Here's another prayer request! Our oldest daughter has marfan's syndrome. To put it simply, the connective tissue in her body is weak. The big concern is that the aorta will dissect from the heart! We were made aware of this from her early teens and she
I don't very often check out the projects that come to me via Pinterest; however, this morning one little project looked quite interesting so I followed through. I made the pattern as directed and then made my prototype. It's a great stash buster and I
Oh dear, I'm not having much success at stitching a design on a T-shirt. For some reason I've just never embroidered on a knit! I've ironed on a fusible stabilizer on the shirt, hooped no-show-mesh and then pinned the stabilized T-shirt on the mesh. Th
I took a class about a month ago at one of the quilt shops and we made this potholder with layers of folded strips. The most fun was sharing time with other sewers. I need to tweek the design a bit as the one point of my star just disappeared into the bor
Spring is nearly here and I decided to do some organizing in my sewing room. I found a bag of quilt batting trims that were too big to throw out so I zig-zagged them together in strips. I ended up with. a large piece that was 34" X 43". Just a few left
Set of 3 lined accessory bags done ITH. Pattern from The Stitch Connection - #323 Bag It! There are 3 variations for each of the 3 sizes so many options. This is for a friend who has had radical cancer surgery. She's quite a fighter. I'm doing bags for
I thought I have the "voting" figured out; however, the other day when I voted for a design, rather than adding a vote it lessened it BY TWO!! What am I doing wrong?
Am I having and "old timer's" moment or what?!?! What are knockdown stitches? I gather this is used to reduce pile in a fabric.....so...how do you achieve this? Avis Thanks to all who answered my question. I've never heard of either term so I g
This is as good a time as any for me to wish everyone in this group a very Merry Christmas and a New Year, 2018, filled with hope, love, joy and peace. We celebrate the birth of Christ in our home and know that He is the hope of the nations and that He is
This is probably a strange question but here goes. How do you get rid of the number in your Inbox after you have answered the person who sent you the message? I guess I'm still learning!! Avis
Happy July 4th to all our American Cuties! You are great neighbours! A Canadian Cutie.
Placemats - using up fabric in my cupboards! Avis
Good Morning to you all. I've just logged in this morning and noticed that my number above is 2222! Thank you all for your comments and encouragement since I've joined this group. I am especially indebted to those that take the time to post replies when
This is not related to "sewing", however, it does come under "sowing"! Our garden is crazy bountiful this year and thought you'd like to see what I picked this morning. This is ONE lettuce leaf and it weighed 1 5/8 ounces, the cutting mat shows you t
I know that being "new" I have lots to learn; some things I understand. However, can someone tell me how the voting for the next day's design works? Do the votes add up day by day? or do they begin at 1 each day? Some days when I vote for a design it h