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Stitching & Crafting Room: What are you working on today?? |
katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
16960 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
16960 Posts |
Posted - Nov 24 2011 : 8:29:35 PM
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Ok, here is my daughter & 2 grandbabies in their 'turkey aprons' as well as Meri and I in ours and then I just had to make this last one,,, I call it the "Dear Santa,I've been good"..... lol!
Hope you all had a wonderful Turkey Day,,, I know we did.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. "Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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sidavis
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Susan
Vero Beach
Fl
USA
125 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 06:28:53 AM
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Everyone is so talented, I would love to meet you all in person! I am working on re-orders for my Lizzie purses for the gift shops and clients. Love to sew these bags :-)
OK, I'm ready-Let's go. |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 12:17:24 PM
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Judith...here is my first sushi-scarf. Loved making it...I revamped the pattern more to my liking however. Made one and didn't like how wide and long it was...so I ripped it all out and started over. Second one pictured above I made I chained 20 across but next time I will even go lower to 17 across. Then on the White I only did 42 rows instead of 62...it was Very Fun and I am going to start a second one.
Grace...oh the aprons look so adorable on DD and DGKids. I bet they all loved them! Nice Job Grandma!!!
Hugs, Peggy
Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 7:51:00 PM
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Peggy, your sushi scarf looks really pretty! I know what you mean by it being long..I am adjusting the size (length) according to the girls' heights. A couple really tall, and the rest are shorties. Also, I am using a variety of pinks so the girls can tell them apart. Great job!
Katmom, love those aprons! You just look more like sister than mom.
What can I say about those cupcake hats! Yummy! And that scarf looks just elegant.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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22angel
True Blue Farmgirl
498 Posts
Pam
Manitoba
Canada
498 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2011 : 7:57:31 PM
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I found a neat pattern for some bookmarks that I want to make here: http://crochetme.com/media/p/88334.aspx I bought one in Colorado I think it was, for like $5...I'm thinking I can make a whole bunch for that amount if I do it myself! I'm excited to find stuff to make these! That will be my "handmade pay-it-forward 2011", I think....
Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself.
"When I grow up, I want to be dirt." seen on a box through construction in Wyoming 2010 |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2011 : 06:01:02 AM
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Grace that Christmas dude apron is really eye-catching! JOY indeed.
Peggy you did a great job on the sushi roll scarf! Makes me hungry just looking at it!! Perhaps some soy-sauce mittens would go great with it..wonder how you could do that.
Pam, that is a cute bookmark pattern. It opens up a lot of ideas for using some really cool beads....post photos when you get them finished!
I have a new handbag in the works. I'm using some of the buttons I've purchased from Melody's LongTallSallys etsy shop. They really set off the vintage feel of the handbag.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090 Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2011 : 08:35:06 AM
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That book thong is really a neat idea. I might try some for Christmas but have an idea percolating to do it just a bit differently. Great aprons. That sushi scarf is probably about the only way anyone could get me near sushi. ;>)
CMF |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2011 : 09:40:34 AM
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Just finished my second sushi-scarf. They are so quick and easy. May try a color change on the next one. I love sushi...but most sushi has the black (seaweed) inside the sticky white rice. So, I may change up those two colors and see what I think.
blessings, peggy
Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
Edited by - LadyInRed on Nov 30 2011 12:54:16 PM |
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mickib
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Michele
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
267 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2011 : 11:32:55 AM
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I added on to some pink slipper socks that Cheryl Keyes made for me in a barter - and turned them into sock monkey slippers to go with my new sock monkey pajamas. Thanks Cheryl, they are nice and warm and cozy. |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2011 : 12:55:33 PM
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Michele...those are just too darn cute!
Way to be Creative!
blessings and joy, peggy
Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 06:53:06 AM
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Grace, Love the aprons! Your grandchildren are adorable. Peggy, Are you Wonder Woman in disguise? You never cease to amaze me--I didn't know you knitted! Michelle, How creative you are to embellish the slippers--simply charming. Will post photos of projects today. I've been sewing up a storm for holiday gifts these past two weeks. Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 07:01:04 AM
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Some of the holiday gifts I've recently stitched up. A children's cupcake print apron, chef hat and heat proof oven mitts for a fellow farmgirl's daughter. And a vintage-inspired Christmas apron for same farmgirl's apron swap. Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 07:06:56 AM
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More gifts I've sewed: a vintage inspired Christmas apron for my married daughter (I'm making matching oven mitts for her too)and an interpretation of a painting that hung in my sister's villa bedroom in Tuscany this past summer. It was a combo "thank you for planning our dream trip" and birthday gift. Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 08:18:06 AM
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Nice work Dianne...you have been busy! Love the Christmas aprons! Did you make your own stained-glass wall hanging pattern? The detail stitching is awesome!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090 Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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vmfein
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Valerie
Dale City
VA
USA
247 Posts |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 09:22:39 AM
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Dianne...no darlen I am not Wonder Woman in disguise but I do know who is! :+) YOU...look at those beautiful creations! I love them all...I am a cupcake nut like my Grand-daughter so....those are just too precious! BUT I love, love, love the Tuscanny Banner. That my dear is Stunning! You blow me away with your sewing artistry...I, who can barely sew by hand...am amazed by you! Such Talent!
blessings and joy, peggy
Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 09:35:07 AM
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Dianne, your apron stitchery is just beautiful! And..the wall hanging is exquisite! You are a very talented lady.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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vmfein
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Valerie
Dale City
VA
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 8:09:47 PM
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So far here is the progress on my husbands belated birthday gift. I still have a long way to go (extra fabric is just hidden beneath what I have done so far).
Farmgirl Sister #2619
http://www.etsy.com/shop/vmfein |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2011 : 08:50:39 AM
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Valerie, that is a lot of detailed stitching...no wonder you aren't done yet! Stick with it..it looks like it is going to be beautiful.
Michele, I didn't see the sock monkey slippers earlier. Sometimes I don't see the images if I'm browsing at work....but they are so cute!!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090 Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2011 : 11:00:50 AM
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Valerie...is that Counted Cross Stitch? It is beautiful however you are accomplishing it. You must remember to show us the completed gift. Your hubby will love it!
Today I am going to begin knitting a lap-robe for my hubby to use while we are watching tv at night. He is one of those men who sits around in his under-ware at night and then complains that he is cold....well, duh? *wink* So, I am making him one that has a large pocket at the bottom of it...to tuck his feet into. He will love it! I will post a picture once I finish it.
blessings, peggy
Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
Edited by - LadyInRed on Dec 03 2011 11:02:06 AM |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Dec 04 2011 : 2:28:53 PM
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Thank you, all for the compliments. Valerie, what will your project be when you are done stitching it? To answer the question about the Virgin and Child wall hanging for my sister: I took a photo of the art (from our trip), traced it, enlarged it, made pattern pieces for the various parts, then machine appliqued the pieces (fat quarter fabrics) onto a background fabric. I machine stitched the details, but in hindsight I should have hand stitched some of the more delicate areas (faces, hands) because it was really hard to do those easily by machine. I then put a backing on (no batting as it wasn't quilted but that's an option) which I used on the front to create the "wood" frame. As I said, this piece is an "interpretation" of the artwork. My sister loved it. Dianne
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 09:49:59 AM
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Here is my latest handbag. This one is a wool messenger styled bag and sports two very vintage celluloid buttons from Melody's LongTallSallys Etsy shop. The embroidery design is a little victorian bird lady holding a flower..looking forward to summer! It closes with a magnetic snap and has an exterior pocket on the front and two interior pockets.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090 Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3300 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3300 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 10:16:31 AM
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Paula!!!
OH HOW LOVELY! So excited to see a pair of my buttons on such a beautifully created handbag...
Melody Farmgirl #525 |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 10:50:07 AM
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Paula...very professional looking job on the lining and The Purse!!! Love the purse, the buttons are fabulous, and the little vintage bird lady is adorable.
love and hugs, peggy
Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13556 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13556 Posts |
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