I mentioned last week in this post that I had trouble getting the paper backing of the Wonder Under fusible web (<-affiliate link) to peel off the fabric. It was super frustrating as I followed the directions exactly as explained on the instruction sheet that came with the fusible web. I had more than a few appliqué pieces (big and small)…
Today’s pattern goes with the one that I posted last Monday. You can download the pdf of this pattern here.
I took an unintended blogging break the past two weeks (except for the one scheduled Vintage Embroidery Monday post that appeared earlier this week.) Two weeks ago today, I had a health scare. Not to worry, I’m fine. And I intend to write about it once I find the words to describe it without either minimizing it on the one…
On Workbasket Pattern Sheet 84, there were two sweet faces to embroider to make into potholders. Here’s the first one: The pdf of this pattern is available to download here. The second face is this one in profile and I’ll be sharing that next Monday.
On the Workbasket pattern sheet this was labelled as Rose Doily. To make the doily, trace one half and then flip the pattern to trace the other half. There are so many possibilities with this pattern. It would look beautiful done in a simple outline stitch but would be absolutely stunning worked in satin stitch. I can also picture using…
When our son moved into his first apartment back at the beginning of December 2012, he had all the basics for his kitchen. Since we’ve been staying with him, I’ve been doing some thrifting and adding a few pieces here and there. Here’s what I’ve found so far: The white and green casserole dish match his white dishes and he…
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, when Dave was tracing out the patterns from each sheet (his hands are steadier at that kind of thing than mine are,) he put all the really small ones from each of the large pattern pages onto a single 8.5X11 sheet of paper. These ones are from Workbasket Pattern Sheet 83. This…
It’s asparagus season here in Ontario and I came up with this salad quite by accident. We had stopped into a Longos when we were last in Toronto as they seem to be the only place in Canada where I can find the mint tea blend that I like. We knew that we’d be getting back to London fairly close…
This sweet embroidery pattern was designed to be made into a table runner. You would begin by tracing out one of the center motifs and add a corner and continue around until you had four center motifs and four corners traced. If you wanted a larger table runner or a more rectangular runner, you would simple extend the two parallel…
One evening last week, just as our son walked into the apartment he smelled the air and said it smelled like cinnamon rolls. I hadn’t been baking but right then I decided to make cinnamon rolls as it had been well over a year and a half since I’d made any. Now usually, in the past, I’ve always made cinnamon…