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Tutorial Tuesday: Color Wheel Clock

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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Tutorial Tuesday: Color Wheel Clock

Try your hand at embroidering this simple clock!

Tutorial Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Embroidery Pattern

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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Tutorial Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Embroidery Pattern

Here's a quick project for your Valentine's Day Meal!

Thanksgiving Placemats

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Thanksgiving Placemats

Make quick and easy stylish place mats for your Thanksgiving feast!

Stitched Hedgehog Pattern

Thursday, September 3, 2009

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Stitched Hedgehog Pattern

Download your own hedgehog stitching pattern and see what I made with it!

Chicago Craft Social Recap

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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This past weekend was super busy!  On Friday night I led a project at the Chicago Craft Social.  This event was the 2nd of its kind and is put together by the lovely ladies Jess from How About Orange, Megan Heep from My Plum Pudding, Amanda from Ammeliorer, and Megan Hall.  I had a fabulous [...]

Countdown to my 100th post!

Monday, July 14, 2008

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Countdown to my 100th post!

On to the countdown related stuff in a minute. I took a break from some paper crafts yesterday to do a purely embroidery project. It’s another napkin, but this time no stamping, just pure embroidery. It all started with this book: I was searching through the selection of books at Half Price Books (I LOVE [...]

July 4th Project

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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July 4th Project

This project is along the same lines of stamping on napkins. I wanted a little more pattern on these ones. Items needed: 1 fat quarter fabric (for those that aren’t quilters it’s where they take 1 yard of fabric and it cut into quarters) StazOn ink various colors embroidery floss I cut out scraps of [...]

Tutorial: Stamping is fun on fabric too!

Monday, June 23, 2008

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Tutorial: Stamping is fun on fabric too!

Ok, so you remember what happens when I do a tutorial right? I’ll be giving away something that you’ll need to complete the project. And this time you get a choice! The winner will get to choose between a brand new StazOn ink pad, or a set of 4 ready-to-be-stamped-on napkins. So, after the tutorial [...]

Hand Embroidered Kitchen Towels

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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Hand Embroidered Kitchen Towels

I made these for Mother’s Day presents. (Hopefully my mom won’t decide to make this the week that she checks my blog! The J is for Janet, my mom, and the G is for Gayle, my mother in law.) You might recognize the images…they are from my stamp sets that will be here soon! So [...]

Valentines Day

Sunday, February 24, 2008

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Valentines Day

Mario embroidered bag.


1. Master the art of French macaroons
2. Sew a dress
3. Get my scuba diving license
4. Go somewhere warm to use my scuba diving license.
5. Find a perfect Go-To recipe for Pizza Dough
6. Sew a quilt
7. Make a piece of furniture
8. Learn Adobe InDesign
9. Master the recipe for Creme Brulee
10. Publish a sewing project in a magazine
11. Scrapbook/Blurb all our photos from Europe
12. Make some jelly using a pressure cooker
13. Print my own design on fabric & make something
14. Refashion a cardigan
15. Make salt water taffy
16. Find a Go-To recipe for delicious homemade bread
17. Make 5 projects from my sketchbook
18. Embroider something with my sewing machine
19. Self-Publish 10 new sewing patterns
20. Visit the Grand Canyon
21. Expand my french vocabulary
22. Make a stained glass window
23. Swim with dolphins
24. Find the perfect gelato recipe
25. Write one Thank You note a week
26. Learn How to Properly Handle a gun
27. Experience one new type of cheese every week
28. Finish checking off my list of states I've visited
29. Organize a service project
30. Go whitewater rafting