One of my goals for 2014 has been to draw more. I haven't been amazing about it, but the Spoonflower challenge is helping! They have been emailing drawing prompts every weekday in August and I wanted to share what I've done for the first week. Cacti Mountain Tree Landscape River If you are over on Instagram, check out all the great sketches under the #spoonchallenge hashtag! ... Read More
The last thing I need is a new project, but I just couldn't resist! My friend Jessica sent me a photo of an English paper pieced quilt where the hexagons were made of triangles. I immediately fell in love with the idea and had to try it right away. The photo used solid fabrics, but I wanted to use prints, I have so many scraps from the hexagon quilt I'm making. I don't love basting the triangles as much. I'm not sure if it's because of the size (each side is 3") but I was having trouble keeping the edges tight enough when I was basting them. I am extremely happy ... Read More
The other day I was looking at the Cotton & Steel website and saw that a quilt shop nearby carried their fabrics. I have loved looking at the photos online and really wanted to see the fabrics in person, so yesterday morning I headed over to Quilters Quest to check them out. I brought Evie and Mira along, we stopped by on our way to the zoo. Evie wasn't thrilled about the pit stop and it didn't help that they were testing the fire alarm. There was also an enormous St. Bernard (Evie is terrified of dogs) and so I spent the majority of the trip browsing with Mira ... Read More
It's been a long time coming but I finally finished Mira's blanket! She's 14 months old, but it's better than my track record with Evie's blanket which still isn't finished. I really love the 30 for 30 crafting challenge because it's making me pick up projects that I haven't been wanting to work on. I'm so glad to be able to tick this off my list. Now I'm moving onto Evie's blanket. I have had all the squares finished for months but it's the joining that's been holding me up, that and the inevitable weaving of ends that will have to happen. I wish I could go back ... Read More
CraftingGeek is doing another 30 for 30 Crafting Challenge for August. We're onto day 4 now and I am almost done with my first project. During the June 30 for 30 Crafting, I did a lot on Mira's blanket but I ran into some technical difficulties and didn't work on it for a bit. Now everything is figured out and I'm back on track and determined to get it finished. I just have a little bit more of the border to do and then the ends to weave in. I should be done this week. I switched around projects a lot last time and I want to try to focus on one project for a bit. ... Read More
I am doing yet another swap, because I can't resist myself. This one is an ice cream themed pencil case swap, so I've had ice cream on the brain lately! So ice cream seemed like the perfect pattern for this month's Free Pattern Friday, who doesn't love ice cream in August? It can be customized with any colors so stitch up your favorite flavors! When done on 14ct, this should fit in a 6" hoop. Download the PDF here - Free Pattern Friday August 2014 There are more free patterns to download here, and patterns to purchase here at my Etsy. ... Read More
I'm not going to be posting as much in August. I have some exciting projects I'm working on right now, but they are also things I have to keep secret. So for the next month I'm going to be toning back my posting, but I'll be keeping you all updated as much as I can! Today I want to show off the amazing embroideries I got from Sarah Hennessey from Sometimes I Swirl. We swapped work, I sent her two of my cross stitches and she sent me two of her embroidered hoops. I had such a hard time choosing, I knew I wanted one of her mandalas, I love all the photos of them ... Read More
It's time for another blog hop, this time with the Twinery and Serendipity Stamps! It's the first day of the hop and you should have made your way here from Happy Paper Craft Happenings, so welcome! Head over to the Twinery blog for a full list. When I picked out my stamps, I couldn't resist these embroidery stamps. I also got this cute button stamp and decided to make some wall hangings for my craft area. I used the stamp on a plain white cotton fabric and put it into a hoop. I decorated the hoops a couple different ways. The first one I made I wrapped in ... Read More