I needed some quick gifts. I had some extra battery tealights on hand, so I thought I'd make them some little covers. I cannot digitize yet, but I do have basic Embird. I have been sewing for over 50 years and I thought I could place a design on felt,
Two weeks till the wedding. I've made two identical banners for the yard, and a cake topper. I used Katulle's design. It sews out very well.
Pam's 3D Designs Butterfly Set 2 I was just fooling around with color in these butterflies. Each butterfly is just four colors with five color changes. You use black to start and to finish. These are so wonderfully digitized. I just LOVE them, and
Finished this project for birthday gifts for two grandchildren. Thank you Sue and Martine. These make very lovely and charming gifts.
WRONG: Both mops and raels011 said that they could not get the mouse to the cheese. I quickly checked out and thought I could. Well...to make a long story short, I took the original piece that I had sewed and THEY WERE RIGHT...you can't get the mouse
sgillette asked a question about a marble maze. That just sparked my imagination. I hooped a piece of felt and floated another piece under the hoop. I took a design I had from Dainty Stitches and made it as large as possible in my 5X7 hoop. I stitched
All the great finger puppets needed a theater. I found an old wooden frame that I had hanging around. I added some metal angle irons that I bent a small bit with pliers so that it formed more of an acute angle rather than a 95 degree angle. I made some
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I tried to add them all together, but no go.
Sorry, I have to add these pictures separately.
Spring rod in the doorway puppet theater. With all the great little hand puppets being digitized, I decided to make my grand daughter a theater that can be put up in any doorway in her home. Her birthday is tomorrow. Her mom thinks it's the greatest.
Christmas purses. The pattern is Simplicity 8331 Style B. The fairy is from Embroidery Library. The rose from before I was documenting where I downloaded. Sorry.
Nightlights: After I saw Bettina's great muslin covered lights, I wanted to try it out myself. This is the result. What they look like during the day, and what they look like at night. The designs are from eileensdigi-delights.
Nightlights during the day Bettina's post. Site of designs.
Little House Here is one of the houses that I've been making. I've included a link to the TUT that I got the idea from. When giving one of these portable houses, I include little animals for the children to use when playing.