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Our local chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America is brand new and, at last month’s meeting, we were asked to make ourselves name tags to wear at future meetings to help everyone be able to put names with faces. Finished in the nick of time for this week’s meeting, here’s what I made:
(By the [...]
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I had some medical issues weighing on my mind for the past several weeks, which put a huge crimp in my ability to think about things like crafting. Oh, I was able to do some small projects here and there, but to sit and focus on anything for an extended period of time just wasn’t [...]
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(for my mom)
The papercutting is another design from Fog and Thistle. As with the papercutting I made last week, I couldn’t bear to throw away the “scraps”. The colors I used in this papercutting are a dark purple cardstock and a light green metallic cardstock. I had some empty space above and below one of [...]
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(for my grandma)
I made a larger version of this velcro wallet (using different fabric) for my grandma almost two years ago, when I first began dabbling in sewing. She likes tucking it into her pants pocket, so she doesn’t have to tote a purse. Recently she asked if I’d make her another one, so I [...]
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Not too long ago, I saw a cool needlebook on Lisa’s blog. Recently I sent Lisa a copy of a book I’d inadvertently ended up with two copies of, and in return she sent me a cool needlebook of my own in some great bee fabric, instructions on how to make the needlebook, and a [...]
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