crafting
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Craft Corner
Happy Saturday everyone! I have started on a little bit of handmade cuteness for my daughter’s birthday. She loves to read, so when I saw this tutorial I couldn’t resist: https://www.theyellowbirdhouse.com/diy-embroidered-felt-book-bag-charm/?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic It shows how to make the cutest felt book… Continue reading
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We are trying to settle back into normal here and finally get my daughters off to school, about 13 days late thanks to storms and power outages. What kinds of life craziness disrupt your creativity? I guess I wanted to… Continue reading
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Well, crafting and everything else, including my daughters’ first day of school got put on hold when northwest Indiana experienced a deracho. If you don’t know what that is, I didn’t know either, until we had one. Basically it is… Continue reading
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I am moving along slowly but surely with quilting my quilt, with 9 of the 55 rows done. I also decided to make a different quilt label. The first one I was trying to do was just too intricate and… Continue reading
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I have returned to my quilt, with 3 out of 27 rows quilted, and then 27 perpendicular to do after those. I am still hoping to complete this first quilt by the end of the year. I also spent some… Continue reading
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I needed a road trip craft, and I chose these crochet rings. I made a chain of around 15 stitches, depending on the thickness of the yarn. I used size 1, 2, and crochet thread. I made three rows of… Continue reading
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I saw this Pinterest pin and couldn’t resist trying it myself. https://pin.it/Gq5DbUJOB I also attended for the 2nd time an Amish auction in Shipshewana and bought this amazing sewing table for $5!! My husband had been looking for a writing… Continue reading
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Craft Corner – Happy 4th of July!
I have been having fun with little projects this week. My step mother-in-law’s birthday is July 5th and she loves Americana, so I made her a pillow just like the one I made for myself a few months ago. I… Continue reading
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This week I tried a different sort of creation. My mint plant has been loving our cooler, wetter weather and I have been trying to drink more water, so I put the two together. I picked 10 leaves and gently… Continue reading
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It has begun! I completed my quilt sandwich as best I could and I have begun hand quilting. We have a road trip coming up and I didn’t want to take the whole quilt with me in the summer heat,… Continue reading
