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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Sewing - a small quilt with the last of the jungle fabric
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I have made up a little quilt (36" x 38") with the last bit of Jungle fabric and some of the cotton fabrics which arrived with the...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Dyed some light yellow cotton fabric - a brighter yellow and orange
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I used some Tintex dye (Brilliant Yellow and Mandarin Orange $1.60 each) which I bought at Dollarama to dye some of the light yellow cott...
Monday, August 12, 2024
GLA - Grandparents Tea @ Cronquist House - September 7th
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You are all welcome to come to our Grandparents' Tea in September. There will be good food and a fabulous atmosphere for celebrating wi...
Friday, August 09, 2024
All occasion card featuring handmade paper, ribbon, embossing and vellum butterfly
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My oldest aunt has passed away at 91. We are headed to the funeral this weekend and I got this card ready for her family. I started with ...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Sewing - pink baby blanket with pink, striped & white squares and happy face flannel backing
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I cut the five inch squares of cotton fabric for this quilt a couple of weeks ago and took a sewing day yesterday to put it all together. I...
Sewing - cute chicken potholders
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I made these cute chicken potholders for my sister who just had a birthday. The chicken fabric and the coordinating borders were scraps wh...
All occasion card featuring a hand decorated background, black embossed border, embossed flowers and hand drawn border and leaves
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One of my sister's is having her 65th birthday and I made this card for her. I started with a hand decorated background that had a var...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Cards - a cute little butterfly over some floral paper
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I made this fun heart card for my daughter and son in law's anniversary!!! I always use hearts and this little butterfly ( Cre8tive Ha...
GLA Sewing - a colourful jungle themed tote with bright stripes
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I created a tote bag with some of the final scraps of the jungle fabric I committed to earlier this year!! I have added some strips of cott...
Monday, July 15, 2024
Quilting - disappearing 9 patch with mostly solid colours
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I have accepted a donation of fabric for Gramma Link Africa this week. It consisted of boxes of poly scraps from garment construction on a ...
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Slow Stitching - a slow stitching project for my daughter in law - a floral fabric collage
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When my daughter in law was here a few weeks ago she asked if I could put together a hand stitching project for her. She had been looking ...
Monday, July 08, 2024
Sewing - four more teacup coasters in soft peachy and rosy florals
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We are having a Grandparents Tea in September and our coordinator has been looking for few prizes for the event. I suggested that the fabr...
Sunday, July 07, 2024
Slow stitching - card holders - upcycled CDs, scraps of cute fabric and buttons
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I have made a few more playing card holders for a friend. She really liked the hummingbird one I made for her last week and thought a few m...
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Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Cards - a birthday card featuring a fun plane over a hand decorated background
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Working on cards for family!! I started with this fun airplane ( Pixabay ) which I colour printed a while back with a few others. Once tr...
Sewing - utility apron with lots of pockets - perfect a teacher, daycare worker, crafter or a gardener
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I have had this apron cut out for quite a while as I was working on my other one. I finally had time to sew it up and find some coordinatin...
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Sewing - Vendors' apron with one zippered pocket, lot of others and some long ties
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I have been working on this apron for quite a while. I did quite a bit of unraveling because I had not planned out all the steps and when ...
Sewing - cross body messenger bag with fun jungle fabric and coordinating adjustable strap
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Working on merchandise for our next Gramma Link Africa event in the fall. I volunteered to make a bag with this fabric and this is my first...
Monday, July 01, 2024
Cardmaking - new paper and embellishments for this set of baby cards
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One of the girls at church has been recognizing all the new babies in our parish with a card and a little gift. She needed a new set of ca...
Sewing - a tote bag with a rainbow and some bright colourful jungle fabric
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I volunteered to make a bag with this jungle fabric earlier this year and I am finally getting to it!! I created a wonderful rainbow using ...
Sewing - potholders with raw edge applique - chickens, stars, mushrooms, leaves and butterflies
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I made up some potholders to add to the merchandise for our next Gramma Link Africa event in the fall. These were the neck cut outs from th...
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