Needlecraft category

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 3

    (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 visiting England, to be ...
    Jun 28, 2013 2 Comments

  • Quilt of the Day – Winter Windows

    This quilt, Winter Windows from Quilting Modern, is such a breath of fresh air with its cool blues and grays on white. It is very restrained when it comes to the use of colors and fabrics, but really...
    Jun 26, 2013 2 Comments

  • Project: Turn Bootcut Jeans into Straight Legs

    Recently, I’ve lost close to 25 pounds (don’t worry, I meant to, I’m not sick or anything). That means a lot of my clothes, especially my pants are starting to feel too big. I don...
    Jun 25, 2013 10 Comments

  • Quilt of the Day: Opal

    One of my favorite quilting bloggers is Pippa Quilts and I just had to share her lastest creation, Opal. (This girl produces quilts like nobody’s business!) All her quilts are beautiful, but wh...
    Jun 20, 2013 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’13 #12 – Crocheted Stone Tablecloth Weights

    For this challenge Elle of Elle’s New England Kitchen asked us to make something to use at a picnic. Between just getting back from Ireland and getting the house ready to show I wasn’t sur...
    Jun 18, 2013 7 Comments

  • Quilt Label

    I have just completed the label for the quilt that I made for the Auction. . The family that bought the quilt is just lovely. It makes my heart full to have the quilt in such a happy home. I wanted to...
    Jun 17, 2013 3 Comments

  • Yarn Inspiration

    Look what I found on Etsy. That makes me swoon. This is Erica Heftmann’s site, Color Shift Yarn Couldn’t you just go right off a high dive for THAT?!? Or THAT! Triple flip off the 3 mete...
    Jun 13, 2013 1 Comment

  • Quilt of the Day: Neon Neutral

    Here is another masterful quilt. This one by Latifa Saafir at The Quilt Engineer. Whites and linen color together. Neutrals and Neons together. (as the name says) This is a commission piece. I am so ...
    Jun 12, 2013 No Comments

  • Pricing Our Work

    I came across this post this week, and it struck a chord with me. Sam Hunter, at Hunter’s design Studio runs through how to price a quilt. She is adamant about defending “our” work. ...
    Jun 12, 2013 7 Comments

  • Project: Easy Custom Fit Handwarmers

    When I was knitting up my Breton Stripe Handwarmers, I started thinking about what a great little project they were because they are so easy to custom fit and add design features to. I thought I would...
    Jun 11, 2013 1 Comment