Last night was stitch night and I got a bit more organized with my projects and everything is moving forward. The spirit doll on the left is July’s and the one on the right is an “extra” (see April’s) that I’m making for a friend. This month’s spirit doll is
Well, here she is! Maybe one of the most chaotic months of my life and I finished what I think is my favorite spirit doll yet: I crazy pieced her with flour sack patterns I had sitting around (as I mentioned she was pieced before the month got “crazy” …pun
Wow! I finished something else! Woot! Unlike my other pieces, this is going to be made into a pillow and put on Etsy – yay! so, watch for that! Now, if you don’t happen to be my Facebook friend or have known me personally, you won’t know that we’ve actually
Our summer started last week – apparently Denver Public schools were out a bit earlier than everyone else – we’re trying something new this summer and that’s basically Rex and I rotating doing something fun with the kids. One day I take them and do something fun and he works
Now what’s REALLY important here is to know my goal and that is absolutely – no matter what, no excuses to finish a doll a month. This month was fraught with many issues – the worst being this fabulous textured fabric I picked STRETCHES – HUGE! so, the fabulous pattern
So, I seem to be forever posting here how busy the last week was – surely sometimes I have boring weeks? Don’t I? But in this case, the kids are wrapping up school (which means field day and a sunburn) and we had the graduation of our LONG time babysitter
So, one of my bead journal project friends is Lisa Criswell – at Indigo’s Beads (we also share a birthday although I have a FEW years on her – ha ha) and she’s giving away a really really pretty pin on her blog which I’m hoping I’ll win (full disclosure,
And as April comes to a close, so does my April Bead Journal project (orange is my favorite color): The charms on the back represent each of my family members and some feelings I was having at the time (yes, the Alien is DH) – it may look like hair,
I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about something – oddly, I’ve never had this problem before (ha, ha) – but when I posted on Facebook our “big news” my husband was kind of ticked off at me. His point “it’s airing the family dirty laundry” (which I
Well, I’ve been stitching a lot today (and the last week) but I dont’ have my pictures all pulled together yet. So, to entertain you while you wait, I can show you the goodies I found around the net. First, Mary Corbett’s “Needle and Thread” has a fabulous Video Library