steady progress

Here is another stitchette in progress. There is not a third elf design and yet I have a third child. I have been working on a drawing for her stitchette. I had my doubts at first, but I think it's going to turn out.

Owl Swap

In September, I participated in an Owl Swap. I wanted to say thank you to my three partners. One of my partners Denise, lives in Alabama and she sent me this canvas painting of an owl sitting on a moon. Erin made some bias tape and wrapped it around a paper owl. Bethany learned how to bind books and then bound a sketch book for me. She also designed the owl on the front cover.

It was such a fun swap! Thanks ladies!

Fairy Home

This is one of my first fast projects. I tend to make things harder and more time consuming than need be and found myself loving that this only took a couple of hours to plan and whip together. I don't remember the book the pattern came out of. When I do I'll let you know.

Tiny stitches

When I was last visiting my parents, I was asking my Mom to show me some embroidered pillow cases that my Grandmother and Great-grandmother had done. I have seen beautiful running stitches before, but I took special notice when looking at these this time. It reminded me of both of them and how alike they were. Both my Grandmothers would sit and be working on some kind of embroidery or crocheting whenever I would come over. They would also have projects for me when I would visit during the summer.

After seeing the stitches, I decided it was time to work on some embroidery. I found some elf patterns on http://www.weewonderfuls.com/ and I will be doing one for each of my children. I think I will turn it into a small wall display when I am done. I am enjoying all of the tiny stitches.

baby gifts

I made some day of the week onesies for a friend. Whoever thought up iron-on transfer paper was brilliant!

Brownies

This is my favorite brownie recipe. I have been making these for seven years. Note to reader: always double this recipe! ;)

enjoying tutorials

This is a skirt I made for my daughter in the spring. I made it from the tutorial here...
http://www.kukyideas.com/journal/2006/07/tiered-skirt-tutorial.html
Then I found another tutorial about making these Japanese flowers called Kanzashi and knew the skirt needed a clip to match it.