Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side is hosting her semi-annual Bloggers’ Quilt Festival again and since I missed taking part in the fall festival, I wanted to make sure to enter this time around. (Last spring I entered this quilt that I made of our middle daughter.) I haven’t had as much time to blog or to sew for the…
Last year, I posted a smaller floral alphabet suitable for embroidering monograms on small projects such as sachets or handkerchiefs. The larger 2″ floral alphabet that I’ll be posting over the next two weeks could still be the focal point of a small project but they are also big enough not to get lost on a larger project such as…
In most places in the northern hemisphere spring is well and truly under way so for your stitching pleasure this week I have these pretty daisies. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
With Mother’s Day less than a week away, you probably won’t have time to embroider a larger project as a gift but you could always embroider one or more of these small patterns onto a bookmark or pin cushion that could then be added to the gift of a book or sewing supplies. This pattern is available as a pdf…
Last week, I posted the left half of this floral pillow slip edging pattern and today I’m sharing the right half. There’s still almost two weeks if you wanted to make these for Mother’s Day gifts. And as I mentioned last week, they’d also be beautiful bridal shower or birthday gifts for any of the ladies on your gift list.…
Mother’s Day this year is May 11th in Canada and the US. This week and next week, I’ll be sharing the pattern for a floral pillow slip edging that would make a lovely Mother’s Day gift. These would also make beautiful bridal shower or birthday gifts. Today, I’ll share the left half and I’ll post the right half next week.…
Easter is next Sunday but you’ll still have time to stitch this cute little bunny. You could even arrange the daisies so that it looks like he’s dancing though the spring flowers. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
With Easter slightly less than two weeks away, here are two adorable bibs on one pattern to embroider for the babies in your family. On the smaller bib, “baby” in French knots and lazy daisies should be traced onto the center of the bib after you’ve traced the outline of the bib onto your fabric. For the larger bib, the…
Even though the calendar says it’s spring now, for many of you it may still seem like is never going to arrive. I always like to keep a few African Violets as house plants to brighten up even the dreariest of winter or late spring days. Or you can spend this time waiting for spring to stitch these violets in…
Pansies are one of my favorite annuals to plant because the little faces in each bloom never fail to make me smile. Stitch them as you’d find them at a garden center ready to take home and be planted out into your garden. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.