Dave and I have been so busy this week getting the rest of the garden planted, as well as working on other yard projects, that I haven’t had much time for crafting. But I did manage to finish two embroidered bookmarks (and another couple of small projects that I’m waiting until next week to share.) My Mom’s birthday is coming…
When our daughter was here over the Christmas holidays, one morning she left the cellphone cord plugged into the wall after she unplugged her phone. Later that morning, Dave was vacuuming the upstairs while I was putting fresh sheets on our bed when I heard that telltale crunching of something being sucked up in the power head followed by a…
For the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing some photos of the spring blooms (both here on my blog and on instagram) that have begun to appear in our area. Today I have some Spring Blooms of another kind to share. Shortly after I opened my Instagram account, I discovered and started following bellacaronia. She was sharing photos of her…
It has been a productive couple of days and I’ve managed to clear a few things off Wednesday’s list so they didn’t go back on the cutting table after I cut out my new apron. First of all, I made this block as the base for an Under the Sea crazy quilted block… This was actually #5 on the list…
I think I’ve got too many things on my list of things I want to get to this week! First up a new apron. I had purchased the fabric in the spring of 2011 with the intention of making an apron with it but life happened and later that year everything went into storage for three years. Usually when I…
It is a glorious spring day here today and for the first time since last fall, I was able to sit outside this morning to do a bit of writing. The sun was warming my skin, there was the gentlest of breezes and the song birds were providing background music! I have lots of sewing and quilting projects in the…
Before I get to what’s happening in my sewing room this week, I want to thank everyone who linked up their projects for my new Stitchery Link Party being held in conjunction with Vintage Embroidery Monday. The party is open until Sunday night at midnight so if you’ve got a project that you’d like to share, I’d love to…
Very late last night, I finished hand sewing the binding to the back of my Christmas Mouse wall hanging. Earlier in the evening, getting the binding sewn on so that I didn’t cut off the points of the diamonds was an interesting challenge. When I was sewing the half square triangles (hst) together, I used Pat Sloan’s How to Keep…
I’ve been going through my UFOs/WIPs trying to decide which to put on the list of my 2015 Finish Along Q2 Goals and I’ve decided to throw caution to the wind and add them all! As it states in the Finish Along rules: “You won’t be punished if you don’t finish your entire list, so feel free to make a…
Vintage Embroidery Monday will return next week with another vintage Workbasket pattern. The last few weeks have just been so busy that I forgot that my last scheduled Monday post was last week. I’m also looking into adding something new starting next Monday that I hope will be fun for everyone who loves embroidery… whether it be vintage or more…