I thought I should share with you what I’ve been working on for the past several weeks… As you know, I’ve been working with my mom, Noreen, to create a set of memorial textiles (antependia - or sacred textiles) for my grandmother’s church.
It’s been exactly a year ago today that my beloved Nana passed away […]
Don’t worry - the rest of the silk paper tutorial is coming soon :-) I’ve got an easy kids craft, perfect for getting kids interested in sewing:
Cut two basic flower shapes from felt and sandwich a pipe-cleaner (folded in half and twisted together) between the two. Cut a small circle from a contrasting piece of […]
I wanted to make sure my cross-stitch readers had some fun projects for Valentine’s Day too!
About.com has this charming pattern available:
ABC Cross-Stitch has this lovely little rose pattern:
I love this heart from FindStitch:
Happy stitching everyone :-)
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Sorry for the delay in getting this published :-) Here’s how I made sweethearts out of felt - not candy!
I asked you to get some candy-colored felt, along with a heart-shaped cookie cutter (or other heart-shaped template) in my last post.
Use the cookie cutter as a template and trace around it - using a water-soluble […]
I’m a very lucky person - I just got to bring her home :-) The tapestry was hand-embroidered by my very talented mom and I finally got to bring it to my house! Lady Godiva is approximately a yard square and densely hand-embroidered, a full year’s worth of handwork. No machine stitching, but lots of […]
I thought it would be fun to do a machine-sewn project for Valentine’s day, but didn’t feel like making anything too cutesy. The solution? Off-kilter, wobbly hearts!
To start off with you’ll need a selection of fabric (I’m using printed 100% cotton quilting fabric) scissors, thread, fiber-fill and a hand-sewing needle.
Because I don’t want the hearts […]
I showed what you can do with a simple running stitch earlier, but you can also use french knots to make the Valentine’s day cards as well:
It’s definitely more time consuming, but I like the look of the little decorative knots around each layer of felt.
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I’ve had a few requests for the source of the silk floss I used in the igolochkoy Christmas tree ornament. I finally tracked their website down! Prepare to drool…
Is that not a luscious photo? Those are some of the colors that The Silk Tree in British Columbia carries. You can also buy it at […]
Do I have any Project Runway fans out there? I’ve got a cool new set of patterns for you…
Simplicity has teamed up with Project Runway to produce a line of patterns to create your own looks from the popular show.
Want more info? Click here :-)
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I finally had a chance to sit down this afternoon and finish the embroidery on my latest project, an igolochkoy (Russian punch needle embroidery) Christmas tree ornament:
I used plain cotton DMC floss for the berries, outline of the leaves & the border. The pale green leaves are silk floss that I picked up in […]
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