Countdown to Christmas – Day 22 Holiday Mitten Ornament by Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S Pink Chalk Fabrics Handmade with Love 2011 Tutorial Contest - 153 amazing tutorials!
Countdown to Christmas – Day 22 Holiday Mitten Ornament by Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S Pink Chalk Fabrics Handmade with Love 2011 Tutorial Contest - 153 amazing tutorials!
12/22/11 Update: Winners Announced Handmade with Love – the first ever Pink Chalk Fabrics holiday tutorial contest – is now open for voting (voting runs through Wednesday, December 21, limit one vote per IP address). The Pink Chalk Team selected 5 favorites in each category. Your votes determine the top prize in each category (a…
Countdown to Christmas – Day 17 Embroidery Hoop Applique by Katrien of a bit of pilli pilli … Pink Chalk Fabrics Handmade with Love 2011 Tutorial Contest - vote for your favorite tutorial December 17 (today!) through Wednesday, December 21
The December Out of the Box challenge was to ‘Make a Real Woman of Your Choice!’ It was also a gift exchange. The perfect opportunity to work up this fabulous Sublime Stitching Roller Derby pattern. I’ve been hoarding a series of these patterns for several years. Always with the best of intentions. The challenge finally…
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 the 3 of you left that…
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. My little blog along idea…
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 was definitely thinking about…
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 I realized I…
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 of love to part…
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 called Survivant. It…
