june at noon

This weekend found me boiling my embroidery. Yes, that’s right. Boiling it.
Upon rinsing out the marking pen from a finished embroidery piece, I discovered that some of the red floss had bled onto the fabric. Horrors! (I’ve used this floss before and never had this sort of trouble.)
After doing some research on the Internets, I [...]

It’s gotten a little dull around here, I think. I’ve been quite satisfied getting loads of behind-the-scenes tasks completed, but it’s meant I don’t have a lot to show in the crafty department. I think I’ve gotten everything either done or in progress—until I discover some other mundane task in hiding. For now, though, it’s [...]

I’m getting ready to start something new. I’m not entirely sure what that’s going to be, but what’s more exciting than a fresh, blank canvas waiting to be filled with ideas?

It feels a little odd to have missed my “usual” posting schedule by not writing a post yesterday. But I was so caught up in wrapping up some small projects that I just neglected to get to the computer. It probably enjoyed the break!
So here I am, popping in late on a Tuesday night [...]

I mentioned I was working on a couple more “button ladies,” and I’ve just finished them.

May I present Eva? She is number 4 in the “She Wore Buttons for Pearls” series. She is stitched with black perle cotton on a sand-colored linen and laced onto foam board.
Eva is a bit of a daredevil, and she [...]

You’ll see when I post my “goals for 2010″ list next week that one of the things I’d like to make a bit more of this year is mini quilts. I really enjoy whipping up a bit of embroidery and then turning it into something lovely, and mini quilts are perfect for this. They’re small [...]

In the Fall of 2009 I needed a birthday gift. The birthday girl is a vegetarian, and I remembered seeing this project stitched up, which is based on an Urban Threads pattern.
Inspired, I drew up my own design, which also included the recipient’s favorite animal, the giraffe.

At the time I posted about a mystery [...]

Happy New Year! I’m back with more Christmas gift photos!
I’ve seen some really neat variations on the reusable lunch bag and other food storage items, and I knew of two people who would be able to use and appreciate something like this. So I set out to make two lunch sets. (Lots more photos to [...]

I branched out this year and made quite a few non-embroidery gifts, but I did stitch up a few things. My theme, as you know, was simple gifts for maximum impact, so these were all small pieces that stitched up quickly. There’s …
An embroidered snowman decoration. It’s laced around foam board so it can be [...]

A few weeks ago, I approached Alison about doing some custom work for me for a Christmas gift, and she suggested we do a swap. I can’t tell you what she made for me (which is on its way across the Atlantic; can’t wait to see it in person!), but I can show you what [...]