Posted on November 25, 2009 by glendasikes
My Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 Swap towel is back home and it’s gorgeous!! I asked my groupmates to go with a zodiac/astrological theme for my towel this time around, and they delivered fantastically. There’s a Virgo, Cancer, and Pisces (my, kiddo, and hubby’s signs) . . . plus the constellations for each . . [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by glendasikes
This is the last towel I stitched on for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 swap. I’m sad for the swap to be over — it was one of the few swaps (the only swap???) in which I’ve participated for which I didn’t feel stressed at any point along the way. I had an easy [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2009 by glendasikes
It’s funny how when I feel burned out on embroidery, taking a hiatus of a week or less is all I need before I’m chomping at the bit to have a needle and floss in my hands again!!
This fella is my contribution to doo_leroux’s throw pillow top for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 swap:
Stitches [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2009 by glendasikes
I stitched this cute lass onto rectangel’s apron for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 swap.
The design came from Stitchin’ Retro, by Leisure Arts. The design is drawn so that all of the lines don’t connect with each other, and I can’t tell you how difficult it was for me to not connect the lines!! [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by glendasikes
CRAFTING: This is the design I added to aada’s apron for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 (if you follow that link, click the tab that says “show images only” so you can see just the stitching and skip all the discussion!).
In keeping with a nautical theme, I found this free sailboat suncatcher design on [...]
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