Needlecraft category

  • #86 – The Girlie Quilt Fabric

    Yes, I am starting a new quilt already. My fabric choices ended up being much girlier than I had planned. The bottom fabric is the backing & the top fabric is the binding. Handmade 365 2010- My g...
    Mar 27, 2010 1 Comment

  • #85 – Bound

    86/365 All that is left is the hand tying but I need to go get some pearl cotton for that. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photogra...
    Mar 26, 2010 1 Comment

  • #84 – Mitered Corner

    I’m working on getting nice neat mitered corners when binding my quilt. It been much easier on this quilt than my first. I’ve been following this tutorial on I Have to Say. Handmade 365 20...
    Mar 25, 2010 1 Comment

  • #83 – Dropped Stitch

    Ugh! I dropped a stitch on the toe of my sock. Of course it should have been in a decrease rows back so I can’t just pick up up with a crochet needles I have to rip all the rows back. Handmade 3...
    Mar 24, 2010 5 Comments

  • #82 – Thin Blue Line

    I keep following the thin blue line but it feels like it will never end… Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If y...
    Mar 23, 2010 No Comments

  • #79 – Nothing to see here

    Just more hand sewing of my quilt binding. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If you are not reading this post in a fe...
    Mar 20, 2010 No Comments

  • #78 – 190 inches to go

    I enjoy hand sewing but 220 inches takes a long time. I can’t imagine how long something like a king-sized quilt. Ok, bad to it. I’m itching to get get back to my embroidered squirrel pill...
    Mar 19, 2010 1 Comment

  • #77 – Binding

    Time for a quilt update. After my post about the puckering problem I was having with my quilting my MIL, who is an amazing quilter, wrote & suggested pinning along the quilting line. I ripped out...
    Mar 18, 2010 No Comments

  • #75 – They’re multiplying like…well you know

    Finished all the sock bunnies I need to help the Easter Bunny fill a few baskets this year. There is one I may redo the face on but otherwise I think they have lots of personality. You’re probab...
    Mar 16, 2010 4 Comments

  • #73 – No One Here but Us Bunnies

    Not much going on today other than working on sewing up more bunnies. I have three more to go to make sure the Easter Bunny fills the special kids in my life’s baskets. Handmade 365 2010- My go...
    Mar 14, 2010 2 Comments