sew Beautiful Blog Tour
In an effort to spread the word that heirloom sewing is not only doable, but relevant, Sew Beautiful developed a blog tour that features series of heirloom technique videos. Each video "class" shares a basic technique needed to complete a gorgeous women's camisole that the editors have recreated from a vintage nightgown, which includes a sampling of these basic techniques.
The pattern is drafted from any basic tank top shape, and Sew Beautiful shares the instructions and templates needed to create this camisole in their September/October issue #132.
Sewing with Lace Videos
Today we're hosting the "Sewing with Lace" tutorial blog tour stop. The video is broken up into two parts below:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Visit the Sew Beautiful website to join the blog tour and watch all of the videos from start to finish!
You can win a big giveaway from Sew Beautiful! Comment on this post for your chance to win a prize package (retail value over $160) including:
- – Complete kit needed to make the Vintage Inspiration camisole, from sizes XS (2-4) to 3X (26-28)
- – Sleepwear Especially for You (contains the basic tank top pattern suggested in the instructions)
- – New issue of Sew Beautiful (contains the Vintage Inspiration article and embroidery and lace shaping templates)
- – June Tailor Heirloom Stitcher's Shape 'N Press board
All of the heirloom sewing supplies used in the kit and videos are also available from the Martha Pullen Store. Use the code BLOGTOUR for 25% off your order through October 31 (no minimum order, regular priced items only, pleaters are excluded, one use per customer).
Tell us about your love of heirloom sewing, Martha Pullen, Sew Beautiful magazine or sewing with lace and heirloom fabrics in the comments. We'll randomly select and announce a winner on Monday.
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I was fortunate enough to join Martha Pullen for a wonderful 3 day heirloom sewing retreat in June of this year. The fabulous fabrics and trims that turned into beautiful finished projects are treasures. I bought some books to keep me inspired through the winter.
I LOVE HEIRLOOM SEWING, Martha Pullen ~ and Sew Beautiful Magazine. I read it cover to cover as soon as it arrives. I don't get to watch Martha's show often so these blog videos have been great. I am going to the Heirloom Sewing Licensing in October and can't wait! Thanks and great work.
Love the cami, and the blogs were all so well done. I love all the contributors to this blog along with sew beatiful. I have found some new wonderful informative sights that I am putting in my favorites list. Thanks to all of you
I have been reading Sew Beautiful Magazine for at least 15 years and I love heirloom sewing! I keep up with Martha through her weekly newsletter and I attend the Martha Pullen sewing market in Arlington, TX every year.
Heirloom sewing is something I'd love to be able to pass on to my children one day. I'm too new to sewing to feel confident enough to most of the techniques just yet, but, I hope to be there soon.
I want to go and create!
Heirloom laces are so beautiful. I love working with beautiful
materials, they inspire me so. Thank you hosting such beautiful video tutorials. Patricia L.
Heirloom is my favorite. I don't have any grandchildren so I have to sew for myself. I love to make heirloom nightgowns, slips, etc. Thanks for offering this lovely package, Martha.
Great refresher on heirloom techiques.
I loved the site! Vintage clothing is so cool. thanks for posting!
Very beautiful.
Love that cami! I have a small lace stash with no idea what to do with it. Happy for the inspiration!
i loved the site.my grandmother used to teach me lace making n eversince i love lace n lace on my night wares.i wish i can win this so i can make my own night ware with the instructions..yipeeee…
Mmmmm. Gorgeous!!!
I would love to have this kit! I have recently come across some of my grandmother and great-grandmothers things that they sewed themselves and would love to refashion and repair them so that my daughter and I can enjoy them! I'm too afraid to tackle this without some good instruction and materials, and I think this would be the greatest help in accomplishing that!!
I love vintage lace fabric and have some vintage hankies that I would love to incorporate into a project. This magazine would be very helpful.
I love vintage textiles … the lace and cottons are just amazing. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I love what Sew Beautiful and all our wonderful sewists are doing with this blog…WONDERFUL…and sew informative!
How lovely it would be to win this!
Oh I would L-O-V-E to win this!!
I'm pregnant and hoping to be making a blessing dress for a baby girl on the way, something special, something that she can keep forever.
I have been watching Martha's Sewing room for years. I am in awe of her beautiful heirloom techniques and have dabbled in heirloom sewing. I hope to make a lot more of the gifts I give this year and see this blog on heirloom sewing as the creative inspiration I need (and crave).
I can't wait to get started on a project of my own! I think these techniques will finally give me the upper hand in the longstanding "leather vs. lace" dispute I have with one of my girlfriends (I'm on the side of lace, of course).
I have yet to do any heirloom sewing myself because I was under the impression that it was difficult…so happy to hear otherwise! Can't wait to try making that camisole!
I've just gotten back into sewing and the video was a great tutorial. I'd love to win this. Thanks!
This is great! I'm just getting back in to sewing, so it would be great to have an instructional guide 😀
I've a few rolls of vintage lace and I was always wondering what to do with it. Oh, now I know! Thank you, guys!
BEAUTIFUL!!! I would love to learn to sew with lace and to make heirloom items!!!
That's for the video's helps explain what went wrong the last time I was sewing lace on..
Gorgeous! I would love to make some things for my girls.
Wow, can't wait to try it.
I love the delicate look of heirloom sewing. This is
really nice, being able to learn with these videos.
my favorite use of lace and heirloom sewing techniques is in my fiber art projects. I love using insertion, smocking and other handiwork in my wall hangings. I am also very fond of using antique and repurposed lace on every-day pieces of clothing to add a little flair and romance 🙂
I've never tried heirloom, but it'd be a great technique to try for my new niece or nephew's special outfit! (He or she is coming in March!)
I love the look of heirloom and would love to try it for the granddaughters!
I love the Magazine!
this is beautiful!
Love it! And all things Martha! Pullen that is!! Thanks for doing this giveaway!
This lace stuff is exquisite. I would love to try some of it soon…
Wow, that camisole is beautiful! I love all things vintage and vintage-inspired… thanks for the great giveaway!
I adore the look of vintage dainties! I collect vintage slips and whatnot but they never fit me. I would love to learn about heirloom sewing! Just gorgeous!
Heirloom sewing reminds me of my mom making chenille animals for my kids out of vintage bedspreads. The camisole is so beautiful! I would love to become more skilled in those techniques!
I would love to learn and give heirloom sewing a try.Winning this package would help me.Thank you for the chance.
I've always browsed thru the Sew Beautiful magazines. They are filled with lots of beautiful work.
Sew Beautiful magazine truly upped my sewing skills. Their directions are very clear, and there are so many times they show you how to change up a basic pattern into something else. Every issue has some technique or pattern worth keeping.
I just love lace and would love the sewing advice. Thanks
Heirloom sewing always makes me think of beautiful cotton lawn nighties with all their beautiful handwork, great giveaway!
I love the oh so feminine look of lace and white cotton. It reminds me of movies like Somewhere In Time and Anne of Green Gables. Just a very romantic look!
Absolutely gorgeous. I would love to try my hand at this.
wow, my grandma is the one who showed me how to sew and she had learnt from her grandma.
I really treasure the bits and pieces left behind. especially the half embroidered tablecloth!
Heirloom sewing is lovely and is really worth the time and effort.
I would appreciate monthly sewing advice. And all the new ideas!
this looks like serious sewing and something that is more than worth the time to do.
Heirloom sewing with those patterns would be awesome! All my sewing has been focused on my kids that I've yet to make something for myself!
Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway. I would love to learn more about heirloom sewing.
I've not sewn with lace or done any heirloom sewing, but I'm excited to learn. I appreciate the video!
I love lace. This is a beautiful kit.
I haven't ventured into heirloom sewing as yet, but I don't think I would be able to resist such a lovely project!
I love getting Sew Beautiful. I love making heirloom daygowns for little ones.
I love sewing and really really want to learn how to sew with lace.
Just last month I finished an heirloom christening dress for my very first granddaughter. It was much different from the sewing I usually do, but I learned a lot and it turned out great! This prize package would be so fun to use!
The heirloom style is divine, but my sewing skills for such work is not up to par. Anyone know a good home ec teacher??? 🙂
how pretty! i've never sewn with lace before but would love to try it sometime! lace adds so much with really being something so little! 🙂
I have yet to to any heirloom sewing, but absolutely love the look and feel of it!
That stuff is so beautiful!
I watched both videos and they make these techniques very easy to understand. I hope I win!
I haven't done any "heirloom" sewing. (I didn't feel I could do it justice with my beginner skills) but love how elegant even the jammies look with the lace and soft material.
I'm always afraid to sew with silky fabrics that "slip" while sewing, but these items look great! Also, adding a little strip of lace can give an item just the perfect feminine touch.
Love this magazine and everything lacy!
Love the inset lace!
I've got a brand new Janome Horizon with lots of heirloom stitches and would love to learn how to use them.
I would love to win this giveaway! It'd be fun to make one of those vintage-inspired camisoles, they're beautiful!
I've not done any sewing with lace before. This would be a great way to start.
I love lace! But I haven't done that much sewing with it myself, this would be the perfect inspiration!
I've never made undergarments or lingerie before. Unless you count boxer shorts for family members, but they were just super basic and made of cotton so I don't.
Very Beautiful! Great Giveaway!
Thank you so much! This is so fun!
I love finding and thinking of worth projects to use older lace in! My grandmother had a huge stash when she passed from when she making my mom's / aunts childhood clothes (~ 50s & 60s). It's just so fun to incorporate the older things into new projects!
We just went over a few heirloom techniques last week in my Bernina class! How timely this blog tour is for me! Also, my late grandmother did beautiful hand smocking and french handsewing. I would love to learn more about these techniques.
I love Sew Beautiful magazine and would love to win this giveaway!
I'm just starting to get into embellishments, including lace. As for heirloom, my grandmother can no longer sew and has given me permission to raid her stash the next time I visit. How awesome is that?!
Oh how lovely! I love pretty silky things! I've never done anything with lace before, I'm excited to give it a try! 🙂
Oh. So pretty.
I've been hoarding my grandmother's extensive collection of lace, hankies, doilies, and pillow cases for years…but have always been too nervous to work with any of them! Maybe this is just the motivation I need. 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
So many wonderful things – thank you!
Love that cardigan! Super stylish! What beautiful ideas.
I have always been in envy of those who can sew with such beauty in heirloom type ways. I am embarking on a new adventure to learn this technique. This would be a perfect chance to get my feet wet and learn this craft.
I'd love a chance to win! I rarely sew with heirloom types of fabrics–largely from fear of the delicate fabrics and fussy patterns. But I think my skill as a seamstress has evolved enough to give it another try. This could be my inspiration to do it.
This year I sewed both my wedding dress and vail. I got to use a little hidden lace on the linning hem of the dress. I also added edge lace to the edge of my veil. I found the vintage-y lace at the flea market – something like 10 yards (maybe more) for <$5. Then I totally forgot I had it when I was sewing up the vail and made a mad run to the fabric store where I ended up buying not enough lace. When I realized this when I got ready to add the lace I was totally bummed until I remembered that I already had the perfect lace and lots of it from my flea market find. That stopped my panic attack in it's tracks and everything worked out beautifully.
I love heirloom sewing! It's what prompted me to take up sewing again, rather than sensible things like sewing on buttons. Nope, vintage touches and modern fabric bows all the way. Just usually not in the same piece 😀 My technique is a little lacking still, but I'm working on it.
I've never sewn heirloom fabrics OR lace (beyond adding lace to the edge of weird little projects when I was a kid). I don't always like the way it looks because sometimes it seems so fussy.. however, this top is beautiful. It's so delicate and pretty!
Oh I want its sooooooooooooooooo beautiful….
Heirloom sewing has always been a fascination of mine yet I see from your many admirer's that Sew Beautiful needs to be my next most desirable acquisition 🙂 the Vintage Cami is exquisite…
The camisole is lovely. It would be great to learn to sew such things as well as other heirloom items. I may have to spend some time on that site.
so many fun thinsg and so many skills – and I am moving this wknd so no chance to try it all out….all inthe new house!
Thank you for the inspiration and tools that I need to make beautiful clothing as a way to keep my grandmother's lace work front and center. It is time for that lace to come out of the closet!
Oh, what a wonderful give away! I love heirloom styles, but have never made my own. I'm hoping this will change that in short order. Thanks!
OH! I would love to do some heirloom sewing. I have been wanting to learn some new techniques. This would be a great giveaway to win.
My last child at home is off to college next week and I will have more time on my hands…good but also sad! I want to start sewing more and have always loved heirloom sewing. I have several projects waiting in my to-do stack!
So nice!!! What beautiful items to sew! And so much to learn.
I love the name of the magazine, Sew Beautiful! Videos are always great to watch over and over again! Thank you!
I'm thrilled to see that heirloom sewing is alive and well in the current handmade renaissance. My granddaughter is my sewing buddy and I am looking forward to teaching her all these techniques.
Wow, gorgeous stuff. I would love to learn how to make these beautiful things!
I have only done a little bit of heirloom sewing, I am definitely still learning!
I've always been intimidated by heirloom sewing, but I would love to try it. Thanks for the great video tutorials and the nudge I need to try it.
This is one of my all time favorite magazines and I snag it from the bookstore whenever I see it…
I love sewing with lace, adding those very special personal touches to garments – thanks for the chance to win
What a great giveaway!!
Just learning – but finding it very exciting!
Those videos are so inspirational! I've never tried my hand at heirloom sewing but now I want to!
One day I must stop subscribing to "Sew Beautiful" ! My mind can absolutely not take in any more inspiration. I love this magazine and have learned so much from it.
wow, how beautiful. love how delicate.
Thanks for the giveaway! Good luck to everyone!
This is stunningly beautiful. I don't know that I could ever do something like this.
Beautiful, I've just starting sewing clothes again and love getting new ideas and tips.
I love the sophisticated look that lace can give to projects, but I need to get more comfortable with it!
That camisole is gorgeous!
I have yet to try out some heirloom sewing myself, but it's beautiful and I'd love to win this little package!
oooh lace! I never sew with it, and should start! gorgeous!
I have never done heirloom sewing, but I would love to learn. I desperately need some new nightgowns and sleepwear!
that is so pretty!!! i would love to wear that, talk about sexy, and sometimes it is nice to feel that with having 4 kids!!! so so pretty!!!
I've done a little heirloom sewing. A commissioned baby gown out of a beatiful shiny cotton with some simple insertion and pin tucks. I also made my twins Christening gowns: but with theirs I just relied on the beauty of the embroidered linenfabric. I was too sleep deprived to add lace or tucks!!
I would love the chance to delve into the world of lace sewing, how pretty!
oh pretty garments!
I love this idea! I find heirloom sewing to be intimidating, but these step-by-step videos seem like they will break it down for me. I can't wait to view all of them. Thank you for participating in this, and inspiring us all!
so highly coveted! i hope i win!
I've not done much with lace and the like at this point, but certainly want to!
I've always wanted to try sewing with delicate fabrics like this, but been too scared… I guess I have no excuse now!
The little details are what makes the big differnce. Love lace but struggle to get it right. thank you
I would love, love love to sew that top.
What a fabulous package. I've always been very interested in learning more about heirloom techniques. I just love the look of insertion laces and the crisp white fabrics. This would be such a great package to win.
It sure would be nice to learn to sew something besides quilts! How fun!
I'd love to learn more about this. It does look overwhelming to me, it's neat to hear that it really isn't.
so pretty….this would be awesome!
I adore sewing with vintage lace, especially Venice lace. It is a wonderful way to make heirloom pieces from current designs. I am still new to garment construction, so these would be fantastic resources!
Thank you for the giveaway and videos! I am a quilter, and just starting to sew garments. I would be lovely to add some of these touches!
Okay I have to admit that when I saw Amelia Johanson's cami sample it looked intimidating until I had to make it for the videos. The camera girl, SB's art director, Shannon (who is a quilter and crafter) was so confident after filming the tour that she went and cut herself a kit to make one. Mine is half way finished thanks to the tour. Believe me when I say "you CAN do this". We have selected a less expensive and equally beautiful lace and fabric choice for those that might still be intimidated and for those that want to give it a try without too much investment the first time. Just give it a try. Work out each technique on a scrap then go for it. Thanks for sewing with us
Thankyou, Martha Pullen, for your dedication to heirloom sewing and various sewing techniques embellishing garments. It's nice to see that nostalgia lives timelessly in our present day through appreciation of fine sewing skills.
I learned the basics of heirloom sewing when my granddaughter was born in 2005. It was love at first stitch! Thank you for being part of the SB blog. I was fortunate to attend the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion in Feb.2008 and take the Intermediate Heirloom School with Lynne Holyoake from Australia. If you have not taken advantage of the school, you MUST! Most people don't really understand that the techniques are not hard to do; rather just time consuming and a bit tedious sometimes.
Heirloom sewing reminds me of my Aunt Mary who's needlework and embroidery books I inherited. I would love to add lace to my repertoire. I am a huge fan of delicate, feminine and vintage looks!
"Sew Beautiful" Magazine is my favorite!!! I have been subscribing since 1991, and I have always anxiously held my breath every other month in antication of the magazine's arrival in my mail box (that's a looooong, long time for one to hold one's breath — almost twenty years!!!). Anyway, I still have all those issues, and have sewn many an outfit and project out of "Sew Beautiful". Thanks so much for almost twenty (breathless) years of lovely, beautiful, cute, "whimsical", bi-monthly delights … "Sew Beautiful" Magazine is definately "eye-candy" for an Heirloom Sewer's soul!!!
What a treat! This is an amazing prize, thanks for the chance to enter.
I love heirloom sewing, was introduced to it by SB. My first SB was given to me while pregnant with my dd, after having 4 boys. I fell in love with it. I have made her many things, with lace and batiste, tissue silk. I LOVE Martha Pullen! We see her every year when she comes to TX. She is a wonderful lady!
well i love lace!
i love adding it around pilowr or at the botem of a dress
since i was a little girl i loved lace
Good review. Even if you've done heirloom sewing for awhile it's good to have a review and reminder. Thanks.
It says on all the pages to "join the blog tour". I can't quite see how to join. When I click on that phrase it just takes me to another info page.
I haven't tried heirloom sewing yet, but my sister has and loved it, and I've been dying to try it! This would be the perfect intro for me 🙂
These are so beautiful and delicate its like a little something for mama…
I luv Sew Beautiful magazine! My first attempt at heirloom sewing was for my granddaughter's 1st Communion. Everyone was thrilled with how it turned out! Many of the other mothers thought it was purchased at one of the more expensive shops! Now I'm hooked & ready to learn some new techniques. I hope to see more adult heirloom patterns & ideas in following issues.
Love this magazine!
LOVE heirloom sewing!!! My girly daughter would love to have a beautiful cami or nightgown like this!
Sew Beautiful is a wonderful magazine. I have been buying it for a dozen years. Martha's editorials are a great way to begin each issue. I love, love, love Sew Beautiful. It would be great to win the giveavay.
I love that forever special and timeless quality about heirloom sewing. Never dates, never is out of fashion, always appreciated for it's delicacy and beauty. Love it.
I would love this!!! Great give away!! My daughter is learning to sew and said "pick me" "pick me" please
I am not familiar with heirloom sewing, but these are some beautiful garments and I would love to give it a try!
All of these blogs are so inspirational, and useful. Thanks to SB Magazine for a very creative idea!
I fell in love with french handsewing when my oldest daughter was born – almost 30 years ago! I have made many dresses since then, almost all of them completely by hand.
I would love to win the giveaway.
Love your site, how exciting for an heirloom "video event". Count me in on your drawing. Thanks C
I love the challenge of heirloom sewing. I'm all for sewing anything not boring, and heirloom is sooooo not boring.
I can't wait to get the new issue of SB mag. I have watched all of the videos and am ready to try out the techniques. SB mag is always inspirational and now with the additional help on the blog, learning a new technique like lace shaping doesn't seem so intimidating. Thank you for the chance to win the prize.
I have a collection of Sew Beautiful magazines starting with the premier issue. Sew Beautiful and Martha Pullen has been my inspiration ever since I started heirloom sewing,smocking, etc 26 years ago. Thank you so much.
I would love to make my own clothes again. I hate the garbage that is in the stores, and the quality is horrid. I would love to make something like this for myself and my daughter.
I LOVE THIS>>>I am ordering the supplies right now!! I am soooo very excited it is a woman's garment!!!! YEAH!!!!!
Heirloom sewing has always been something I have been interested in. My first attempt at it was smocking a dress for my daughter by hand. I would love to sew something beautiful and delicate for myself.
That is so beautiful! I love lace anything.
What a pretty top.
I've added lace to baby bibs, and it is so cute!
I'm still a novice, so heirloom sewing is something to aspire to…my mom is a great seamstress, so hopefully I've got some of her talents in my fingers! Thanks…
When I was nine I belonged to a girls club and one of the projects we learned was smocking – I loved it. My pillow project was just perfect in my nine year old eyes…I'm sure it was. Since then I have mostly boys to sew for so my heirloom projects tend to be small pillows or lavender sachets for friends. Would love to be inspired to try some new techniques! In any case, I'm getting the magazine!
gorgeous. this would be fun to try. love the details.
I love heirloom sewing. I would love the chance to finally sew something for myself instead of my children all the time.
I have only done one heirloom sewing project. It was a christening gown for my cousin's daughter. The results were amazing! It turned out even better than that I had envisioned. I would love to do more in the future!!
I usually stick to modern/contemporary sewing, but more and more I'm attracted to the look of heirloom sewing. I love that camisole and I could see myself wearing it under a cardigan this Fall. I'll have to keep an eye out for this magazine.
I've not done much heirloom sewing, but would love to be inspired!
I am so excited to watch those videos (when I'm not in the office)! I'm working on a lace-trimmed underdress for a Renaissance costume, and that will be so helpful!
What a lovely nightgown! So many great ideas and tips in Sew Beautiful!
I have a boxful of heirloom linens that my mother embroidered when she was young girl. i would to restore some of the tattered ones and give them new life.
Heirloom sewing is so beautiful. History follows this art and I hope that it never dies. Thank you for sharing it with the world and blessings to Martha Pullen!
I would love to lear to do a little heirloom sewing!
What a great giveaway. I have always been intimidated by heirloom sewing so this sounds like the perfect time to learn. I am heading to their blog right now.
Love heirloom sewing and can not do without this magazine!!! Always learn something from each issue. Thanks for this wonderful giveaway.
This is the kind of sewing I have always wished I could do, and want very much to learn. You simply cannot find this level of workmanship on most garments today.
Oh, how wonderful to learn sewing with laces! Never give up learning! What a wonderful idea!
Kind regards
I have a passionate love for vintage gowns and clothing. Learning a new way to spruce up my modern wardrobe with lace would be just brilliant!
Heirloom sewing would be wonderful to try. I now have a beautiful granddaughter to sew for. I did not realize that is was not as difficult as I always thought.
I fell in love with this magazine when my first daughter was born, all the lovely smocking projects. I need to slow down and not rush through projects to be better at heirloom sewing. The camisole is exquisite!
I haven't done much heirloom sewing and would love to do some for myself. What a wonderful giveaway! This gift would get me started!
I would love to win this! Wow! It's exciting just thinking about it! Thank you so much for the opportunity!
I've been doing heirloom sewing for about 4 years now and am totally hooked. My latest thing is baby clothes–I'd never done any, but this summer I made my first daygown and a couple of dresses! I love being able to sew beautiful and stylish things for my two daughters.
Making lace and sewing with lace give a classic vintage look. Love Sew Beautiful.
I didn't even know or think about heirloom sewing until now… but I do have some things I could pull out of boxes and make into pretty things that could be worn or used as decor. 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration! I would LOVE to win, this is an exciting giveaway!
Oh, what a lovely giveaway!
Love that magazine! Id love to win this one!
What a great give away. I'm totally into lingerie these days. g
Oh my goodness, that camisole! I love lace insertion and crisp white fabrics–things that look like they took care and skill to make, and, oh, that camisole fits that bill!
And I am thrilled that all of you love Sew Beautiful!! Thank you from all of us here in Huntsville! This camisole/heirloom package is gorgeous and good luck to all of you-our sewing family! Please enjoy the videos that Kathy Barnard has made for you. Thanks to Sew,Mama,Sew for being our friend in this! God Bless All Of You and come to see us in Huntsville for a hands on class! We so appreciate hearing from you. And don't forget the 25% off of your order from http://www.marthapullen.com until October 31 on almost everything if you use the code BLOGTOUR.
I adore heirloom sewing, I am in love with the softness and the sophistocation of the look. It brings happiness to my days.
I love this giveaway! Both my grandmother and aunt are such amazing talents at heirloom sewing. They've created such beautiful baby and children's clothes… real treasures for our family. I would love to follow in their footsteps. I've already started making shortalls but just this weekend made a sweet shirt for my son with a peter pan collar that buttons down the back. That project really boosted my confidence to try my hand at heirloom sewing and make my son some really fine things. This SB gift would be a great inspiration to get going!
I love Sew Beautiful magazine. The camisole is so delicate and feminine. I'd love to make one for myself. Thanks SMS for hosting this great giveaway.
awesome giveaway. Heirloom sewing is so pretty.
Alas, I do not know how to do any heirloom sewing! But, I am so intrigued by it! I am always drawn to little girls' smocked dresses, and hunt for those kinds of things at flea markets. I would love to learn!
How about how I would love to try heirloom sewing!?!? The pictures are beautiful and I think it would be lovely to have some handmade by moi!
I have never sewed with lace before, but I would love to learn!
I love Sew Beautiful! I still have last month's issue next to my bed, I have been drooling over the Liberty of London prints featured. I have never had the courage to make sleepwear, it looks so pretty and delicate! What better teacher than Martha Pullen? 🙂
I just became a Sew Beautiful magazine subscriber in the last month. Love the beautiful heirloom childrens items.
I'd love to expand my sewing capabilities. My mother and aunt were amazing seamstresses and I remember seeing all the beautiful things they would make. I hope to learn how to do all the beautiful intricate heirloom sewing they made look so easy (but I have as of yet only flubbed!
I have never tried sewing with heirloom fabrics before, but I love the look of these pieces.
Thank you so much for posting these wonderful videos. I have never made an heirloom piece because I simply didn't know the techniques. You've provided me the platform, so now it's time for me to take the stage and perform!!!
I LOVE Sew Beautiful Magazine. It's been an inspiration to me since my kiddos were babes – and I had no time to sew :). Now that they are older, I'm going back through my magazines that I've kept for inspiration! Some I've had since 1998!
Oh, I love Sew Beautiful Magazine!
I love upcycling fabric (expically if it comes with a great story)and hand sewing. I love heirloom gardening- never knew there was also heirloom sewing! Can't wait to look into it.
Amazing! Sew Beautiful has never been on my radar–until now.
Thank you!
I would love to try my hand at this. Vintage looking night clothes are my favourite.
Heirloom sewing is so delicate that I've never considered sewing that way. But the sleepwear ideas are enough to make me consider sewing some.
I have never done any heirloom projects. But if I won this, I would definitely give it a try. Everything's so beautiful!
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I have never done heirloom sewing before and will agree that it looks intimidating. I love lace though and that sleepwear looks just beautiful.
I love the beauty of heirloom sewing. There is something so delicate about it.
I love to watch Martha's Sewing Room on PBS. I have many Sew Beautiful Magazines, I can bear to toss them out. I have have shared my magazines, but I am sure to have my name on them for safe return. Heirloom sewing never goes out of style and it is always cherished. If you are going to take the time and effort to sew something, create something that is sure to be passed down and treasured.
Heirloom sewing is gorgeous! What a great blog tour.
I have always loved Martha Pullen! Laces, tucks, delicate and etheral fabrics. I would love a chance to play with these great prizes.
I've only just started sewing with lace. I made a couple of lovely hangers as a gift. I now want to make some more and, oh dear me, I'll just have to go shopping for some more beautiful lace!
I love heirloom sewing! I was just introduced to it about 1-1/2 years ago. Last year the first heirloom dress I made won a blue ribbon, best of show, and award of excellence at our state fair. What fun!
I have not done heirloom sewing since making a christening dress for my first child too many years ago to say…with twin grandsons born in June and hopefully a granddaughter in the years to come, I'd like to try it again.
I love heirloom sewing! My mother is proficient at it and I have loved learning how to do it as well! My three children have the most beautiful blessing gowns!
I love heirloom sewing. This blog tour is a great idea and a wonderful review of the techniques.
That would be such a great package! Oh, what fun I could have. Thanks!
I've enjoyed watching Martha Pullen's show on PBS. It was on her show that I first saw demonstrated satin ribbon embroidery. The camisole shown here is just beautiful. I would love to win the Sew Beautiful giveaway.
I love Sew Beautiful! The projects and patterns are lovely and sweet.
I have long been a fan of Martha Pullen and her work. I was glad to see Sew Beautiful featured here at another favorite place!
the sew beautiful magazine looks so nice, i'll check it out. i have never sewn with lace and heirloom fabrics but they are so beautiful, i want to make tops with them.
What a wonderful idea to use modern technology to teach ageless heirloom techniques! Thank you Sew Beautiful!
WOW! is all I can say! 🙂
Simply Beautiful! I love all the details that go into this type of sewing!
What a change of pace from the play clothes you've been featuring! I like those, but I am also happy to see you show more complex techniques, especially with videos. And who wouldn't love this prize?
This tour is amazing! I would absolutely love to win this giveaway. I do some heirloom sewing, mostly clothes for antique dolls, but would love to be able to do this project!
All that lace is so beautiful!! I would love to learn more about sewing like that 🙂
I would LOVE to learn more about heirloom sewing. It's so delicate and beautiful. And with a little girly-girl for a daughter, I know as she get's older she's going to love this kind of design. 🙂
I discovered Sew Beautiful when I learned to do heirloom sewing for my daughter 15 years ago. It has been a wealth of information to me!
I never tried heirloom sewing but growing up I had many outfits my Grandmother and Great Grandmother had made, with smocking or laces.
I don't have much experience with heirloom sewing, but I would love to try hand sewing. Thanks for the giveaway!
The heirloom pieces look amazing, but I've never had the confidence in my skill set to attempt them before. Maybe soon, though…
Great magazine! Thanks for showing it!
I have tried to make a few things for my kids, but nothing this beautiful. I would love to make some of these heirloom pieces. It would be awesome to see my grandchildren in the same clothes I make for my children.
O wow I would love to try this
I picked up my first issue of Sew Beautiful last week and down the rabbit hole I went; eventually I found myself at the Sew Mama Sew Blog and Web Site. I owe a great debt to that magazine and will be a paying subscriber shortly!
Wow! This is a great prize. I would love to win.
I'm enjoying sewing again while making clothes for our 15 month old grandgirl. I still have her mama's clothes that I smocked over 20 years ago. I can't wait to use sweet laces & make her a beautiful heirloom dress for next Easter.
I haven't ever done any heirloom sewing, but I would love to learn how to smock someday!
Wonderful prizes. I'd love to sew some heirloom pieces for me 🙂
I do love heirloom work but have been afraid to tackle it – I hope these videos will help!
How feminine and pretty. thanks for the tutorial
I've been looking for some pretty nightgowns and not having much luck — until I saw the cover of "Sleepwear Especially for You!"
I would love to win this prize! I have been wanting to make some new sleep things for myself and this is a wonderful opportunity.
It's beautiful! I'd love to try to make them!
I've never made anything like this before, but I'd like to try. I always assumed that this type of sewing would be time-consuming and complicated, but I'm glad to here that it's not.
Love this magazine – my favorite heirloom sewing is smocking – such a lost art. It is so beautiful and a craft definitely worth learning.
Wow, all of that looks great. I really adore heirloom pieces, but have never sewn any because it seemed intimidating.
Thanks for the videos and for the link to the Martha Pullen store, wonderful stuff.
I love the look of heirloom sewing, but have never tried it before. Maybe I should start.
This is great. I want to learn heirloom sewing so badly, but it is really hard to find classes on it. I signed up for one and it was canceled due to low enrollment (I was the only one). I even told the teacher I'd pay for an individual lesson. These videos should help!
I would love to learn how to do some heirloom sewing! Such beautiful stuff can be made!
I love sew beautiful! What a great entry you guys have, and of course I would love to win the giveaway too!
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I've never been into heirloom sewing before because it always looked too complicated! I love the delicate look of it though and would love to learn more!
We regularly watch Martha's Sewing Room on PBS. The heirloom techniques she demonstrates, especially lace insertion and embroidery, are amazing. It would be grand to win this package.
Thanks for being one the "stops." I can't wait to see all the videos!
I haven't done any yet, but would love too, maybe with your help of this giveaway!
I would love to learn how to make such beautiful things!
I have recently been bitten by the heirloom bug and throughly enjoy it and love learning all the techniques.
I live for lace. I make lace. I haven't made any heirloom quality stuff yet, but I'd like to. Once my sewing skills get better, I fully plan on making awesome things to pass on in the family
I dearly love SB. I'm putting as subscription to it on my birthday wish list since the only store that carries it anymore is almost an hours drive from me. I keep all my issues and love the patterns.
As I child I grew up reading my grandmother's old McCall's Needlework and Crafts magazines (60s-90s). I still have a large stack of those and I love flipping through them for ideas and tutorials on techniques. I'd love to make vintage nightgowns for some of my family members, what great gifts those would be!
I have loved Martha Pullen since my childhood, when I would watch her PBS show with my mom and then watch my mom make lovely heirloom things. Now I would love to make some of this lingerie for myself…and, in a few years, for my daughter!
I've never made sleepwear before, and I really love the look of heirloom pieces. I'd love to learn how to create these beautiful garments.
Sew Beautiful was one of the first sewing magazines I ever bought. I LOVE heirloom sewing and hope this blog tour will increase its popularity!
What a valuable skill to have. Heirloom sewing is beautiful! I'd love to win this package.
I would love to win this. Fingers crossed!
I have't done heirloom sewing yet, but it looks so beautiful that I would love to give it a try!
Wow, this is awesome! I definitely agree that heirloom sewing is modern and lovely. Any time sonething is constructed with such skill and detail it's fashionable. At least in this little gal's opinion. 😉
I alwasy love learning more techniques. I'll definitely be tuning to Sew Beautiful's blog tour!
I love beautiful/comfy underthings. I was lucky to receive some lacey slips from an older relative and use them frequently. I only wear self made panties now and would love to have this gorgeous kit to add to my sewing arsenal.
I haven't sewed much non-cotton. I'd love to try some nightwear though – so pretty and comfortable!
Amazing Give-away – and super cute top 🙂
I love Sew Beautiful magazine. When I first fell in love with smocking, a family friend had just boxed up all of her old Sew Beautiful magazines, a complete set, and decided to pass them on to someone new. That friend chose me, and sent me 6 boxes of magazines!! I learned how to smock, on my own, with those magazines. I learned so much! I am so grateful. Thank you for this giveaway.
I love old linens and embroidered pieces, repurposing otherwise "ruined" items is a thrill!
that tank is beautiful!!!
Sew Beautiful magazine always looks so lovely on the shelf, but I have been intimidated by it, I don't know if my skills measure up to the beautiful work in it!
I love learning new things. This would be new for me. I haven't explored much but I do plan on checking out that blog tour they have going on. Hope I win!
I have never sewn with lace before but I love how delicate everything looks. Definitely something that I will have to try in the near future!
I would love to learn some techniques and tips for a Christening gown.
I'm a new sewer but I picked up the last issue of Sew Beautiful and found some great info. Looking forward to getting the new issue.
Heirloom sewing has always appealed to me. I've done a very little of it over the years, but would love to get into it again.
I am brand new to sewing and have already fallen in love with the look of heirloom sewing. What a great tutorial to show a beginner all of these techniques. Thank you!!!
heirloom is really new to me, i know a little about sewing with lace, it is chalenging…
maybe this kit from sew beautiful will help me understand heirloom and sewing with lace.
Thanks for introducing me to this magazine! I would love to learn these techniques.
I'm trying to give new life to my husband's grandmother's hand-made lace doilies by incorporating them in projects for myself and my daughters, but would love to learn new techniques to use them in new and beautiful ways.
I would love to learn heirloom sewing techniques! Years ago, I purchased several books and a few supplies but never managed to
make anything. I would love to make the tank top for myself and my girls!
I have never done any heirloom sewing, but that lacy cami looks like a challenge!
I love beautiful things, both seeing beauty that others create as well as creating beautiful things myself. I began smocking when my two youngest children were small, and wished I had known about this special art form when my oldest 2 were younger! I hope to be making an heirloom christening gown for a first grandbaby in the next year or two – and am already thinking about fabrics, laces, and special embellishments. And since I stiull have MANY, MANY editions of my Sew Beautiful magazine subscription in my sewing room, I know just where to go for inspiration!
I have seen the lovely items that both my grandmother and my mother-in-law have created, and I'd love to be able to create in the same way. Thank you.
My grandmother is an avid sewer and made many of my baby clothes. They are boxed up now and waiting for the next generation. She is such a talented seamstress and I know that these clothes will be in our family for years to come. Heirloom sewing is important to and embedded in my family!
This magazine looks wonderful but I don't think it's available in the UK – I'd love to win a copy – I'm just getting back into sewing after a gap and I'd love to try something like this cami!
I haven't sewn much with lace but I'd love to improve on it. It brings back find memories of watching my grandmother sew. She loved to use lace on clothes, table runners, and other items. Thanks!
Oh that is so beautiful! I'd love to try my hand at this. 🙂
I love the delicate look&feel of heirloom fabrics. Never got to try anything. I am always too scared of messing up, hey I am a beginner and when I am confident enough, I want to make some luxury lingerie for myself!
I haven't tried any heirloom sewing but I have a small collection of vintage pieces.
I have seen heirloom sewing and think they are so beautiful. I could only wish that I could win. I would love to try some of the techniques.
I simply adore that top.
Soooo lovely!
I love this magazine, so beautiful!
I haven't done any of the above yet, but I'm heading out to pick up sew beautiful (I'd never heard of it before!) and would love to try some vintage sewing. (I guess if you count reusing fabric from my middle school wardrobe, then I have done some vintage refashioning!)
Heirloom sewing is so beautiful. I love the details put into the pieces – the laces, the tucks!
I love Sew Beautiful and Sewing With Martha. I'm not quite to heirloom sewing yet, but I'm working on it and I love the inspiration from Mrs. Martha!
I love the look of lace and smocking. It gives each garment that extra touch and makes it one of a kind.
I am a longtime smocker and I'm just venturing into the world of heirloom sewing. I want to try a christening gown!
I always drool over the Sew Beautiful magazine. I love the patterns they have in each issue. I have a granddaughter now and would love to pursue heirloom sewing to create sweet dresses for her.
I have a few table cloths and napkins that my grandmother made! These are priceless. I'd love to make something special for myself!
Oh, I love this magazine! I love the heirloom sewing, especially smocking. Just beautiful!
Although I would not classify heirloom sewing as easy it is very enjoyable. It also makes one appreciate the effort that our great grandmothers put into sewing.
Ohhh I read SB for years.. loved making stuff for my children out of that magazine.. such classic styles! Still have all my old patterns hoping one day to make them for grandbabies!
I love the delicate look of heirloom sewing. I would love to win the supplies to whip up a vintage inspired camisole.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Heirloom stuff is so sweet and delicate! I love it!
I love sewing with lace and heirloom fabrics, though I need to learn more about techniques so I make best use of these lovely resources!
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March 20, 2014 marks the official start of spring. And in the spirit of the vernal equinox, it's time to dust off your winter weary merchandiser's cap and refresh your store's look. This includes a thorough spring-cleaning. Toss winter POP that is no longer relevant as spring arrivals start to show up. Clean out dead flies etc. from your window displays. Wipe the cobwebs from corners, replace light bulbs and steam clean that floor that has seen dirty foot traffic all winter.
I love displays that are creative and executed on a dime while making use of everyday items that find new life as part of a cool window display. The following are some great new finds from a recent trip to NYC. And while the city was hit by not one but two record snowstorms, the warmth and promise of spring were never far away. (Read More)
SIA is working with visual merchandising consultant Ali Levy to provide retailers with some fresh merchandising ideas for increasing sales and interest from consumers. Levy's impressive resume includes managing retail, buying and trade show/retail merchandising efforts for some of the industry's biggest names including The North Face, SmartWool, Cloudveil and Marmot. For more information about her company, contact Ali at email@example.com or visit her website, Alijlevy.com

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Obama & Democrat Party Endorsed OWS Trash Mission District Businesses, Cars
All Americans should be outraged over the Obama and democrat backed Occupy Wall Street crowd!
Obama and Democrat endorsed OWS is back. The Occupiers call themselves Socialist Anarchists which is a contradiction. The occupiers are tools for Communism and tyranny via the Democrat Party. The media and Democrat Party trash the Tea Party who want limited government, lower taxes, less socialism, NATIONAL SECURITY, and liberty for all, but support OWS!
(05-01) 10:29 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Broken glass littered several streets in San Francisco's Mission District after protesters vandalized cars and buildings Monday night, including a police station.
The vandals were in a group that marched from Dolores Park shortly after 9 p.m., following a rally in advance of Tuesday's planned Occupy general strike, police said. Traveling down 18th Street and onto Valencia Street, the black-clad, masked protesters smashed windows with crowbars and signs, threw paint on buildings and spray-painted anarchy symbols on the hoods of parked cars.
"All I heard was, 'bang, bang, bang,' and some dude had the valet sign, trying to break our window," said Adam Koskoff, manager of the Locanda restaurant on Valencia. "I didn't even see the crowd, and I ran outside and got egged."
The vandals threw paint and eggs and smashed windows at more than 30 businesses, including Tartine Bakery at 18th and Guerrero streets and clothing store Weston Wear on Valencia.
Both luxury and everyday vehicles along Valencia and Guerrero streets were damaged. An Aston Martin had its windshield shattered, and brown paint covered the hood.
Pink and yellow paint marred the barricaded, cracked glass doors of the Mission police station at 17th and Valencia streets.
"It was like the station was under siege," said an officer, who asked not to be named.
On Tuesday, Mission station Capt. Robert Moser said the vandalism had "unfolded quickly," and that someone had taken a hammer or club-like object to the station door. READ MORE
Where is Obama and the DOJ on any of this?! Oh yes, they support OWS and if you vote Democrat in 2012 then SO DO YOU!
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Check Out These Headlines, Photos & Video
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Let's check out some other headlines from today about the violent and Communist Occupiers.
5 Arrested In Alleged Plot To Blow Up Cleveland-Area Bridge
Occupy Web Site Features Bloody Graphic Of
Decapitated Cop Being Attacked By A Unicorn
Media Ignores Today's Occupy Threat, Obama Encourages Them
Watch Live Video From Occupy's May Day Protests
Democrat Endorsed #Occupiers Open May Day Festivities
With Mass Rioting And Vandalism In San Francisco (Video)
Wells Fargo, Targeted By Occupy, Receives Suspicious Envelopes
OWS Leader Rejects Representative Government, Cites Marx
Occupy Wall Street Plans Global Disruption Of Status Quo May 1
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Blues re-sign former Sabres captain Ott
The St. Louis Blues re-signed forward Steve Ott to a two-year contract, ending speculation that the former Sabres captain might return to Buffalo.
The 31-year-old Ott, who was acquired in the Ryan Miller deal from Buffalo on Feb. 28, had three assists and 37 penalty minutes in 23 regular-season games. In six playoff games, he added two assists and 14 penalty minutes.
Ott is an 11-year veteran and former 2000 first-round pick of the Dallas Stars. He has 267 points in 696 career regular-season games, along with 1,355 penalty minutes.


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NORTH SALT LAKE — Utah Democrats want a forward-thinking plan for public education, something they say has never happened in the state.
"There was a lot of talk about Utah being the best managed state in the nation (last session)," said Sen. Karen Morgan, D-Cottonwood Heights, "and being the education advocate that I am, I asked the question, 'Well, why shouldn't Utah be number one in education?'"
A coalition comprised of House and Senate Democrats released its "Best Schools initiative" Tuesday at Foxboro Elementary in North Salt Lake. Lawmakers are in the process of drafting legislation that will further with the coalition's three initiatives:
• Attracting qualified teachers to the state
• Providing smaller class sizes and individualized attention to students
• Offering a broad curriculum
Rep. Carol Moss, D-Holladay, said Utahns care deeply about public education, but Republican lawmakers don't always represent their constituents when it comes time to vote.
"We are the minority but I think we represent the majority in this regard in the public," she said.
The state doesn't need more tax policies that are good for business and bad for schools, it needs in a plan, she said.
"As we have funded these other areas, we have found a way to fund roads, we have found a way to bring business to Utah," she said. "But we decreased funding for education."
Moss said a recent focus on grading schools de-emphasizes subjects that aren't tested but are crucial to making well-rounded students.
"What we're seeing happening … is this emphasis on grading schools and evaluating teachers by those subjects we test," Moss said. "The effect of that is to narrow the curriculum."
Morgan said the specific bills have not been drafted yet, but lawmakers are working to get those in place as the 2012 Legislative session nears.
"We're in the beginning stages but we really believe that Utah should have a plan — a long-term plan for education," Morgan said.
Republican leaders say they welcome any ideas for tackling challenges in the state.
"I'm looking forward to the details because any ideas for improving education are welcome and ought to be given fair consideration," said Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper.
The coalition's focus on reducing class sizes was one initiative Stephenson said he'd like to learn more about. The Legislature has been allocating more than $80 million to that purpose annual, yet lawmakers found it oftentimes didn't affect class sizes at the local level, he said.
"What we found was even though we were giving more than $80 million a year for class size reduction, when times got rough, class sizes went up and when times got better, class sizes dropped," he said.
Stephenson said that "in spite of the amount of money we were giving for class size reduction," schools often used that money to balance their budgets.
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We have our slow times, we have our fast times. We are immersed in quite a fast time at the moment, with Sunday's opening of "Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries" at the Dallas Museum of Art.
The Kimbell Art Museum is hosting its anniversary show, "The Kimbell at 40: An Evolving Masterpiece," and the Nasher Sculpture Center is celebrating the vast collection of the late Raymond and Patsy Nasher with "Rediscoveries: Modes of Making in Modern Sculpture."
The Nasher and Kimbell shows underscore the famous quote of Auguste Rodin: "I invent nothing; I rediscover."
This being the "re" month at museums and galleries, Craighead Green is following the trend with its own 20th anniversary celebration. The Design District gallery, known for its consistently reliable shows, is marking the two decades with a multiple-artist exhibition representing multiple styles.
Rich Bowman, Gregg Coker and Winston Lee Mascarenhas usher in the Craighead Green anniversary this weekend, with Bowman saying of his work, "The open field, river valleys and ever-changing sky … where they meet and become one are the source of my inspiration. That familiar, silent place has always drawn me in."
Many will be drawn in by the DMA show, which explores the earliest days of the affiche artistique (artistic poster) and its flowering in Paris, first under Jules Cheret in the 1870s and 1880s, and then with a new generation led by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre Bonnard. The DMA show runs through Jan. 20.
As I have written before, art lovers in search of a weekend getaway might try the Grace Museum in Abilene and the Tyler Museum of Art, whose current show is "The Wyeths Across Texas." In conjunction with that, Dr. Henry Adams will lecture on the Wyeths at 2 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Jean Browne Theatre in the museum. The Tyler show features works by N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth.
Loli Kantor's new show, "There Was a Forest: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe, 2004-2011," opens Friday at Artspace 111 in Fort Worth. Check artspace111.com for more info.
Cowtown ushers in another new show Oct. 26, when Bob "Daddy-O" Wade brings "Cowgirls and Critters" to William Campbell Contemporary Art. Wade is best known for his Giant Iguana at the Fort Worth Zoo.
On Friday, the Goss-Michael Foundation opens its new show, "Linder," which celebrates the work of British artist Linder Sterling. How can you pass on it after hearing this description? "In the late 1970s Linder started using collage to juxtapose porn images with images of house appliances, or other desired objects, sharing the subversive practices of the punk movement."
Raychael Stine's "Hounds of Love" debuts this weekend at Marty Walker Gallery. Gallery officials describe it as an exhibition of "new energetic abstractions" by this Chicago-based artist. Stine's show is paired with Jesse McLean's "Lose Yourself," a video that employs, in part, "a seductively simple disco beat and slow pulsing color."


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London (Apr. 29)
A lively debate on the Palestine issue at the forthcoming annual meeting of the British Labor Party which is scheduled to open at Margate May 26 was foreshadowed here today with the publication of proposed resolutions. Included among them are demands for the abrogation of the White Paper, ending of land purchase restrictions and surrender of the Palestine Mandate to the United Nations.
While four resolutions calling for reaffirmation of the Labor Party's pre-election program on Palestine have been submitted by delegates from areas with a large Jewish population such as London's East End, Manchester and Leeds and the Labor Zionist Party, two other resolutions contain no criticism of Britain's policy in Palestine–although they also ask for the surrender of the Mandate.


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A woman in her 60s was taken to hospital yesterday (May 29) after she was found collapsed in a Crofton Park road.
An ambulance crew was called out to Brockley Grove at the junction with Marnock Road at around 5.45pm.
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A regular map of type $\{m,n\}$ is a 2-cell embedding of a graph in an orientable surface, with the property that for any two directed edges $e$ and $e'$ there exists an orientation-preserving automorphism of the embedding that takes $e$ onto $e'$, and in which the face length and the vertex valence are $m$ and $n$, respectively. Such maps are known to be in a one-to-one correspondence with torsion-free normal subgroups of the triangle groups $T(2,m,n)$. We first show that some of the known existence results about regular maps follow from residual finiteness of triangle groups. With the help of representations of triangle groups in special linear groups over algebraic extensions of ${\mathbb Z}$ we then constructively describe homomorphisms from $T(2,m,n)=\langle y,z|\ y^m=z^n=(yz)^2=1\rangle$ into finite groups of order at most $c^r$ where $c=c(m,n)$, such that no non-identity word of length at most $r$ in $x,y$ is mapped onto the identity. As an application, for any hyperbolic pair $\{m,n\}$ and any $r$ we construct a finite regular map of type $\{m,n\}$ of size at most $C^r$, such that every non-contractible closed curve on the supporting surface of the map intersects the embedded graph in more than $r$ points. We also show that this result is the best possible up to determining $C=C(m,n)$. For $r\ge m$ the graphs of the above regular maps are arc-transitive, of valence $n$, and of girth $m$; moreover, if each prime divisor of $m$ is larger than $2n$ then these graphs are non-Cayley. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C10, 05C25, 20F99, 20H25.
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Inventions are great for enhancing our modern world, but these 10 Japanese inventions might be just a little too crazy. We don't know what's going on in Japan that makes people think these products were necessary, but they sure are entertaining! We might not be looking to buy any of these inventions anytime soon, but someone somewhere is getting rich off of them. Check back for part two of this article, to see the five craziest of the Japanese inventions!
Number Ten: Edible Phone Case. If you have ever wanted to snack on your phone case, this product was made with you in mind. The Japanese invention is a phone case made out of rice cakes, and won't really protect your phone that well. Once it starts to chip off, however, you have a tasty snack. This odd product rings up at about $85, so you might just want to buy some rice cakes and glue them to your phone if you're really so desperate.
Number Nine: Underwear Bag. Japanese culture has a strong dedication to practicality and resourcefulness. So if the "underwear bag" had to be made, you bet your buns it's Japanese. This fabric bag is reusable, recyclable, and even transforms into an item you might not expect. With a little origami magic, this bag can be folded into a sexy and lacey set of panties and bra.
Number Eight: USB Leg Warmers. For consumers plagued with the pressing issue of chilly legs while at their computer, the USB leg warmers have emerged. These leg warmers come in an array of stylish options, and use a carbon heating element to warm your legs. The source comes from electricity harnessed from any USB port.
Number Seven: Diet Water. In a world dedicated to staying fit and finding the most trendy and effective ways of doing so, a company called Sapporo claims to have found the resolution we've all been searching for. The product they have come up with is… diet water. That's right, someone is trying to market diet water. The company claims that it is better for you and will cause you to lose more weight, as well as having a better taste. But what's better for you about it? That, they haven't told us.
Number Six: Face Bra. If the onset of crow's feet, laugh lines, and other wrinkles have you worried, now there is an invention that claims to be able to help put those worries to rest. Why not try a bra for your face? This lightweight, silicone device is attached to your head and puts slight pressure on your face in key areas. With this device, it is said that the relief from the device will help to banish existing wrinkles, as well as prevent new ones.


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Here are some suggested organisations that offer expert advice on adoption.
Ideal child form(45 Posts)
We have been asked to fill in an ideal child form. As in part of a loss workshop, the child we did not have either because of infertility or loss.
Just reading through it brought tears to my eyes. Even though I had thought many things had been dealt with, and in many ways have. It reminded me of things I had forgotten.
Has anyone else filled in one and would be willing to share or to PM me, please?
It's kind of hard because it might depend which child they are asking about! The child that I miscarried very early on, or the child I hoped to adopt 6 years ago when we first thought about adoption, or the child I hoped to have had during the IUI treatment or during the IVF treatment, ? Etc etc. I am not sure they are the same child! The gender, the ethnicity and the age might all be different! So maybe I do not have an ideal child! From the point of view of adoption this might seem easier but I don't want the social workers to think I am avoiding the issues!
Any advice, please?
Thanks so much.
I've not had to do anything like this Italian but I'd say describe your ideal child as they would be now, i.e. if someone could hand you over a baby/child tonight what would they be?
Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge will come along soon.
Good to see things moving on for you. Best of luck.
Thanks so much.
I suspect it's less about age etc, as obviously any child changes their age and most parenst don't care that much about gender. I think it's more about how you imagine the child will be throughout their childhood and into teenaged years and youg adulthood.
For example, people sometimes post on here saying stuff like "we are a wonderful loving family, we are so busy and active, we do sport, hike, play the guitar together, camp, -wouldn't we be the perfect family to adopt, we have so much to offer a child? " .
thing is, is, it's fairly unlikely that an adopted child will come from a birth family who do all this , nor are they likely to have done it in foster care. So there's a pretty good chance they will not enjoy doing all the stuff your wonderful family now does. And even if they belive they might like it, they might not be able to stop themselves sabotaging it. Camping might trigger frightening memories for them. They probably haven't learned the perseverance required to learn musical instrument. Their social worker might not let you take them camping anyway as its not been risk assessed.etc etc
And yes of course, I know that any birth child might not enjoy these things. But they are much much more likely to, because they have the genetic and personality similarity and they've been doing it from an early age. Plus they are much more likely just to go along with things than a child who has lived elsewhere and experinced other lifestyles
I know you have a child already and IIRC, one with a stong personality. What will you do if a new child doesn't want to join in the activities that you do together now? If they want a totally diffenet kind of diet? Want to watch different tv? Have different values and ambitions?
Many adoptive families have educational qualifications and good jobs. They want that for their adopted children. Odds are that the child comes from a background without these things. They may have learning difficulties. They might see no value in education. How will that be for you? How will you feel if your other child goes to university and your youger one leaves school at 16 and goes onto the dole? If your neighbours, friends and family belive you are treating them differently because they are "not your own".
What if a child rejects your political , religious or moral frame work?( This is a question often asked of paremst who practice a religion, but my experince is that in fact some of the most militant believers are agnostics or atheists, who insist that their children must not be taught anything of other belief systems ) .
Will you miss church every other week because the child doesn't want to go?
Teenaged years -mental health problems and addictions have a genetic link. Your adopted teen is more vulnerable to these things. You will get less help than bio parenst in the same situation. How will you cope?
Etc etc. etc
sorry if this sounds so negative but I'm afraid an exercise about loss will inevitably bring up difficult feelings
Could I ask you to expand on something Kristina? When you said 'You will get less help than bio parenst in the same situation.' Why would an adoptive parent get less help?
Thanks Krsitina. I have filled it in and tried to be totally truthful and any thoughts that come up. I am sure they will ask me all those type of questions. It is kind of hard because it is setting up to say how you think your birth child (had you had another etc) woudl look and act etc and as I fill it in I want to also say that yes I know an adopted child won't look or act that way etc but it's kind of an exercise to go through. It's also hard because had our attempts to increase our family succeeded thus far the child could look or act quite differently whenever we had succeded! The activities (yes, it does ask about them) I put were fairly straight forward, walking, swimming, watching films etc, and any one of them could be scarificed or suspended if necessary. Hopefully we will use the form as a talking point and progress from there.
Thanks for your input.
Yes, I too am curious, why would an adoptive parent get less support?
We did this in our workshop. It was on the same day that we had to describe a loss we had experienced.
It was quite an informal thing in our workshop and was kind of sprung on us. They asked us to write a physical description of the child or children we imagine having and also to think of a name.
I remember writing about a girl and a boy and giving them both the names that we had been thinking about calling the baby that I had miscarried.
At the end of the session we were told that we wouldn't be matched with a child that had one of those names as they didn't want us to see the child as a replacement child. I remember being really upset bout that at the time. I just imagined that this perfect child with a perfect name would come up and DH and I would be prevented from adopting them. Seems silly to me now looking back but at the time you worry and worry about every single thing!
Hi Italian hope it's all going well. I was asked to do the same, not on prep course but on my homestudy by my assessing sw. She wanted me to be 'idealistic' so I based it on exactly that, although I knew that the type of child I would end up matched with would most likely been far from my ideal notion. So for instance I said, a girl, aged 2yrs, blonde hair, blue eyes, girly type of girl enjoys pink and sparkly, likes swimming and parks......your get the drift... you can put anything your heart desires, the gist of the exercise is to show you that in reality you can love a child that doesn't fit your ideals. It will all make sense as you start doing the exercise.
Hope that helps. x
I guess it means imagine a child in your head, as they might have been had fertility treatments succeeded, because your form mentions you don't have this child because of infertility. But maybe it means imagining your 'perfect/ideal' adoptive child.
I think the majority of people certainly imagine their future children in their heads and have a certain image - maybe they have imagined their childs appearance or age or name or themselves doing family activities etc. Which I think is fine as long as you also realise that that image is very unlikely to come true and real life will never be the same as imaginary life, and as long as you are prepared to consider children who might be quite different to your mental image of a child (I think mental images only become a problem when they take over and if you become fixated with them).
I certainly had a mental image of my future child in my head by the end of homestudy. She was a brown haired little girl aged about 6 who was small for her age, with big blue eyes, and she and I read bedtime stories together and had magical family christmas's. Her name was Rose. The thing is, I knew full well this was my imagination taking off, that I would never be matched with a 6 year old girl called Rose, who looked like that and loved reading. She was just a motivational image conjured up by my brain. I was fully prepared to consider children all through my age range (3-12) of any appearance etc. And I brought home a blonde 10 year old who is not small for her age and whose name is definitely not Rose, and doesn't enjoy reading that much. That was 100% fine, because whilst I had loved dreaming of my imaginary child, I wasn't hung up on that image and was ready to welcome a very different child home.
But loss is very present in adoption, and it's important, if you need to, to grieve for the biological child you haven't been able to have, and maybe writing down details of this missing child will help process it all
Perhaps it woudl be easier to think not about you ideal bio child but your ideal adopted child.
IME adoptive parenst generally get less help and more blame for a number of reasosn
Some friends and family think that they brought it on themselves
soem professionals see possible abuse as the root of every problem and as a-parents are not bio parenst, they belive they are more likely to be abusers. In addition, many belive abuse or neglect that happened in the early years won't affect the child, so if the child is displaying signs later, it must be recent abuse.
Many psychosocial and behavioural problems of adoptive children are caused by attachment issues, and they often only manifest with the parents ( often the mother). As the kids are fine in school /brownies/dancing, it's assumed that the parents caused the problem
Some professional ( mainly Sw) believe that problems with adopted children are caused by the adopters " inability to come to terms with their own infertility" . Hence the massive emphasis on this in preparation groups /courses
A-parenst often live in areas where resources are scarce . Schools may have little experince of children with behavioural problems and low tolerance
They are often middle class and financially comfortable so are not seen as priorities or "deserving"
They often piss off profesionals by reading up on the Internet, joining support groups and campaigning for help for their child, rather than presenting as " grateful" for what they get .sometimes they ar brighter and more informed about the subject that the professionals they are dealing with, which pisses them off even more.
I have to say I think the whole" we won't match you with a child called rose" is plain silly.
Because names are closely related to class in this country. Very few adoptive parenst woudl choose the kid of names most adoptable children have.
Also because if a match was perfect in every way, why woudl it nt go ahead just because of a name??? Bloody stupid in I M not very HO
Though Ido knwo a family where the a -parenst were John and Mary, their bio son was also John and they adopted a boy called John. The SS reluctantly agreed to let them change his name LOL. [not their real names obv]
BTW I write LOL because it wasn't SS decision to make as they didn't have parental rights for the child
Thanks so much for all your help. I thin the reason I found it hard at first is because I really don't have an imaginary real child in mind, and when we tried to expand family we tried with my eggs with IUI, we looked into adoption overseas and we tried with donor eggs so the child could look quite like us or quite different from us and could be almost any age! Maybe in terms of adopting I do have an image of the kind of child I might like but it just seems cruel to be set up to fail... tell us what you like so we can tell you can't have it! I am aware enough to know that I love all kinds of kids, I love my nephews, my god children, my friends kids. I hope I will be able to love a child placed in our care regardless of what they look like etc! BUT I can see this is all part of the process, a kind of deconstruction of our dreams and a reconstruction of the reality of the life this child has come from and the totally new life they will create with us. I hope!
What if they are mad on trains and only want to eat burgers!! I will survive, and I hope I will thrive but I guess I am hoping the SWs will help me with all this adjustment. So far they have been very nice and nothing has been sprung on us, which is very good. I would have to say my limited experience so far is very good. The two doing are training so far included an adoptive mum who shared her story and was lovely.
Thanks ladies for your support. I am excited and raring to go, if I have to stop going for walks and start train spotting, I will be ready.
PS that sounds very me me me centred! Sorry, of course the one who we really hope will survive and thrive is the little one we get to parent, they will be the key one. As I get older ironically I am more open to change than I was, although perhaps more risk averse, no more bungee jumps!
Any other thoughts welcome, I want to learn and I want to be prepared.
It doesn't sounds me centered at all. This is about the losses you have experinced and will do , but it's important work for the future. It's easy to focus on what a child looks like, but this isn't a deal breaker for most people. I've never heard of an adoption breaking down because of it! It's usually because of the difficult behaviours that the child exhibits and their inability to attach to the adoptive parenst.
This is not a train spotting vs walking situation. It's about how you woudl cope if a child couldn't handle eg going to the shops or visiting your family or having other children over to your house. How woudl it affect your older child if they coudl never have friends over to the house because their younger sibling was insufferable.
It's not about the normal life's and dislikes or personality differences that face most families. It's about the special difficulties that are not run of the mill, and your have little chance of encountering unless you adopt, as they are unlikely to be issues for your family and friends, but they are often issues for adopted children.
How will you cope if an adopted child rejects you completely but is overly affectionate with everyone else ? While they all tell you what a lovely child she is and how lucky you are. And when you share your experinces and feelings you friends tell you that you are being too harsh or expecting too much . And your Dh tells you to lighten up and be more loving.
You say burgers all the time isn't a problem. Really? if your older child has to sit and eat her vegetables while youger sibling gets a burger? You can only go out for a meal if burgers are on the menu? You have to take a burger with your when you go to eat at your friends house? The doctor and dentist give you a row for your child's un healthy diet? You have to give up your job so that your child can coem home from school each day for lunch as the school don't serve burgers every day ? The school threaten to report you to SS?
I'm not sure you are thinking through the reality of these issues. I hope you will never have to face them. But considering some of this is part of the process.
They often piss off profesionals by reading up on the Internet, joining support groups and campaigning for help for their child, rather than presenting as " grateful" for what they get .sometimes they ar brighter and more informed about the subject that the professionals they are dealing with, which pisses them off even more.
I just made the dog jump when I shouted an involuntary "HA!" at that.
How very (and unfortunately) right you are Kristina.
One last point then I will shut up -you say you hope the child will create a new life with you.
One of the major difficulties is that most children adopted as toddlers or older don't WANT to create a new life. While their past may not have been ideal or even acceptable, it's all they have known. Their subconscious need is to recreate the life they have known in the past with you. Often that involves a lot of chaos , drama, fights, moves, lack of routine,constant change of carer. Just the opposite of what you plan to give them. = problem
LOL at shockers poor dog
Thanks Kristina yes, you have pointed out quite rightly that I have not really engaged with the issues. I will try more. The train spotting and burgers comment was meant to be flippant. I guess the burger issue is a real one to some extent but my understanding is that kids do change diet in time and I guess I would do my best to work with them, giving them what they at the right time if able to (by this I mean my own DD has a sightly different diet to us because she wants it but ironically hers is super healthy as she loves vegetables!). I think we would hope eventually that somewhere we would be able to live a family life together. We have discussed (DH and I) what would happen if I had to give up work to educate a new child at home (as my friend did with her birth child when encountering problems at school).
*Anyone, just out of interest are these worst case scenarios or are they things all adoptive parents have to deal with? I only know three people in real life wh have adopted (aside from you guys I mean) and they did not seem to have to deal with such huge issues. I agree one needs to be ready, but I am not completely sure how I can be ready for something I don't know it will be, except going through all the scenarios.
It would be devistating to have a child who did not like me but liked everyone else, I guess I would seek some counselling and help to work it through.
As far as a creating a new life I guess we would have no choice but to do that. I could not (would not) want to reacreate a life of chaos and if we did that the child would probably be taken off us (we would not do that) and of course life would never be same as a family again. I have thought about this a bit, a fair bit, how will DD feel, will she resent the new child etc etc. Will my marriage suffer? How will we all support each other etc.
I will really try in the prep group to take all these things on board, anyone who can offer advice on how to solve the problem of trying to create that calm place for a child who has come from chaos and wants to go back to chaos, please do jump in and advise me. I really do want to be prepared, if my answers seem flippant, I am not unaware of the enormity of what we are undertaking.
Thank you again.
Don't want to scare you to death but Imop Kristina is bang on with all she says
😔Italian .
I would never seek to discourage anyone from adopting, but it really does help to be as informed and prepared as possible and you sound like you are doing your utmost to be in that position. Although the theory won't always prepare you for your own feelings, it will help you to understand why your child does what he or she does and then it will be far less difficult to take it personally when he or she appears to want everyone but you... although that won't necessarily happen.
DD used to go to anyone but me and it really hurt, it also (wrongly) made me think that anyone else would do a better job of being her mum. Had it not been for the fact that we also had her brother and had bonded wonderfully with him, I would have questioned our ability to parent at all.
I'm pleased to say that 11 years on, we finally feel like we're getting somewhere! DD comes to me to talk about what excites her, or when she's upset. She no longer publicly rejects me in favour of just about anybody else when we're out. We have been to Clinical Psychology together and I've had counselling. It's been a long haul and I'm sure we're not completely out of the woods yet (what parent of a 14 year old is?), but we feel things becoming more relaxed all the time.
I know I haven't answered your original question, but in response to your last paragraph, we just remained clear, calm (as possible) and firm about our house rules. We removed DD from situations where she, and we were becoming stressed with her behaviour (we've left a lot of social gatherings and restaurants) and gave her quiet, specific praise when she got it right (she couldn't cope with people being pleased with her at first). We experimented with flavours and foods, as she was a McDonalds burger and chips child, and involved her in growing, shopping and preparation when she was calm. She looked forward to this and slowly, different food tasting became a treat, as did cooking.
DD has attachment disorder, DS doesn't. Both adopted, same birth family.
Best of luck on your journey!
Shockers thank you so much that is really good to hear. Well done for you and your DD and whole family. It is encouraging to know. The more I read and understand the more I feel prepared and also feel that there are reasons for things and that can help one to find the answers. Our own (birth) dd displayed a bit of diffiuclt behavious, also around eating out occasionally and we worked through stuff and it was helpful to be able to work out some of what goes on in their heads. I know it is different for birth and adopted children and I know I will need to work it all out in relation to both for as long as I live. I know one can't always provide an answer for the other either (I mean because one thing worked with birth child etc ect). Just talking to friends has helped a lot so I hope our prep group will become like our antenatal group! Or is that too much to hope for.
We were the only ones from our adoption training group that carried on til the end! We still have friends from our Safebase training group though, and also a lovely lady with a boy of DD's age who we met on holiday about 6 years ago. There's an acceptance with other adoptive parents that is very calming, they don't put your child's behaviour down to you not loving them enough when you're trying your best not to show emotion at an huge meltdown, they just gently support you... and you do the same for them.
Hi Italian - i know you from another thread. nothing to add to this discussion except to say that I'm really happy to see you progressing with the adoption. I 'knew' you through many of your losses and i know how much you've been through to get to this point. You were always very knowledgable and full of wisdom on the other thread and i'm sure whatever you've put on the form will be fine. just keep taking it one step at a time. X
Thanks Hippy. Lovely to hear from you.
Thanks Shockers will look for those chances to build up a new network of friends.
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