Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve managed to finish three more of the embroideries that I prepared before we left Florida. The “Home is Where I Want to Bee” pattern was part of an Aunt Martha’s transfer set I bought a few years ago from Hancock Fabrics when we were living in Rome, GA. This is the first time…
Each spring and fall, Amy from Amy’s Creative Side hosts her bi-annual Blogger’s Quilt Festival to coincide with the spring and fall Quilt Markets. This first week, May 17th to 24th, bloggers can link up and share their favourite quilts in a variety of categories. Then from May 24th to 30th the voting for a favourite in each category takes…
Just a couple of small finishes to share this week as I’ve mostly been working on the pattern for Lexie the Hexie Turtle. Getting the turtle eyes right has proven to be a challenge. Our middle daughter declared one version of the eyes as really creepy so it was back to the drawing board so to speak to come up…
When I first started stitching the Vintage Chore Girls, I had the idea that I’d turn them into a baby quilt to have on hand ready to give next time there’s a baby girl born for whom I want a special gift. But as I stitched and thought about it, I got to thinking about when I was a young…
Today I took the second of the hexie flowers I made from the kits I bought last summer and made Lexie a BFF. For this one, I changed the curve of the neck slightly so that the head would stay upright without having to sew the back of the turtle’s neck to the shell like I ended up having to…
Last summer, I bought a couple of little hexie kits from Sew Sisters shop in Toronto. And while I discovered that I enjoyed the process of making hexie flowers, I did not like the finished flowers themselves. Here’s one of them: Oh how I wished those pink hexies with the bold prints had been fussie cut. Now I realize that…
In between working on getting my newest Angel pattern ready for testing, I’ve been making a few of my Prosperity Angels to give as gifts. This newest variation came about when I saw that I didn’t have enough of the gold metallic crochet cotton left to make a complete angel. So I crocheted the head, body/dress and arms of the…
Last summer I made some reversible children’s aprons with adjustable ties for our oldest daughter’s classroom. I’ve redone the photos and accompanying instructions for this tutorial several times but was never completely satisfied with it. Hopefully this last time I’ve covered each and every step you’ll need to complete an apron for a little one in your life. *Note: This…
I was shopping recently in the neatest independent craft and fabric shop (more in a future blog post) and mixed in the bin with the other balls of crochet thread was a ball of Aunt Lydia’s Metallic Crochet Thread in Natural/Gold. The ripened wheat colour of the main thread with the gold metallic thread wrapped around it fit perfectly with…
The Giveaway is Now Closed I will announce the winners later today. Today is Day #2 of the UR Priceless Coin Purse Blog Hop hosted by Katherine from Sew Me Something Good. And it’s my day (along with 15 other blogs) to share the coin purse made from the pattern provided by Madam Sam of Sew We Quilt. You…