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Walking Foot WOW Pillow Cover

Walking Foot WOW pillowcover Over a year ago, I took a Walking Foot WOW! workshop with Mel Beach. I finished a walking foot sampler in the class that has been hanging around. After finishing a pillow...

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Merit Hexie Pillow

Merit Hexie Pillow Layout As you know we have been earning merit hexies in the guild. I had a few minutes before I had to get ready to go out, so I designed a layout for my 2017 merit hexies. I used...

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Paper Wreath for the Fair

Paper Wreath for Beth I made another paper wreath to enter into the fair. I actually made two, one for the Fair and one for Grand Parlor, but the one for Grand Parlor had some issues and I am going to...

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Painting by Mom

Mom’s painting – April 2019 My mom does a variety of different kinds of paintings. She is working on a backyard fence mural right now that is coming out beautifully. In the image (right) she is about...

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Creativity. Not Sewing

Lemon Tumeric Tea Cake Some food items are hard to get. This is has made me more aware of what is in my fridge and not letting it go to waste. I had some lemons in my fridge and decided to make Lemon...

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New Paper Wreath

Marquee Love Paper Wreath While I was waiting for pages to load ‘at work’ (e.g. one part of my workroom) I folded the legs for a new paper wreath. I find that keeping my hands busy keeps me from...

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Finished: Mermaid Doll

Mermaid Warrior I saw a photo of this doll when I was looking at my previous anniversary post as I was writing my recent 15 year blogiversary post. I didn’t remember the doll until I saw the photo. I...

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Table Leaf Covers

Bookshelf fabric Last Autumn we finally had MIL’s dining room table and china cabinet moved over to our house. Along with the table came 3 leaves and the associated pads. We didn’t want them to get any...

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Refreshed Inspiration Board

Some time ago I made an inspiration board. At the time I liked it, but for the last several months it has been getting on my nerves. I need a cleaner look throughout my workroom. The other day I got...

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More of the Workroom Refresh

View west I spent last Saturday doing the final clear out of my workroom. It is kind of horrifying to do something like this. It shows how much stuff I have. I don’t feel bad about it, but I need to...

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Craft Day

Saturday was Craft Day. The weather did not cooperate, though Friday was beautiful with no wind just a light breeze. I was hoping for beautiful weather for once just so I can say that my town is not...

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Thanksgiving Embroidery

Turkey embroidery test Because our family is growing, I thought I might need more Thanksgiving napkins for Thanksgiving. I bought some new embroidery designs for my SIL, though I think they were too...

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Wood Tool Test

I have touted the fabulousness of the Modern American Vintage tools. Since I was sewing with Mary, I brought my travel tool bag. In it was my fabulous turning tool. This was partially because I keep it...

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Wood Tool Test Done

Turning tool finished On my way home from Portland, we, again, stopped at our friends in Ashland. In addition to visiting, we were able to see how the turning tool came out. Mike did a great job. It...

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Last Minute Stocking

Stockings decorating the mantlepiece Our holiday celebrations were a bit topsy turvy this year as the normal hosts, SIL#4 and BIL#4, of our family Christmas Eve party were out of town. As a result, I...

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