This pattern came from The Book Of Paper Quilling. It’s for my Grandmother for Christmas (shhh!). I’ve always used a slotted quilling tool but the quills were so small in the birds that I was really unhappy with how they were coming out so I tried using the needle tool for the first time. It… Read more »
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Better chair cushion
I decided to try foam instead of stuffing and look how much better it is! The only problem with foam is that it’s very exact, so you can see where either my sewing or my foam cutting wasn’t so dead-on square. But overall it’s way better and comfier too. I don’t know what that book… Read more »
Special Stitches Scarves 5 & 7
Two more scarves from the Special Stitches pattern book. The top one came out especially nice. I had to modify the border for the bottom one because I was running out of yarn and it made me realize I don’t think I’ve done a single one of these exactly the way the book said. Usually… Read more »
Bottle brush tree ornaments
I got this idea out of a book. Hideous isn’t it? It’s huge for one thing. So I went back and looked and it’s meant to be a tree topper, not an ornament. But that only makes it slightly less hideous. I don’t have a good tree topper but it’s not going to be this… Read more »
Afghan for Todd
The third afghan I made from A Year of Afghans, Book 5. This one was for Todd’s bedroom, so he got to pick the pattern and the yarn. We bought samples of a couple of different kinds of yarn and I made swatches. Once he decided on this one we went back to get enough… Read more »
Lacy green and white afghan
I should have been an invalid in the 1800s. I’m crazy for having a lap robe on at all times. It’s like I can’t really be comfortable without my shoes off and a blanket on my lap. So any room I spend a lot of time in ends up with an afghan. This one was… Read more »
Curtains for Todd’s office
I made these for Todd’s home office by picking and choosing patterns and information from my four sewing books referenced below (looking for the simplest method, of course). Todd picked out the fabric himself using a Jo-Ann’s 50% off coupon He wanted drapes originally (with the pull cords to swish back and forth) but it’s… Read more »
Chair cushion
My first zipper! My first time making my own piping too. It came out pretty good except that one of my sewing books recommended using a stuffed cushion as more comfortable than foam. So inside the cushion is a muslin cushion I made that is stuffed with fiberfill. I don’t know. The fiberfill is kind… Read more »
“Stained glass” ornaments
Some more ornaments based on ideas from the Christmas craft books I got in a post-Christmas sale this year. I got three: Christmas Ornaments to Make, Christmas Comfort & Joy, and Simply Christmas. These were done using a special kind of paint that creates a stained glass effect. As with the gold leafing, learning on… Read more »
Coca-Cola bolster
I made this for Todd. We bought the bolster at Wal-Mart and then he picked out this fabric he liked (not my idea, believe me!). I traced the bolster and faked up a pattern using an overlap rather than a zipper or seam to close the back. It came out OK except I didn’t allow… Read more »