Yesterday when I went to check the mail, I had a lovely package waiting for me that I’ve been waiting excitedly to arrive. Kristyne from over at Pretty by Hand recently hosted a giveaway on her blog sponsored by Shay from Simply Sweet Fabric. And I won!! Aren’t they pretty! The Red Riding Hood fabric is by Lecien and the…
When I purchased the fabric to recover the small footstool, I liked the fabric so much that I bought a full yard so that I would have more than enough leftover to make a new tote bag to hold all my embroidery supplies. Constructing the tote turned out to be a bit more challenging than I had anticipated. As I…
You can’t get more vintage than today’s Baby Face Rose pattern. I’m picturing it stitched onto a potholder or onto the corners of a large square of linen used to line a basket to put the Sunday dinner rolls in. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
In our new apartment, the kitchen counter has an overhang on the living room side that creates a breakfast/eating area. This neccessitated the purchase of two bar stools. When we went shopping we picked out ones that we thought would be comfortable to sit on during meals and also while working on our laptops since the breakfast bar doubles as…
I can see these tiny roses being embroidered onto the collar of a little girl’s dress or even along the edge of a white ruffled cotton slip for under a dress, with just a bit of the white with rose border peeking out at the hem. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
This week’s rose could be completely embroidered but I think it could be turned into something unique and beautiful by cutting the petals, leaves and stem out of various scraps of fabric and appliqueing them onto a background fabric using a product such as Heat ‘n Bond. You could then blanket stitch around each appliqued piece. This pattern is available…
Dave and I want to wish all our friends and readers in the US a very Happy 4th of July!
I had a little less than 1/2 yard of fabric left over from the backing for the 4th of July table runner and when I was at Joanns the coordinating fabric from that line was on sale for 50% off so I picked up 2/3 of a yard of flag fabric and turned them into cloth napkins to use on…
Dave and I want to wish all our family and friends, including all my Canadian readers a very Happy Canada Day! Note: Canada Day graphic is a free downloadable clipart from Canadaday-fireworks.com
This week’s pattern has five very different styles of roses but all recognizable as roses. The one on the bottom left looks very much like the Wild Alberta Rose. While it grows all across Canada it is Alberta’s provincial flower. The flowers are so fragrant and I can remember picking them to give to my mother when I was a…