We’ve had a really busy time the past few days and then we were traveling yesterday and I forgot to post the pattern for Vintage Embroidery Monday, so here it is today. This butterfly would look spectacular with each area worked in different colours of satin stitch. The pattern is available for download as a pdf here.
I know I haven’t been posting as much lately. It’s that time of year when I’m busy working on making Christmas gifts and of course, those can’t be revealed until after Christmas. I do have some recipes that I want to get posted and hope to get to those soon. But I also have another reason why I haven’t been…
This week I have this beautiful flower planter to offer for you to embroider. The pattern wouldn’t fit completely on one page and it didn’t make sense to create an additional page for just that tiny portion so if you look in the upper right hand corner you’ll find the top of the pattern with markings to help you line…
Last week I shared with you the butterfly pattern I used to make a sachet for an ill friend. I had also embroidered the back of the sachet with flowers and leaves. The pattern I used is from a separate Workbasket pattern sheet which I’m sharing with you today. You might notice that I reversed the pattern for the…
While we were in Florida last winter, a new friend I’d met there was going through a tough time and finally ended up in the hospital diagnosed with kidney stones. I made her this little embroidered sachet to let her know that we were thinking about her. I have allergies so wasn’t able to add lavender or other scent but…
One of the most delightful things I’ve discovered through having this blog and being part the sewing/quilting/crafting community is how so many of us use our skills for Acts of Service to help others. From the women who sew and donate quilt blocks, quilts, pillowcases and pillowcase dresses to knitters and crocheters making hats for preemie babies, chemo patients and…
Last week, Dave started a short term contract so right now I’m sitting in a hotel room in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. Fortunately this time, I remembered to bring our oldest daughter’s portable sewing machine so I’ve been sewing up a storm. Unfortunately, I can’t show you most of what I’ve been sewing because they are gifts for my partner in the…
This week we continue the cuteness of the past three weeks with this adorable Kitten balancing a set of block that spell out baby. This pattern is available for downloaded as a pdf here.
Here’s the third of the three patterns from Workbasket Pattern Sheet 85 to embroider for a little boy in your life especially if that little boy loves to help with the gardening like my now all grown up boy used to do. The pattern for the Rabbit Gardening is available as a pdf download here.
Our son has been experiencing some difficulty with stomach discomfort when he eats bread and other baked goods and we think he might have a gluten intolerance. He’s waiting to be referred to have tests done but in the meantime I’ve been experimenting with some gluten free recipes and he has found that he doesn’t have the same stomach problems…