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Stitching & Crafting Room:  What are you working on today??  |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 19 2010 : 2:15:51 PM
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Hi Betty, Well the Dresden plates are super easy to do and the bigger the pieces the easier. . . doing these little guys can be tedious on the hands since they are so tiny.
For the sample work, I have lots of folks always looking for that sort of thing. . find them through online postings, word of mouth and lots of referrals. Love the work since it is ever changing. . . keeps one from being bored.
I also design, folks will send a sketch or a finished item and want me to create something new for them with all the "features" they want.
Today I just did a sample wrist-let and a handbag. Created the pieces and the patterns. Now the customer will be able to hire several people to make these for her and they will all come out exactly the same. 
Joanna #566
JojoNH
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CountryCents
http://CountryCents.Blogspot.com
http://Twitter.com/Eastwooddesigns |
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mrsamy
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
Amy
Milwaukee
WI
USA
167 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2010 : 2:38:07 PM
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Oh, those little dresden plates are precious. I just finished turning a pair of (fifty cent) women's wool size 16 pants into a pair of size 10 little boy wool pants for a play he's in next week. Now I'm going to turn an old pair of jeans into a skirt and another old pair of jeans into a couple of aprons. Not sure WHO is going to be wearing these aprons because I've been on an apron making bender lately. I have a favorite garden apron and another I like to wear around the house, but not sure I can use many more in my dinky house.
Prayer costs nothing, but is worth the most. |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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pgngrl
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Laurie
New Berlin
WI
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 09:47:47 AM
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It's spring and I'm still catching up on knitting and crocheting!! Just finished a crochet baby blanket, and a hat/mitten/blanket set for 2 co-workers, received an order for another crocheted baby blanket, currently have 3 projects on needles (a cabled scarf for me, a knit-a-long sweater with my Mom, and 2 other cabled scarves I'm doing at the same time!). The Pup-a-lups are out of cookies so I will be baking those tonight, AND I need to start some seeds (papertowel method), and the Hubby comes home from Tulsa tomorrow, so I have to straighten up! I have more fun things to do at home - why the heck am I working?!?
Jamie snorted briefly and picked up a needle and a ball of yarn.
“It’s no verra difficult, Sassenach. Look- this is how ye cast up your row.”
Drawing the thread out through his closed fist, he made a loop round his thumb, slipped it onto the needle, and with a quick economy of motion, cast on a long row of stitches in a madder of seconds. Then he handed me the other needle and another ball of yarn. “There – you try.””
-- Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn* |
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pgngrl
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Laurie
New Berlin
WI
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 09:53:22 AM
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And here is a pic..
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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pgngrl
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Laurie
New Berlin
WI
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 1:09:29 PM
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JojoNH - Thank you!! They are Wool-Ease in Dark Rose Heather and Forest Green Heather. I figured if I did the 2 at once, I would be able to go right on to another pattern when I finish. I have a hard time doing the same patter one after the other, I get bored too easy! That is probably why I only have one pair of socks I made (the 1st pair) that match both color and pattern!! I haven' gotten the hang of doing 2 socks at a time. I usually just grab whatever socks I've made out of the drawer now - i may try to at least get the same TYPES of colors. The girls at work are used to my 'fun socks' and don't give me too much grief any more.
BB
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Ravelry: pgngrl (friend me!) |
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
1975 Posts |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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brandyanne
True Blue Farmgirl
81 Posts
Debra
81 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 6:06:56 PM
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Laurie..beautiful work!!! I love the Jamie Quote too!!
I am knitting on a pair of simple socks today. The yarn is awesome and I am loving the self patterning. Mindless knitting for a busy day. But these socks will be for ME!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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lovingewe
True Blue Farmgirl
212 Posts
marlyn-neleh
norwood
Ontario
Canada
212 Posts |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1401 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1401 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 10:02:09 AM
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You ladies are so creative. I love the smocking. Did you do the smocking too as well as the creative scenery?
Betty in Pasco |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 1:57:50 PM
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Hey JoAnna..I went to your blog site. Love the Handbag! We have so much talent among us Farm Chics I could spend all day just looking at everyone's work and creativity. BUT alas...my own craft project is calling my name. I am Knitting Matching Poncho's for my 2 yr. old Grand-daughter and her Mommy. One done and one to go!
Blessings,
~peggy
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Originally posted by JojoNH
Just posted a couple of pictures on my blog. They show the handbag I needed to design the pattern for. Just love my job!!
Joanna #566
JojoNH
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CountryCents
http://CountryCents.Blogspot.com
http://Twitter.com/Eastwooddesigns
Lady In Red |
Edited by - LadyInRed on Apr 23 2010 2:01:30 PM |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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HLeigh
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Heather
6 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 07:28:40 AM
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Every year the National Quilt Museum has a challenge. Quilters use a traditional pattern (this year's Orange Peel) and go from there. Since I am scaling back on "projects" to write more, cook more and live more, this quilt is my sewing project for the next several months. It's semi-round and has 36 different oranges. Look for a post in the fall!
I wish the sky would rain down roses as they fall from off the shaken bush. George Eliot |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Melissa
Fairbanks
AK
196 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2010 : 08:52:37 AM
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Several projects at once (you can't GET more sidetracked than me!):
New little dolly to add to my stock for the Farmers Market where I sell in the summer
PJ shirt for my 4-year old DS - construction machinery print from Joann's remnant bin
Patchwork apron
Some clay stuff I need to get done.
There should be a blog post later today. Think I'd better change that to "this week."!
Melissa
BTW - so glad I found this group! All the blogs have such lovely eye-candy!
My blog:
http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com |
Edited by - Butterscotch Grove on Apr 27 2010 8:37:17 PM |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 3:22:46 PM
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A productive day in my sewing room today. My family is home sick with a stomach virus, so between nursing them, I did some alterations, created mail art for a swap, sewed some heart shaped sachets for Mother's Day gifts, and read a great inspirational book about creative women--Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration by Jo Packham and Jenny Doh. Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 4:00:24 PM
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I have several things that I should be working on today but I am going to type up a Mother's Day Poem
I wrote Last Night and send it off in my cards. And I hope to make it on to the Virtual Porch Later today
as it is much to windy and cold on my real porch today. I WANT SUMMER! I know I am whining...I'll go away now. ~peggy
Lady In Red |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 5:04:57 PM
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Today and until they are all done I will be working on 7 scarves that I'm making for my teachers for gifts. I finished one over the weekend, and right away this morning, right to work on the next one!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
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Stitching & Crafting Room: What are you working on today?? |
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What are you working on today??
Funny, I make aprons all the time and only have one I wear that I made. . . all the rest end up going home with someone!