Needlecraft category

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 9

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country.) This week we are off to Germany for our o...
    Aug 09, 2013 1 Comment

  • Project Project Runway Challenge 3 Runway

    This week we had another unconventional materials challenge. The designers were asked to create fashion from items you could win at a fun fair, amusement park or carnival. There are a lot of fun looks...
    Aug 08, 2013 1 Comment

  • PPR Challenge 3 – Kat’s Design

    Three challenges in and we are already on our second unconventional materials challenge. I have to say, I have normally loved the unconventional challenges, but I found this one really hard. On the sh...
    Aug 08, 2013 3 Comments

  • Quilt of the Day: Trees, At the Sonoma County Fair

    Recently, we went to the Sonoma County Fair. We had a great time. My Mother and I took turns distracting the kids, so we could run off to the Quilt and Home arts exhibit hall. That is where I found th...
    Aug 05, 2013 2 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 8

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country.) This week we are headed to Hungary for ou...
    Aug 02, 2013 5 Comments

  • Project Project Runway Challenge 2 Runway

    This week it’s a million dollar runway with the designers creating looks to go with fabulous pieces of diamond jewelry. Let’s start the show… (click on any picture to see it bigger a...
    Aug 01, 2013 No Comments

  • PPR Challenge 2 – Kat’s Design

    This week each designer was “given” a set of diamond jewelry and asked to create an outfit to go with it. For Project Project Runway we were allowed to chose our own jewelry. I chose the b...
    Aug 01, 2013 4 Comments

  • Project Project Runway Challenge 2 – Million Dollar Runway

    Welcome to season 12 of Project Runway and a new season of Project Project Runway! If you want to join in the fun this season get all the details here. Let’s jump right in… Challenge ̵...
    Jul 26, 2013 2 Comments

  • Project Project Runway Challenge 1 Runway

    The designers have been furiously been working on their designs for the first runway show of the season. Just a reminder, this week they had to create a design using parachute material. (click on any ...
    Jul 25, 2013 No Comments

  • PPR Challenge 1 – House of Cornish

    Here we GO! Up up and away. I went and looked for parachute fabric and did not hit the glorious colors that our designers were faced with in the fields! They had translucent pinks, tangerine, cotton c...
    Jul 25, 2013 3 Comments