Tonight is October’s Friday Night Sew In. I’m going to be trying to finish the embroidery on the second bird panel. I’ve made a little more progress on the first flower since I posted about it on Wednesday. I didn’t get any sewing or crafting done yesterday as we were driving back from Petawawa. The contract Dave was working on…
Dave and I are off on a new adventure. Last week he got confirmation that a contract he’d been hired for in Petawawa, ON was a go. Sunday morning, we packed up and headed east and then north. We were driving along Hwy 41 N, when Dave pulled over quickly so I followed suit. At first, I thought something was…
Since finding the variegated embroidery floss I’ve been looking for at CreativFestival on Sunday, I’ve managed to make some more progress embellishing the bird panels. Each flower is being worked in backstick through all three layers (panel, batting and backing.) The variegation of the floss shows up much better in person than it does in the photo and I’m really…
This afternoon, Dave and I braved the downtown Toronto Sunday traffic so that I could go exploring at CreativFestival being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. With over 350 booths and exhibitors, the fall show was much bigger than the CreativFestival that I attended in April of this year. In fact, I could have spent all afternoon and longer…
Earlier this week, it showed up in my Facebook news feed that Sew Sisters Quilt Shop had updated their cover photo and I immediately recognized the photo as Me and My Sisters fabric line Good Morning for Moda. I absolutely adore all the fabric lines from Me and My Sister Designs. They are such happy fabrics. (Early this year, I…
New photos with link to pattern to purchase coming soon. Click on the link below to see the original: Old Glory Scrambled Table Topper.
Back at the end of August, when I showed you the four paper-pieced coffee mugs that I’d made, I wasn’t sure if I was going to make a fourth matching mug or just leave the set as it was. But when it came time to turn the coffee mugs into coasters, I knew I wouldn’t be satisfied with the finished…
“One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song?” When I was sewing these paper pieced blocks, I was just pulling fabric from a bag of scraps and didn’t realize until I had them finished…
Earlier this week, I tackled re-stuffing the Star Fruit Cushion. This tool, called a locking clamp (<-affiliate link) made the process a little easier than the first time I tried stuffing it. Even so, it took three hours and a few unladylike words before I decided that done was better than perfect and started to sew the opening closed. It’s by…
This month’s FNSI was actually a Friday Morning/Afternoon Sew-In as I got together with friends for a fun time of chatting, sewing and learning. I shared with them how to construct this little coin frame purse: I think I need to improve my in-person teaching techniques as I wasn’t able to pass along my enthusiasm for these little purses. After…