You just never know what I’m going to get into next! A few days before we were to leave on vacation last month, I decided I needed a project to keep me occupied in the van during the 10-11 hour drive to Oak Island. I had a hankering to do some hand sewing and came […]
Category: Embroidery
Embroidered Wool Christmas Ornaments
Christmas is only three days away, and I’m finishing up some last-minute projects, like these cute embroidered wool Christmas ornaments. Since I’m a grandmother now (and a crafty one at that!) I’ve decided to start a new tradition of making a handmade ornament for the grandkids each year. Since we only have two grandchildren so […]
More Folk Art Christmas Stockings
Our family is growing! In the past year and half, we’ve welcomed a new son-in-law and, not one, but two new grandchildren into our family. Nicholas and Lilly Last year at Christmastime, we made-do with an assortment of miscellaneous Christmas stockings for the new additions, but this year, I decided to stitch up some stockings […]
Pretty Pillows with Vintage Linens
When we built our house, I had no idea that I would one day have a business requiring a large space for all my sewing equipment, including seven sewing machines and a 5′ x 12′ work table. I had planned to do my sewing in a little 10′ x 12′ room off the kitchen, and, […]
Poodles & Purses Baby Quilt
It’s baby time in our family! My daughter Sara and two of her cousins are all having babies within weeks of each other this spring. What a happy coincidence! There are lots of delighted grandmas counting down the days – we’re all so excited. Last weekend we had the first baby shower, for cousin Katie […]
Folk Art Christmas Stockings
I thought you might enjoy seeing these Christmas stockings that I made for everyone in our family several years ago. I need to make a few more since we’ve had some additions this year, but I think that will have to wait until 2011. The stockings themselves are made of homespun plaid with a cotton […]
Floral Applique Quilt with Embroidery
Quiltmaking has been a favorite hobby of mine for a long time, but I don’t have a chance to indulge in it too often anymore. Last winter, however, we had an 8-day power outage, and I had lots of time to do anything my heart desired … that didn’t require electricity! So, I finally had […]
Embroidered Bedding Set
We had a bridal shower for my daughter Sara yesterday at a wonderful tea room in our area – the Johnston House, in Mars, PA. I was really looking forward to giving her the gift that I’ve been working on for several weeks. There had been a few close calls where she had walked into […]
