Accompanying the pillow is a beautiful crocheted cotton lap robe that my mom made me for Christmas. She used a pattern that makes these squares with raised flowers in the center. She had some left over from a large afgan she made for my daughter's wedding gift last July.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Multi-material pillow
Accompanying the pillow is a beautiful crocheted cotton lap robe that my mom made me for Christmas. She used a pattern that makes these squares with raised flowers in the center. She had some left over from a large afgan she made for my daughter's wedding gift last July.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Whatcha Working on Wednesday
Here is a closer view of the stitching and personalization detail.
To see what others are working on this Wednesday, head on over to Leslies blog, "My Country Home" .
Friday, May 15, 2009
Mug Rugz and Mug Matz
These pictures below are mug matz that I just completed today. They are made from bits and pieces of Thimbleberries cast-offs from other projects. Each one is hand-pieced, log cabin style, and features a little hand-embroidery design. Please click on the image to see the detail close up. I will make more of these as time permits. I have a picnic basket full of small scraps to use for projects such as this.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Whatcha Working on Wednesday
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thank you, Mom!
I am pleased to introduce my Mom, Janet. God bless all you Moms and Grandmoms on your special day!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thyme for Gardening
I created this verse for the garden and painted it on an old piece of wood. I hung it using rusty wire to match the rusty old crib rails that it hangs from.
"Tickle it with a hoe and it will laugh itself into a garden"
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Whatcha Working on Wednesday
Another project that I pictured (incomplete) last week was a slate. I have completed "Rise -n- Shine" below. I used acrylic paints to complete the simple rooster silhouette. I finished it with a coat of matte varnish so it can hang outside.
For the third week in a row I am picturing my partially completed needle punch project, "Pennies and Posies". It is about 75% complete. I still haven't decided how I will design it into a completed project. I have several ideas I'm considering, but can't decide yet!
Another project using one of my doilies is this one mounted to a band box. I painted the base of the box black and distressed it a bit. Then I mounted the doily to a wool-on-wool circle with a wool center to create a flower for the box top. I just have to trim out the rim of the lid with either a strip of black wool or some 1" black grosgrain ribbon. I'll see what I have in my supplies.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Happy Birthday, Sis!
Today is May Day, and it is also a special day for my sister, Patti. It is her birthday.
As I sit here writing, I am thinking back to our childhood days when we would go to the store with our mother and buy yarn and fabric to start new projects at home. Mom and Grammy taught us so much when we were young girls. We used to make our own clothes for school and we'd make afgans, mittens and scarfs with the yarn we bought. Did we ever really finish any of our afgans we started? Remember the yellow, white and purple granny square one we started for our bedroom? I have so many wonderful memories of times I spent growing up with my sister.
Today she lives in southwest Florida and I am way up here in southern New Hampshire. Patti, I am missing you today . . . . as you celebrate your 5?th birthday, think of me and know that you are loved!
Hugs,
Deb
Check out my sister's blog, "Wild Berry Primitives" to see the things she is creating (and finishing) today. She is very talented!