Embroidery: Winter Teacup
This week we saw our first and second snowfall. The second one was unexpected and we even got to use the snowblower for the first time this snowy season. there is more in the forecast for this weekend. So what … Continued
Embroidery: Autumn Tree Progress
I have slowly been working on the autumn tree embroidery this week. As well as stitching a leaf a day I also started to stitch the trunk of the tree. I was inspired on October 12 to see a wonderful … Continued
Embroidery: Needle Minder
I get inspiration when viewing work from different crafters. Last week I viewed a few projects that used needle minders or a needle nanny. In that ‘I can make it myself’ mode I started thinking about what I could use, … Continued
Embroidery: Autumn Leaves
A new stitch along by Stitchdoodles has started for October. After downloading the pattern and transferring it to material with the light box I’m ready to stitch. You can find the pattern here if you want to join in, daily … Continued
Embroidery: Christmas Sewing
It is never too early to start Christmas crafting, but it can be too late if you keep putting it off. Using a pattern from Cutsey Crafts I stitched a Christmas piece of embroidery. This is in a 4 inch … Continued
Embroidery: Stitch Book Progress
I continue to enjoy working on my stitch book. This week I practiced the woven wheel stitch and the bouillon stitch. I’m not sure they are exactly as described but they are certainly my version and look just about the … Continued
Dabbling in This and That
It has been a week of dabbling … some rock painting, some crochet, some embroidery, and some sewing. The slow and steady work on my stitch book (here and here) continues between other projects. Page 3 had a small piece … Continued
Embroidery: Flowers and Bee
I have really been enjoying doing embroidery after a long time. I recently purchased a light pad which makes it so much easier to transfer patterns onto the fabric. The pattern came from Cutesy Crafts. It was originally for an … Continued
Embroidery: Stitch Doodles
I recently started my stitch doodles book as a way to practice and learn new embroidery stitches while using up all the odds and ends of embroidery threads from other projects. Pages have changed since the first post sharing this … Continued
Embroidery: Stitch Doodling
My stitch doodling book is made from an old pillow case, some creative cutting and planning. The word embroidery comes from the French word broderie, which means embellishment. And I’m embellishing the material pages with embroidery stitches. I thought long … Continued
Sewing: A Quilted Heart
I love it when a new idea/project comes my way. A friend shared this website with me, I Found a Quilted Heart, and I loved the idea right away. Thank you Jeannie. The idea is to create small quilted hearts, … Continued
Embroidery: Quaran’tea’n Sewing
I started my sew inspired quaran’tea’n project as a way of giving myself one little task each day, which became part of my daily routine. Did you have a special project you worked on during this time? I say quaran’tea’n … Continued
Embroidery: Sew Inspired
During this stay at home time of the covid19 pandemic I’ve been stitching a little happiness. The idea was started by by Pretty Fabrics & Trims with the idea of sewing a little bit each day to have a completed … Continued
Crochet: It’s Flossie Bird
It’s spring and the birds are retuning to the garden. I’ve seen and heard robins, red wing black birds, cardinals, bluejays, sparrows, nuthatches, woodpeckers and more. And look … here is a rare bird sighting.It’s a … ah … um … Continued