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Continue reading →: Sewing FO: Shopping Cart / High Chair Seat Cover
Pattern: McCall’s 5721 Size: Single Seat (Double seat pattern is also provided) Materials: 4.25 yds cotton (two prints) and batting, elastic, nylon webbing, safety buckle Time to sew: 2 evenings plus a few minutes on the third day to snip thread We typically use the cover in restaurant high chairs.…
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Continue reading →: Stitching HD: Unicorn Mystique
Pattern: by Dimensions/Sunset (kit designed by Stephen Read) Materials: 18 count navy aida, threads as kitted Size: 12″ diameter, round Time to stitch: 7.5 years (mostly as UFO, of course!) I am so excited to have finished my oldest WIP- I started this project in June 2007. Seems like a…
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Continue reading →: Sequined Santa Stocking HD
Pattern: Dimensions Applique Feltwork #8124 Designed by: Todd Trainer Time to stitch: Just under 2 months I had a set a deadline of mid November to finish this, so I’m super chuffed to be done before! It’s a cute design, for my baby son. This is a good kit- all…
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Continue reading →: Home Dec FO’s: Halloween
So, first I made this wreath for the front door, it was my first time working with Deco mesh. I saw this tutorial at Michaels’ and the price was right- everything was on sale for 50% off. I like how the wreath came out, I think it is pretty and festive…
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Continue reading →: Stitching WIP: Emerald Mermaid
I’m stitching her on Cascade belfast linen from Silkweaver (old). This represesents about a month’s worth of effort. The DMC cross stitching is almost complete, except for her upper body and head. A lot of the blank areas are for metallic thread- this pattern calls for 2 spools of Kreinik…
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Continue reading →: 2014 WIPocalypse: October update
Well, in the past month, I finished my son’s Christmas stocking. Before: Now: While I realize my 10-month-old (at the time) willl not know or care about his stocking, DH & I both have personalized handmade stockings, and it didn’t feel right for the newest family member to be without.…
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Continue reading →: Framing HD’s
Last December, I ordered these frames from the pictureframes.com outlet shop, and the acrylic (plexiglass) cut to size from americanframe.com, but in my last trimester of pregnancy, framing was not the highest priority. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about framing, as I had 10 finished works in the to-be-framed…
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Continue reading →: 2014 WIPocalypse: September update
This past month, I worked a bit on the felt appliqué stocking- I appliquéd and stuffed the entire beard and completed most of the stem stitch lines on the beard. Previously: Now: The stem stitch is done through all the layers, including the fiberfill, to create a felted appearance-…
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Continue reading →: 2015 WIPocalypse: August update
This past month, I worked mostly on Oliver’s Christmas stocking. The bottom half of the chart is coming along. Previously: Currently: This is a time consuming project, and though I set Christmas 2015 as my finishing goal, I realized I wouldn’t feel right without Oliver having a personalized stocking for…
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Continue reading →: 2014 WIPocalypse: July update
It’s Christmas in July, at least in my stitching chair. I started this stocking project for my son Oliver. It’s a hefty project, so I’m not sure I will finish it before his first Christmas, but I doubt he’ll care much either way at 10 months old. It’s a Dimensions…

