Needlecraft category

  • #129 – Ohio State Coffee Sleeve

    Finished the Ohio State coffee sleeve on a two day car trip back from Memphis. Just have to weave in the ends. I’m really happy with how the colors came out. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spe...
    May 09, 2010 1 Comment

  • #120 – The Evil O

    I think I mentioned I was asked to make a coffee sleeve with the Ohio State O on it for a teacher gift. Not my favorite team but it was certainly easy to draw up an intarsia pattern for their logo. Ha...
    Apr 30, 2010 4 Comments

  • #119 – The Girlie Quilt Progress

    The hand sewing of the binding is coming along. This quilt looks so good in my living room I’m tempted to keep it though I bet I’ll be tempted to keep every quilt I make. Handmade 365 2010...
    Apr 29, 2010 2 Comments

  • #118 – Cutting Squares

    I got over half the squares cut for my sister’s quilt today. I was having issues getting really straight strips especially at the folds. I read somewhere that you should never cut through more t...
    Apr 28, 2010 No Comments

  • #117 – Turning a Corner

    I quickly bounced back from my mistake with sewing the binding together yesterday & am down to just the hand sewing to finish this quilt. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday wor...
    Apr 27, 2010 2 Comments

  • #116 – Sigh

    I sew all the binding together today for The Girlie Quilt only to realize I had sewed it together wrong. That diagonal line actually should have gone the opposite way. Spent the rest of the afternoon ...
    Apr 26, 2010 3 Comments

  • #115 – Boy Fishing

    Just a little idea for an embroidery pattern I’m messing around with… Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If...
    Apr 25, 2010 2 Comments

  • #113 – My Sister’s Quilt Layout

    Working on the layout for my sister’s quilt. The small squares will be4″x4″ with the big black ones twice the size at 8″x8″. Right now I’m thinking of making this q...
    Apr 23, 2010 No Comments

  • #112 – Altered

    I’ve been looking for a jersey dress for the summer & traveling. Something that could be casual in the day & dressed up for night. I just couldn’t find anything that fit me corre...
    Apr 22, 2010 3 Comments

  • #111 – Fix-it Day

    Spent the morning fixing a few items needing my attention. First was a sweater with a run in it. Luckily it wasn’t too bad & I was able to just pick up the stitch just like when I drop one ...
    Apr 21, 2010 1 Comment