Sometimes on the way back from the farm where we buy our eggs, we’ll stop and pick some wildflowers that are growing in the ditch beside the road. In keeping with their rustic origins, when I get them home, I like to arrange them in mason jar vases. Today’s Vintage Workbasket embroidery pattern would look lovely done up as white…
I didn’t have a lot of time to sew this week because we spent more time over at the garden than we’d originally planned. (I hope to have a garden update ready to post over the weekend.) But I did get some sewing in last night and can happily check another item off my 2015 Finish Along Q2 Goals list.…
This morning, I finished hand quilting around the last of the Forest Friends. I really like how quilting with #8 perle cotton makes whatever you’re quilting around stand out. The owl took the longest and was the most challenging as it’s in the center of the quilt. Here’s the squirrel: And here’s the raccoon: Both the raccoon and squirrel have…
I’ve been noticing a bit of a baby boom across some of the blogs I’ve been following. There are lots of new parents and grandparents out there, so this week I thought I’d share this sweet cross stitch from vintage Workbasket pattern page #70. This pattern could quite easily be completed by someone who has never embroidered before because as…
When I looked at the calendar this morning and realized there were only 18 days left in June, I decided that if I wanted to get some things checked off my 2015 Finish Along Q2 Goals List, I’d better get a move on it. I chose one of the embroidered pieces that was in need of turning into something and…
Yesterday I drew the numbers for the Spring Bloom Thimble Pip Giveaway. For anyone new, here’s what I was giving away with the first one drawn to be given their color choice. The first comment selected was: Congratulations Ellee! #31 was Ellee’s second entry (she follows by e-mail) but in her comment just before that she mentioned that…
My Forest Friends quilt has been hand basted and is ready to quilt. I’ll start by hand quilting around the squirrel, owl and raccoon in the same way that I did around the plum pudding and calendar on my Christmas Mouse Wall Hanging before I move on to doing the machine quilting. I’m also working on two embroidery projects. A…
Last week on my work in progress post, I showed the back that I’d pieced for my Forest Friends quilt. Today I’ll share a quick post about how I pieced the back so that it was almost impossible to see where I’d joined the pieces of fabric in order to make the back big enough for the quilt. To start,…
This week’s vintage embroidery pattern for rosemary and thyme is the last of the series of herbs I’ve been sharing and they are so appropriate for my week just past. Last Monday, during a trip to the library, I picked up the first season of a cozy mystery TV series on DVD called Rosemary & Thyme. I’ve really been enjoying…
Welcome! Whether you’ve arrived from Facebook, Pinterest, Total Tutorials or another of the wonderful sites that have linked to my DIY Wooden Yarn Bowl… I’m so glad you’re here! DIY Tutorials are the most rewarding posts that I create for Super Mom – No Cape! Does your yarn keep rolling away when you’re knitting or crocheting? A yarn bowl is…
