Be My Valentine

Another finish this week! Be My Valentine stitched up so quickly, it was a really enjoyable project. I love the soft colors. As a complete kit it came with backing fabric and trim but to be honest I may switch it out for my own choices. I really need to get out my sewing machine and make up some pillows. […]

Spring Flowers

I didn’t finish my Be My Valentine stitching yet and I made a new different rose this week anyway. I’m so distractable but it’s so good to be stitching so much! This is an OLD Theron Traditions kit on 40ct silk gauze. I loved stitching it. It finishes as a pendent. I also finished the Blackbird Designs Coxcomb box top. […]

Souvenir de France

I’m on a roll! I finished up Souvenir de France, the little piece I took with me on our big family trip to London and Paris last fall. This is an old freebie from Blackbird Designs. Click here if you’d like to get the chart. I can’t remember the linen I stitched on, but I know it’s 40 count and […]

Mary Amelia’s Bird

I finished something! Being laid up with a bad cold this weekend allowed me to finish Mary Amelia’s bird! Isn’t she pretty? Stitched on the called for 36 count Duxbury with the called for DMCs. I have a beautiful round frame but when I tried it out it is about a half inch too small and cuts off the tip […]

A Tooth Fairy Pillow

Here is the finished stitching for Natalie’s tooth fairy pillow: And here it is getting made into the pillow! And here are 3 of the 4 the tooth fairy pillows that I have made. (My oldest son never got one. He had a little treasure box that he liked to use.) (The first one I made was put away as […]