Posted in Embroidery on Mar 9th, 2007 25 Comments »
A blog birthday. Wow. It even surprises me. A huge hug for all of you that read, comment, blog, and shutterbug.
To celebrate I’m sharing my favorite embroidery book. I took these photos way back in December. They’ve been sitting out on Flickr waiting to be tended to. For […]
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I had my moments with this project. My original completion goal was December 1. As that date passed I thought of trying to catch up and then make sure the next ornament was done as each day came. Thank goodness I never caught up. Who needs that kind of pressure. […]
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Posted in Embroidery, Sewing on Aug 18th, 2006 12 Comments »
Caitlin chose the Darling Dachshunds pattern from Sublime Stitching. Her embroidery stitches are so perfect. She loves how her shirt turned out. The colors… well… I think I’ll be encouraging some plain white cotton next go around. I’m always inspired by Sally’s (shim + sons) use of shapes and patterns. I […]
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Posted in Embroidery, Sewing on Aug 18th, 2006 9 Comments »
Last year for her birthday, Caitlin received a Stitch-It Kit by Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching. We fell in LOVE with all her embroidery patterns and had to have more. This is Leil’s creation. She chose the Chinatown pattern which includes this Chinese symbol for Lucky. (As I was testing my links […]
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Posted in Embroidery, Sewing on Jul 31st, 2006 12 Comments »
This is my entry for Booga J’s June/July 2006 Pincushion Challenge. The theme was Flowers. Last December I made scarves for my sisters and mom for Christmas. One of the kimono scraps I used had the most spectacular flower print on it. Like so spectacular that it was a true act […]
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Posted in Embroidery, Sewing on Jul 6th, 2006 9 Comments »
I discovered the world of fonts two years ago when I planned a Survivor birthday party for Caitlin. I was looking through the Word fonts trying to find something to use on the invitations. Not finding anything appropriate I turned to a Google search. I was totally excited to find a font […]
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I’ve never been able to sew comfortably with a thimble. Several very earnest attempts have been made. Each time I would give it a go I ended up taking it off after 5 minutes and grumbling about wasted money. But now my life is changed forever! I’ve been doing a lot of […]
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I finished this baby quilt yesterday morning for my cousin Brie’s first baby. Given my last baby was born 8 years ago, I LOVE making anything baby. I’m thinking this must be a vicarious nesting response. It went into a Fed Ex box shortly thereafter, hopefully to arrive at my Mom’s house […]
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