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 motivated [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to Pink Chalk Studio. I'm Kathy Mack. Sewing pattern designer, online fabric shop proprietor and passionate maker of things. My blog is a corner of my world where I sew, quilt, dream and create. I love it here. I hope you have fun too!
