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SCS Wristlet Key Fob
I completed a lingering wristlet key fob from SewCanShe’s pattern as part of my MIOMIO 2025.
Stitch Club: Maue
TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club with Joetta Maue prompted a stitched piece from a photograph and I’ve recreated an adored image of my late grandparents.
#52tagshannemade 16
I am participating in Anne Brooke’s #52tagshannemade #sew4thesoul slow stitch challenge for 2021. Week 16’s theme is a “seed stitches and circles”.
TA Stitch Challenge #7
The last Textile Artist free stitch challenge was put on by Christine Chester, who challenged us to use a single shape in different ways with whatever stitch we chose. I chose a simple straight stitch in a four-box grid “snowflake” design.
Connect
About a case of the Crafties! Do you ever see a craft item out there in the wild and think to yourself, “gosh, I need to try that!”? Well then you have yourself what I call a case of the Crafties! I scratch my itch here, jotting down my adventures so that I can recall...
Smallest Forest
This post is late and is really a memorial for an artist that I've been following for a few years, Nat at The Smallest Forest. I also want to honor her friends who took up her mantle. I discovered her through an annoying news article - in my eyes, the "journalist"...
Library Updates
Just a quick note about some changes I made in the Library. First, I added a gallery of my favorite projects as well as popular posts (now that I am beginning to understand how to read google analytics). I think it would be helpful for new visitors to see easily...
Framing Ribbon Embroidery
I wasn't sure I would have time for framing ribbon embroidery this week which is why I did not include this photo in the original post, but I did! Generally, I lag behind "finishing" projects but I was too excited to share it so I didn't wait, obviously. Tatiana's...
Wrapped hoops
One of the things I am trying is wrapping my hoops. I first learned of this from a Craftsy class for Celeste Chalasani's Stumpwork: Raised Embroidery Essentials (no, I have not started this project yet; I need more time to feel ready for it!). I know that several...
weighted pincushion organizer
Sew Mama Sew posted about Elizabeth's Fabric Focus with a free PDF pattern of a weighted pincushion organizer. Now that I am sewing a little more regularly (being mostly jobless this semester, and all), I am constantly frustrated with all the extra threads and fabric...
paper elephant
I am torn between saying the best thing about the internet is the wealth of knowledge and saying it is the wealth of generosity. I came across a free pattern of such a cute little elephant I had to try it out! Thanks to the Swedish material girls at materialisterna! I...
recovered ironing boards
I made these last fall, but never posted about them. I have a small table-top ironing board that had a whitish cover. Over the years, my gross well water has stained it, and it just looked gross so I wanted to make it pretty. A long time ago, I won "pink kelp stripes"...
2006 Yellowstone Roadtrip
In 2006, I decided I would like to go on a field school for anthropology sometime. The idea was scary - to be somewhere completely foreign in both language and culture, without anyone you know and for an entire month. So I decided to see what being away for a while...
the crafties has a new look!
Guys, I redesigned my whole site! If you are reading through an RSS feed, I implore you to pop over and tell me what you think. I may not love it 100% but I am 100% proud of it, and really, what's more important? I put this look together using GIMP. It is a free...
fabric family tree
If you missed it, you can read about the creation of the fabric family tree. Im super thrilled to finally get it framed. I ran into a slight bit of a problem as the size I wanted was 16 x 24, which is not standard for photo frames. It is, however, standard of poster...
a fabric family tree
So Im gonna say it: Im pretty proud of this fabric family tree project. It took me upwards of about 30 movies to complete (all by hand!) so I dont really care to calculate the time spent on it but it was a good time (i mean hello, i watched more movies in a month than...
Giveaway Winners! Woo!
I had Boy work his magic with the sql database to come up with the winners so i wouldnt have to count my way through the comments. Thanks for being so smart, Boy! 🙂 The printed results are ugly strings of characters so Ill shorten them for you: mysql> select *...
Giveaway End!
Well, gosh golly gees! I had no idea how resounding the turn out would be; you all made me blush:) I want to thank Sew Mama Sew for this opportunity and a HUGE Thank You So Very Much to you all for leaving me so many comments! I was given around 400 different...
Giveaway Day!
I felt compelled to participate in Sew Mama Sew's May Giveaway Day this year. You may remember me mentioning it once upon a time when i randomly stumbled upon the glory that is is. I urge you all to check out the other bloggers participating this round, after...