If you’ve been on a beach vacation chances are you might have spent some time collecting sea shells on your beach walks. Or maybe you’re lucky enough to live close to the ocean and walking on the beach is a daily activity. Ever since we lived in Maui, my happy place has always been the beach. I love going for…
Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! I can’t wait to share with you the Sawtooth Star Ornament with Applique Center that I made for my partner. This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or…
Today’s Vintage Workbasket Embroidery Pattern is sure to make you smile. These adorable small Christmas motif embroidery patterns for Santas, Elves, Angel and Bells are just too cute for words. I can see them stitched on so many different things… a crazy quilt block, bookmarks, the pockets of an advent calendar or ornaments just to name a few. They’re small…
This recipe for Gluten Free Baked Scotch Eggs is one I came up with a few years ago when I was looking for something new and interesting to make with a package of pasture raised ground pork I had in the freezer that I wanted to use up. I searched through several different recipes and found one for Baked Scotch…
Do you have candy leftover from Halloween? Or perhaps your kids collected more candy than they could possibly consume before Easter! Turn Halloween treats into Christmas party favors with craft supplies you probably already have on hand. This year we had way more candy than trick or treaters. Having it sitting around the house could seriously sabotage the progress I’ve…
Have you been able to get some stitching in over the past week? Maybe even made a start on the Large Christmas Pine Cone Centerpiece Embroidery Pattern that I shared last week? Today’s Small Christmas Pine Cone Centerpiece Embroidery Pattern is the perfect size to go along with last week’s pattern to make matching items. Or use this smaller one…
We all have our pet peeves, don’t we? Well, one of my biggest pet peeves are sewing tutorials that claim you can sew something in 10 minutes. Now there may be superpeople out there who are speed demons that can actually complete those projects in 10 minutes. I’m here to tell you that I’m not one of them! If you’ve…
Happy Monday Everyone! We’re just 2 days and 2 months away from Christmas. Can you believe how fast the year has gone? If you haven’t already started to work on your Christmas decor and gifts, now would be a good time to do that. 🙂 I know that I’ve spent far too many Christmas Eves busy trying to finish up…
If you were to ask me what kind of Halloween I like, I’d have to say I’m like the cats in this vintage Workbasket embroidery pattern. I’m a scaredy cat when it comes to Halloween! I prefer the fun, only slightly spooky type of Halloween, the little kid kind of Halloween as opposed to the gory, scare the living daylights…
We’re continuing on with the series of children in their Halloween costumes. This sweet little girl is dressed up as a bride complete with veil and bouquet. And while I’m sharing this as part of the Halloween series, this Bride Embroidery Pattern could easily be used for so many other occasions. Most notable of course would be to stitch it…
