My new Prettified Pincushion is one of my final completed projects for 2021. It’s a great introduction to foundation paper piecing and the size is perfect as a pincushion or a pattern weight. I’ve had a copy of Ayumi Takahashi’s Patchwork Please! for quite some time, and have wanted to make the pincushion featured on …
I wanted to make some fabric Christmas tags this year that we can reuse year after year. I am so inspired by the ones Amy Sinibaldi and Kristyne Czepuryk made in their 2012 Holiday Tag-a-Long. Amy makes some of the cutest things! I found the patterns for her tags’ appliques in an article she wrote …
I recently finished two new needlebooks, both for myself for different purposes, but they are fun to make and easy to personalize. I find it very useful to have a needlebook on hand to keep your needles and a few favorite pins in. They are slightly different – which design do you prefer? Minki Kim …
Remember that Holly & Evergreen embroidery I was working on? I finished the embroidery and put it on the cover of my fiance’s new choirbook! My fiance is a Christmas caroler over the holidays, and has been asking for a new choirbook cover. While a plain one would have sufficed, I wanted to make something …
While I haven’t been posting very much this year, I am still finding time to make things! I have a pair of beautiful embroidery scissors from Maison Sajou, and all these years I’ve been keeping them in the little box they came in. I’ve been wanting to make an equally beautiful scissor sheath to put …
When these Nutbrown Hare Trellis Quilts arrived from the quilter, I couldn’t wait to open the box. They are finally done, given to the recipients and I can share them with everyone! My prior progress on these two quilts can be found here and here. I was so thrilled with the job the quilter did …
Remember my Cederberg Spacewalk progress post? It’s finally finished! I’m so very happy with how the colors turned out, and would love to use this color combination in another project in the future. This shawl turned out to be so very long! It’s much longer than a scarf! I usually like asymmetrical shawls but I …
I recently made this Denim & Sashiko Tote as a way to practice sashiko. This tote comes this together quickly – the hardest part was choosing the fabric for patches! The design is Karen Steven’s Side Handle Gusset Tote, and I can highly recommend it! In the instructions she encourages personal expression in the embroidery …
Have you knit legwarmers before? I have been wanting to make a pair ever since I started knitting, but always put it off because all those fingering-weight rounds were intimidating! I finally found the perfect pattern in friendly plush worsted weight yarn in Felicia Lo’s Après sock pattern, from the book Operation Sock Drawer. These …
Have you tried knitting brioche yet? I just finished this Camella Hat in Dream in Color Cosette Grow and Ivy Snowbell, and I think it would be a great first brioche project! I purchased the yarn at a festival in 2019, and had planned to make a different brioche project with it. Can you believe …