a tale of crafts involving needles and thread
Our local MQG was offered the chance to participate in a special challenge called the PNW (Pacific Northwest) Modern Metallic challenge. I decided to join in. The minute I received my three fat quarters, I was reminded of trees, birch in particular. I let my ideas percolate for a few weeks, sketched my inspiration and […]
As some of you know, I make a lot of pouches – lots and lots of zippered pouches. I have been asked to share how I construct Noodlehead’s open wide zippered pouch. (Disclaimer: I have contacted Anna, and she is totally okay with my posting this.) I love her pattern. It is such a great […]
I’ve recently been tempted to re-discover the world of cross stitching after seeing all the wonderful projects floating out there in the bloggiverse/Instagram. Cross-stitching has come so far in design from the types of projects that I am used to seeing. It’s so modern and cute and fresh. I’m going to lay the blame at […]
Well, after a life-induced break, I am happy to re-enter the world of blogging. It’s been a crazy busy past few months. I hope you have all had a wonderful beginning to your spring. In my neck of the woods, trees and plants are budding and days are getting warmer and longer. It’s wonderful. While […]
Last week I broke down and did something that I had been meaning to do for months and months. It was the final step to moving back into my sewing room from my temporary (ahem, since the fall) sewing set up in our formal dining room. I recovered my office mini ironing board cover. I […]