The hymn for Genevieve's backyard church service was "The Battle of the Blind Hankies." She gave me a leaf for a hymnal and hopped up on a table to lead singing.
I could not make this up if I tried.
To the point of this blog, her shorts are a quick fun fix I did recently. Genevieve was given two pairs of jeans with ripped out knees. Rather than patch the knees and buy her summer shorts, I cut off the legs and put the pretty woven ribbon on top of the hem I made. I do like cutoffs, rest assured, but these shorts provided such an ideal blank slate for the delicious ribbon. Bonus: I got to experiment and manage the ribbon for a small project before trying to apply it to big project.
Genevieve was with me when I bought the ribbon and she insisted on something with pink or, to my dismay, purple. We compromised: I chose the red ribbon and she chose the pink flowered one. I then paired her choice with green ric rac because it was so narrow. I got the ribbon at a local fabric outlet where it was so ridiculously cheap - I think I got 4 yards for a total of $2.
Someday, if she's a songleader or a pastor, I hope to remind her of this day and this quote. . .
Very smart and cute idea with the shorts!
ReplyDeleteAnd the quilt is beautiful.
I love that story! It's true, you cannot make this stuff up.
ReplyDeleteIt was at just this age that I heard Clara reciting over and over again in her room, "Jesus is jumping on the bed." Never did figure that one out.
ReplyDeleteI need to do this with some of Jack's pants. The making shorts part. I'm not sure he'd appreciate a ribbon hem.
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