I am pleased to say that this month’s FNSI was a success. I set out to finish embroidering the flowers on the blue bird panel and I succeeded in doing just that. The embroidery/quilting on both bird panels is now complete and it’s on to adding the beading. To make FNSI even more successful, I managed to get the second…
Tonight is October’s Friday Night Sew In. I’m going to be trying to finish the embroidery on the second bird panel. I’ve made a little more progress on the first flower since I posted about it on Wednesday. I didn’t get any sewing or crafting done yesterday as we were driving back from Petawawa. The contract Dave was working on…
Dave and I are off on a new adventure. Last week he got confirmation that a contract he’d been hired for in Petawawa, ON was a go. Sunday morning, we packed up and headed east and then north. We were driving along Hwy 41 N, when Dave pulled over quickly so I followed suit. At first, I thought something was…
Since finding the variegated embroidery floss I’ve been looking for at CreativFestival on Sunday, I’ve managed to make some more progress embellishing the bird panels. Each flower is being worked in backstick through all three layers (panel, batting and backing.) The variegation of the floss shows up much better in person than it does in the photo and I’m really…
This afternoon, Dave and I braved the downtown Toronto Sunday traffic so that I could go exploring at CreativFestival being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. With over 350 booths and exhibitors, the fall show was much bigger than the CreativFestival that I attended in April of this year. In fact, I could have spent all afternoon and longer…
In August, I made new travel laundry bags to replace our worn out laundry bags and they are being put to good use. But since then, I got to thinking that there are going to be times in the future when I’m traveling alone and so I decided to make a laundry bag that can just stay in my suitcase…
Earlier this week, it showed up in my Facebook news feed that Sew Sisters Quilt Shop had updated their cover photo and I immediately recognized the photo as Me and My Sisters fabric line Good Morning for Moda. I absolutely adore all the fabric lines from Me and My Sister Designs. They are such happy fabrics. (Early this year, I…
Today I made the world’s largest zippered bag. And what do you put in the world’s largest zippered bag? Your largest cutting mat (<-affiliate link), of course. My 24”X36” cutting mat just fits through the zippered opening.   Even a ¼” smaller and it would have been a wasted afternoon of sewing. And there are even pockets to store my 24”X6” and a…
As I’ve mentioned before, our oldest daughter is teaching in Shanghai. Her students are pre-k (3 to 4 years old) and she recently sent me some photos of two fun things she’s made for her classroom. So today, I’m going to be the proud mom and show them to all of you. First up is this super cool puppet theatre.…
New photos with link to pattern to purchase coming soon. Click on the link below to see the original: Old Glory Scrambled Table Topper.