Since our move back to Canada in November I’ve been in the process of taking stock of my unfinished projects and getting an idea of just how much fabric in my stash that needs using up but I thought I’d share a couple of my recent sewing finishes. When our middle daughter was here over the Christmas holidays, she had…
To start the year off on Vintage Embroidery Monday, for the next seven weeks I’ll be sharing a Days of the Week set of embroidery patterns for what the Workbasket pattern calls a Colonial Kitchen Set. But you’ll see that the patterns are all for common household items that would have been found around almost every house before the advent…
For part of my growing up years, my family lived in the back and upstairs of an old style country store that my mother managed. At the end of every year there would be stocktaking that I would have to help with… counting canned goods, weighing nails and bolts, etc. Everything had to be counted. As I look forward into…
As I mentioned in Wednesday’s post, Christmas gifts this year were mostly small handmade gifts. The first gift I made for our son was this pair of men’s two-toned crocheted slippers. I am really pleased with the way they turned out. They were super quick to make in the super bulky weight yarn. I crocheted the double soles and tops…
This year Christmas gifts were small, mostly handmade due to the expense of our move and with the exception of this first gift that I’m going to show you, they were made from fabric I had on hand. I usually start by sharing the gifts I make for our oldest daughter but her package won’t arrive in Shanghai for a…
If you’re looking for a change of pace now that Christmas is over and we prepare for the New Year these folk art flowers could be embroidered in satin stitch in bright colors onto a dark background. The pattern could also be printed onto a plastic sheet and used to create stencils. This pattern is available as a pdf to…
As I mentioned in my post yesterday each participant in the Santa Sack Swap, hosted by Cheryll over at Gone Stitch’, was allowed to choose whether their swap partner made them a sack, a stocking or a tote. In our e-mails back and forth, my swap partner Terry mentioned that she would like a tote this year. And since she…
I signed up again this year for the Santa Sack Swap hosted by Cheryll over at Gone Stitchin. We were to make a sack, stocking or tote for our partner and then fill it with 5 gifts, most of which were to be handmade. As this wasn’t a secret swap, each partner got to choose whether they wanted a sack,…
May your day be blessed with lots of love.
Whenever I see bells it reminds me of the church bells that would ring out each Sunday morning when we were posted to Germany (1984 to 88.) Each village’s churches would be ringing their bells and you could hear them for miles around. The sound was so beautiful! It was especially so at Christmas time. The pattern for the bells…