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Do you ever find that in the process of doing one thing, you end up needing to do another? You know, you start with one project, realize you need a new something-or-other for function or display, and get spun off into a whole different project.
New decorative sewing pins required …
… new paper packages, which required [...]
I finished the decorative sewing pins, all 48 of them.
The first time I attempted these, I had all sorts of troubles with beads that came loose, glue that didn’t cure, and messy, gluey strings and blobs that had to be picked off. It took several tries for each pin before I had it presentable and [...]
In the midst of the baby blanket making, I also put together a gift for a small friend’s birthday party. I had decided a few weeks ago that an “eye spy bag” might be a fun idea. A spin-off from the popular Eye Spy books, these are little pouches filled with small trinkets and poly [...]
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 [...]
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 haven’t been able to show you a lot of what I’ve been making the last few weeks since pretty much all of it is for Christmas gifts. I promise I will show you all of the goods after the gifts have been received, but for now I do have one thing I can write [...]
Last week I shared a tutorial for a patchwork drawstring backpack that I made for my daughter. Now that my son is a little older and doesn’t need quite as much “gear” when we go places, I decided to make a slightly larger backpack for him. The idea was that it would hold his things [...]
I realized recently that I needed some sort of little bag that I could send with my daughter to her class at church. It needed to be small so that it was easy to transport along with our other things (and so that she could carry it herself if she wished) but big enough to [...]
