Sewing category

  • Shopping a little greener

    I love the cloth grocery bags my local grocery store has given us lately but I have a silly thing about using a branded bag at another store. Plus I really would like something cuter. When I saw thi...
    Apr 22, 2008 10 Comments

  • 2007 – a crafty review

    A little pictorial review of what I got up to in knitting, sewing, embroidery & a little quilting in 2007… cupcakes for the Noe Knit window meeting Vicki Howell and Debbie Bliss at TNNA. ...
    Dec 31, 2007 5 Comments

  • Some actual knitting/crafting content!

    The house has kept me so busy I’ve had a lot less time to work on projects than I thought. We have the major projects done inside now though & can’t start outside until spring so now...
    Nov 30, 2007 7 Comments

  • Twins meet the twins

    My last set of handmade dollies have found there home with these two sweet little girls…I love the fact their dresses match their doll’s If you are not reading this post in a feed reader o...
    Jun 01, 2007 4 Comments

  • lookie lookie

    At all the fun stuff I got…New books Matt bought me with his Amazon credit, what a good husband!And my quilting kit cameThis picture doesn’t really show you how beautiful all these fabrics...
    May 18, 2007 6 Comments

  • Some works in progress

    Ok, inbetween being addicted to Puzzle Quest on our Nintendo DS Lite (I blame my husband for teaching me the game) I have been getting some projects done. I had a request to make another spring blosso...
    Apr 24, 2007 7 Comments

  • Bluebird of Happiness

    I’ve been busily stitching away here as well as remembering how to sew in a hidden zipper (it’s been a while). Here’s the results.I embellished on the pattern I embroidered on Susi&...
    Mar 18, 2007 3 Comments

  • Cast Iron is a wonderful thing

    for blocking that is. I never thought the curl would come out of this sweater but two days under the skillet & it is flat.so now I don’t need to knit up a different pink sweater & th...
    Dec 20, 2006 6 Comments

  • freezer paper

    A couple people had questions about freezer paper after my last post. I think freezer paper was a paper originally used by butchers but crafters have discovered it. It is matte on one side & wa...
    Dec 11, 2006 8 Comments

  • Whiplash December

    The December theme for Whiplash is gifts & decorations. Here’s my entry..I wanted to make this sweet girl something special for Christmas.I was inspired to try a handmade doll by Martha St...
    Dec 06, 2006 15 Comments