A Difficult First Five Months of the Year

I had a difficult time the first five months of this new year.  I was very sick and couldn't do anything on my blog and then my computer crashed and I lost most of the patterns I had.  I figured God was trying to tell me something so I have reduced what I was doing in my shop.  There are so many Modest clothes makers and I felt I would at least right now focuse on making chapel veils, head covers, church covers, prayer covers etc for when Christian ladies of any denomination prayed.  I will also continue as able to make rosaries as praying the rosary is very important to me.  Also, I am working on a family altar and hopefully will have some items for people to purchase and a few patterns as well.  Here is a new Snood I just finished.  It is made from a natural 100 % cotton thick and thin thread.  It is soft and lovely to look at.  I've two more in the works so check back and take a look.  I have a multi hand dyed one in yellow, green and orange.  and a dark green one.

Blessings Ripsimeh
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I'll Be Making Some Finished Products

Hi Everyone,

I've had a very hard New Year.  Some people have told me they can not crochet etc.  So I will try to make a few finished products for those who can not make them themselves.  Here is my newest addition and there is also a pattern for it too. 

Both of these crocheted snoods are made from cotton.  Hurry for the patterns because I will be raising the price 50 cents per pattern soon.

I am also planning to make some new styles as well so check back often.
Blessings
Ripsimeh
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ripsimeh

The Picture of the King's Daughters skirt I promised

Hello,
Here is the picture of the King's Daughters pleat skirt.  I used their beautiful linin fabric too.  It is a full skirt as you can see and it is super easy to sew. 

What's in the Works

Hello Everyone,
I want to share some real nice websites that have helped me recently.  Catholic Modesty. com is a real nice site that shares behaviors in Mass and how to dress in Mary Like clothing.  It also has free prayer cards and other interesting articles as well.  http://www.catholicmodesty.com/Index.html
A yahoo group that I just joined was such a blessing.  If you are Christian of any faith, including Catholic, you can join this group if you are thinking about covering at all, cover only while at church or praying, or cover all the time.  They also respect modest dressing which our Mary Like dressing fits in perfectly.  A lovely bunch of ladies.  Prayerful and caring.  A great support especially if you are in congregations or live in communities against modest dressing and veiling. Head covering Christians http://groups.yahoo.com/group/headcovering/

I also want everyone to know that I am getting together here soon another scarf pattern, and a large crochet chapel veil pattern.  I have a vest pattern for young men that I have to finish writing and I'm working on designing a wrap pattern and a very simple lacy knitted chapel veil pattern that anyone can make.  I'm also still working on sewing patterns.  I hope to get some up soon.  I have partually writen skirt patterns, in the middle of designing a blouse pattern, and have just designed a new veil pattern.  There just isn't enough hours in the day.
Blessings
Ripsimeh
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ripsimeh

Quick and Easy Shell Scarf

Hello everyone,

I just finished designing a new scarf pattern.  It is real quick and easy.  Have a scarf in an evening.  This is a PDF pattern for a shell winter scarf made with chunky yarn. It is 62 inches long by 4 1/2 inches wide.Matherials
Size K or 6.50mm Aluminum crochet hook
2 balls of Lion Brand Yarn Tweed Stripes - color 205 Caribbean
Bulky-5, 3 oz/ 85g , 144 yd/ 132 m
Level : Easy
Comes with a free Crochet Notes pages to help with basic understanding of threads, needles, gauge, laundering, blocking.
You can purchase the pattern at http://www.etsy.com/listing/88978106/shells-crochet-winter-scarf-pdf-pattern

Blessings
Ripsimeh
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ripsimeh

Crochet Snood Pattern

Here is my newest pattern.  A Crochet net snood.  It works up very fast and is very easy in #3 crochet thread.  It fits most heads, has instructions for adding elastic for making it longer than for shoulder length hair.  Shoulder length size uses one ball of crochet thread and one ball for five inches more of netting you may want to add for longer hair.  It is a very pretty change of pace from the traditional Catholic Chapel Veil and makes a great head cover for any Christian woman or any other woman or girl who wants a pretty net snood to keep their hair out of their face.

Blessings
Ripsimeh
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ripsimeh

Modest Clothing Patterns

I have been looking for Modest Patterns and found some very nice ones.  They are not Catholic but believe in Christ and believe in women being modest as it says in the bible.  I've delt with these people and they are very lovely people willing to help out with any issues, problems, etc. 
This is one of my favorites.  I made the pattern ( drawstring dress) and it was easy to make and didn't take up too much fabric.  I love her patterns she has for girls and pre teens too.  I'm looking forward to making the square neck dress, and the empire jumper next. 

Here is the finished dress I just made.  It will be great for Summer and the ribbon pulls it to the waist.  My son says it is very pretty on me. 

My son had to hold up the dress for me to take a picture.
This company is called Common Sense Patterns and they have patterns for hats, dresses, jumpers, night gowns, slips, petticoats, skirts, blouses, petti blouses, and vest and some items for babies and girls and preteens. She also has lots of links for seamstresses too if you don't want to sew.
Here is the link:  http://www.modestpatterns.com

Another one that is a favorite is The Kings Daughters.  They have two shops one for Custom sewing and ready made items and another for sewing and sewing supplies.  I love the pretty fabrics.  They are reasonable for the high quality fabric they sell.
I have just started sewing the pleated skirt.  It looks so pretty.  I bought the purple linin fabric she had on sell too.  I wanted something special for Christmas Mass this year. 
I wish I could get a picture to show you but they don't allow it.  So you just have to go to their location to see all the beautiful items you can sew.  My favorites are the ladies dress pack, modest vest, ruffle skirt, and Melissa Dress Pattern.  Many of these patterns tell you how to make changes for nursing mother and she has patterns for expecting mothers as well.  She has lovely dress for girls and some baby items too.  If you sew check out the sewing shop at http://www.modestsewingpatterns.com
On the ready made custom sewing site they have all the same items and more.  http://www.thekingsdaughters.com 
I promiss that just as soon as I finish my skirt I'll let you see it so you see how pretty the fabric and pattern is.  You can also have them make one for you in the custom dress shop.

I am working on my own site but bad health is making it very hard for me.  I feel a calling to do this shop and will have two new head covering patterns.  A very easy but beautiful snood pattern and a large crochet chapel veil pattern.  Also, I am working on downloadable very reasonable patterns for my site.  Pray for me that I can do my work. 

Blessings
Ripsimeh
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ripsimeh