What I’m about to show you is the best thing ever. No, really. If I had to pick one childhood tradition/memory/object/whatever, it would be this little strip of felt right here. This exact one, in fact. Yeah, I’m cheating a little here and posting a craft that I didn’t do myself. Rather, my mom made this 30-something years ago. The …
Remember back in September when I made this bag for my sister? My sister gets tons of compliments on it, as she should. A few weeks ago a couple of those compliments turned into requests. (FYI, you too can request this bag just by visiting my Etsy Shop! Christmas is coming, hint hint!) So last week I made 2 more …
The votes are in, and not only am I going to be an official crafter on So You Think You’re Crafty‘s January season, my project received the most votes! Thank you to all of you who visited the site and voted. I hope you’ll all become avid followers come January, and that you continue to appreciate my crafts! There’s some …
I have to be honest, this project was a whole lot more fun to start than it has been to finish. It’s really fun to start, though. Like, really fun. All you need are strips of fabric and batting 2.5 inches wide. Then you fold them into quarters and sew down the middle to form long fabric ropes. Once you …
It’s finished! I can now properly show off the embroidery module for my Bernina Aurora 44oQE. When I first got the module I made a couple of quick monograms on scrap paper just to see how it worked, but for my first actual project I wanted to make some kind of keepsake. I finally settled on a Baby’s First Christmas …
It’s so sad when real-life responsibilities interfere with crafting. If you follow me on Facebook (hint: you should follow me on Facebook), you know I got an embroidery module for my sewing machine yesterday, and all I want to do is play with it. But alas. I have curtains to hem. At least it’s a chore that involves sewing, right? …