My excuse
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 Posted in crafts, knitting | No Comments »Every time I'm in the Boston area I have to stop by New England Mobile Book Fair...why? 'cause I can get craft books at great prices! For example; last time I was there I bought Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick. ...
A kid approved gift.
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 Posted in embroidery, handmade, kids, sewing, toys | 4 Comments »In this day and age, children seem to have it all: dolls that speak to them, bears that know their names, crazy cars that do back flips, robots that double as pets....amongst many other amazing toys that my generation didn't ...
Sophie’s quilt
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized, crafts, general crafts, general home, sewing | 1 Comment »Lately "minky fabric" has been all the rage for making baby blankets. I had seen it described as extremely soft; so I was very curious to feel this fabric. I found out just how soft when i went into a ...
Hawaii Five-O
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in crafts, sewing, top | 1 Comment »Last year, in a trip to Joann's fabric I was lucky enough to find a ~1 yard piece of acetate in the remnants rack. The background color was black; but it had beautiful bright happy print of hibiscus and orchids ...
Butterflies in my bread!
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in crafts, embroidery, general crafts, general home, sewing | No Comments »Remember how I embroidered a Monarch butterfly for the Eternal Spring table runner? That I was tempted to make another one in the same table runner? Well, I liked it so much I had to make yet another one...this time the butterfly ...
Fastest baby booties ever!
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in general crafts, knitting | No Comments »... After having been left with so much yarn from Pound of Love, I decided to continue the baby-gift-making-fest. Jeannette, one of the wonderful knitting ladies in my Stitch & Bitch, was making a lot of these cute booties around the ...
Alex’s blanket
Sunday, August 16th, 2009 Posted in crafts, general crafts, knitting | 7 Comments »Having finally finished the DNA scarf, I didn't now what project to start next (I've found that since I joined the knitting group, I am more encouraged to finish projects!). I wasn't interested in knitting another scarf. Luckily for me, ...
Spring cleaning and crafting
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in crafts, general crafts, general home, knitting, sewing | No Comments »While I've been quiet around here, it hasn't been the case around my sewing machine and crafts. I've been working on a few projects that I couldn't upload right away; also known as baby shower gifts. There were also projects that ...
Llama, llama, llama, llama!
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 Posted in knitting | 2 Comments »If you follow me on Flickr, last week you found out about a dark (or colorful, depending on how you look at it) secret I've been hiding: My yarn stash. I love to buy yarn as much as fabric. I love ...
The geekiest scarf ever.
Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in crafts, geeky, knitting | 7 Comments »While I never make New Year's resolutions -I believe ideas/learning/projects/resolutions should be a year round thing-, this year I have a resolution to make. I would like to finish my DNA double helix scarf. I started the DNA Scarf about 2 ...