Starry Nights quilted wall hanging. This is a panel from Northcott fabrics. I quilted the panel, then I embroidered eyelet holes to put the lights through. To hold the lights in place, I put tiny rubber "o" rings on the front and back. One of my cof
Burp Cloths. I have a cousin who is expecting 3 (yep, 3!) grandbabies in January. Her daughter is expecting twin girls and her son's partner is expecting a boy. Everyone is excited, and I decided to make some burp cloths for them. The small frog one
Birds at the Lake wall hanging. I made this last spring to put up at the cottage so the kids could identify the birds that came to visit.
Quilt for charity. Here' a quilt I've been working on for the past couple of weeks. I didn't have time to do any embroidery, so it's all just sewing and quilting. I am donating this to a young boy's cancer fundraiser. He has leukemia and we are h
Dragon table topper finished! Another project bites the dust!! My cousin brought me the dragon squares in tears - she bought them off the internet described as 'embroidered' when they were just iron on. Could I please make something for their table b
Hi ladies! It's been a long time since I've posted anything, so I decided to give you all a chuckle with my latest adventures. So.... How can a simple job like recaulking the bathtub leave you feeling like you've just gone 10 rounds with Evande
Couch Potato quilt - I made this from leftover squares of fabric when I made a bunch of microwave potato bags for craft sales. Even the batting was leftover squares fused together. I don't remember where I got the embroidery patern from - but it worked
100 Shamrock keychains finished. The pattern is from The Bean Stitch. I decided to make as many as I could from a spare piece of vinyl and managed to squeak out 100 of them. Will give a few away to the coffee ladies and friends. The rest will go to th
My 3 newest cousins. These are the 3 little bairns I sewed all the burp cloths for. The 2 on the outside are Kristina and Anna, twin girls born on January 6, and the middle one is their cousin Henry, born January 31. The 3 are going to be very close co
Yellow rubber boots and spring flowers - they say it all. We are finally getting some spring weather, although our nights are still very cold. I needed something to bring sunshine into the house and as soon as I saw this at Embroidery Library I knew I h
Hi Cuties! I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of our family. His name is Boo and he joined his forever home today. He is 9 weeks old and we brought him home from the shelter. Miss Mocha is not too happy, she is sulking downstairs and won
Towels, towels, towels. It's cold and storming outside, so I decided it was time to finish up some old projects. I have been having difficulty trying to get towels nicely put into the the towel toppers I have purchased, so I've spent the last 3 days d
Another wall hanging - this one for my mom. The design is from Embroidery Library. She loves it and hung it up right away.
Another quilt done. This was supposed to go to charity, but one of my grandsons claimed it as his. The original pattern called for sewing buttons on it, but I didn't like that idea, so I embroidered them on - all 41! The large buttons are 50cm and the
32 towels/blankets for the local humane society. I bought a bunch of fleece and terry cloth at a garage sale a year ago and finally got around to getting these blankets made. They range in size from 18x24 inches all the way up to 30x30 inches - dependin