Trapunto Jewels Sweater

Spiritual - How much do we love God?  Can we ever love Him enough - totally and perfectly?  Yes -but only in Heaven!  Isn't that consoling?  Only then we can love Him as much as He is lovable.  On earth, we can never achieve this kind and amount of love - it just isn't possible.  It is possible to make acts of love each time we will to do so.  It is always in our power to unite our being, sorrows, desires, heart, will and affections to God by an act of love.  We can do it in a number of ways - prayer, acts of love, sacrifices, smiles, receiving the sacraments, and attending the greatest prayer on earth, the Holy Mass.


Sewing - I subscribe to a wonderful sewing/fashion newsletter,
The Fashion Sewing Group, published by Nancy Erickson.  In the the Fall-2007 issue, she worked out the steps to make a replica of a long sleeved top at the Neiman's Chanel boutique that sold for $1380.00!  It was made of wool.  The newsletter had a beautiful basic knit made of poly/viscose/spandex.  She included a similar pattern for the trapunto which we traced onto silk organza, pinned to the wrong side of the knit, and stitched around the drawings.  A slit was cut through the organza and each "jewel" was stuffed with small scraps of the knit until the look was achieved.  Cut away the extra organza and fuse the trapunto area with a light interfacing.  This will close the slits and reduce the scratchiness of the organza.  The knit top pattern is also a Nancy pattern, 1960.http://www.fashionsewing.com/1960.htm