Needlecraft category

  • April Showers Stitch Along Part 3

    Well, my projects for the April Showers Stitch Along on Feeling Stitch is moving right along.I was going to do all the outline & detail stitching in black but decided dark brown would look much b...
    Apr 15, 2011 6 Comments

  • Twined Knitting…Why Bother?

    Matt & I are heading to Sweden just over a month so I’m a little obsessed with all thing Swedish right now. Which means despite the fact I have my Amsterdam socks still on the needles & ...
    Apr 14, 2011 2 Comments

  • April Showers Stitch Along Part 2

    Last week I cut out the pieces for the applique & background for the April Showers Stitch Along. Now was the time to put it all together. First, I started with the background.I pretty much follow...
    Apr 10, 2011 5 Comments

  • April Showers Stitch Along

    A couple months ago the Feeling Stitch blog started a weekly stitch along. I’ve been wanted to play along but just haven’t seemed to have had the time until now. This months pattern just s...
    Apr 07, 2011 4 Comments

  • The Birds

    Our challenge this week was ‘animal’ theme. Anything Animal. I found this wonderful tutorial for these birds and could not pass them up! I was excited to do something with fabric. And ...
    Mar 30, 2011 No Comments

  • Quilting Class

    Tonight was the last of my traditional quilting techniques classes. No one finished their quilt but we all got them pieced & into a quilt sandwich.Here was all are showing them off (excuse the sl...
    Mar 29, 2011 3 Comments

  • Green, Lucky, Scarf

    Two weeks ago, the challenge was Green. I started on this “simple” “small” scarf. Excellent. And then family came into town. And all bets were off. So here, I submit to you,...
    Mar 23, 2011 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #12 – Lucky Cat Pin

    This week everyone at Iron Craft was asked to get Lucky or at least create something around the theme of Lucky. I knew right away I wanted to make based on the Japanese Lucky Cat or Maneki Neko. Now,...
    Mar 23, 2011 3 Comments

  • Learning to Hand Quilt

    We are getting into the final stretch of my traditional quilting techniques class. Last week everyone in the class helped pin baste my quilt & it was time for me to start hand quilting. I was not...
    Mar 20, 2011 1 Comment

  • Oh, so close

    All the square are done for my quilting class, yeah! Now is the fun of hand sewing them together & sewing on the border. It’s a little tricky as the squares did not all come out the exact 1...
    Mar 11, 2011 4 Comments