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The End of the Year!

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Another perk to having my niece and nephews here over Thanksgiving was being able to make things for them.  Its hard to gauge sizes across 2 states. My grandma came over one day while they were here.  She always brings something with her.  This time she brought a nightgown, a pink nightgown with cats on it.  She mentioned Brenna or I could use it, haha.  Siena was in the room and she presently announce that it was HERS. So I took that nightgown and cut it down to size.  I made it into this cute little swing skirt.  She got her pink kitties after all. Another day found us wandering about in the local thrift store.  We picked up a women's skirt in this floral material.  Michelle asked if we could make a dress out of it for Siena.  And so, after multiple attempts...some of which I believed were the end of this dress: I made several gifts for Christmas this year.  One gift I made involved commissioning.  A dear lady sent me a link to a purse/bag her daughter liked and aske