Needlecraft category

  • Project – Potted Button Trees

    Last week as part of the UFO challenge for Iron Craft, I finished one of these potted button trees that I had been sitting for almost a year. I promised I would share the pattern with all of you this ...
    Aug 22, 2011 23 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #33 – Finishing the UFOs

    This week on Iron Craft we challenged everyone to pull out those UnFinished Objects and get them finished. Like all crafters, I have more partially finished projects stashed around the house then I ca...
    Aug 17, 2011 4 Comments

  • The Architecture of a Sleeve

    I put my knitting project down a little while back and this week was the time to pick it up. It turned out the pattern for the sleeves was a little crazy.  So there was some ‘figuring out’ work t...
    Aug 17, 2011 2 Comments

  • Quilt of the Day: Improvisational Coin Quilt

    Kathy and I love to share links to quilts that capture our attention and inspire us. We wish we could make them all! This quilt is by Sew Katie Did There is a great rhythm to it. The deep teal backgr...
    Aug 16, 2011 1 Comment

  • 8,000 Feet Hoodie Knitting Social

    So, just what is a social you ask? We like to think of it as a virtual quilting bee, stitch and bitch or sewing circle. From time to time we’ll pick a project to work on and hope you’ll al...
    Aug 15, 2011 4 Comments

  • PPR Challenge 2 – Kat’s Design

    Challenge 2: My Pet Project Challenge: Use anything from a pet store to make your design. You can use a base fabric like muslin to build your outfit on. Time: You have 13 hours to create your design. ...
    Aug 11, 2011 15 Comments

  • Free Ferris Wheel Embroidery Pattern

    Since I spent two days perfecting the embroidery pattern for this week’s Iron Craft challenge I thought I’d share it with all of you. (click the pattern to download a bigger version from ...
    Aug 10, 2011 10 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #32 – Ferris Wheel Embroidery

    This week’s Iron Craft theme is Summer. Here is Minnesota one of the things we look most forward to all summer is the State Fair. I don’t spend too much time on the midway, but I love the ...
    Aug 10, 2011 10 Comments

  • Quilt of the day: the big leagues

    Kathy and I like to send each other links to beautiful quilts that capture our attention or inspire us. This quilt is called “Urban Beads” Urban Beads It was made by Jenny, at Sew Kind of...
    Aug 09, 2011 2 Comments

  • PPR Challenge 1 – Susi’s Design

    This season started with a bang! The challenge was to make something from the pajamas that ‘we’ were wearing. I was going to cut up some of my pajamas, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. So I...
    Aug 04, 2011 11 Comments