refreshing an outdoor mat.
March 8, 2012 at 11:56 am | Posted in painting, reincarnate::giving old things new life:: | 1 Comment
cherish.
March 5, 2012 at 12:42 pm | Posted in family, kidstuff, whichcraft? | 2 Comments
Spring cleaning is going on around here. I took down these clay handprints when I painted my kitchen white. It was stuck in WIP limbo but has now been resurrected! They were white ( the reason I removed them from the white kitchen) but are now a beautifully distressed light blue. I love how the little details pop after the antiquing medium was applied. I love these and will cherish them forever!
tying things up.
January 31, 2012 at 7:01 pm | Posted in friends, kidstuff, reincarnate::giving old things new life::, sewing | Leave a commentTags: art aprons, neck ties, repurpose, tidy kids
I am frantically getting ready for my trip to London and tying up loose ends. I had to get a few sewing projects done before leaving. My friend Sarah is following her dreams by opening an art studio for all ages! Check it out! I’ve been slaving away at the art aprons that will be sold up at the studio.
For the ties I used… well, ties. I love the fun patchwork quality they give them. I hope that dozens of creative children get into them and get really messy!
serging along.
January 25, 2012 at 8:44 pm | Posted in sewing, Uncategorized | 1 CommentTags: dinner napkins, gifts, hostess gifts, serger, sewing
I have wanted a serger for sometime now, meaning forever! I decided to buy this one. The reviews were mixed but the price was right. To make a long, long, long… long story short, I’m returning it. There were threading issues. You get what you pay for. It did the job but with way too much frustration. I am definitely going to buy a new one! The possibilities, ooooh the possibilities. I managed to get this little project in before giving up on the little bugger. A set of freshly starched dinner napkins as a hostess gift. I can’t wait to make more for myself!
a stitch in time: a quilt story.
January 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm | Posted in reincarnate::giving old things new life::, sewing | 4 CommentsTags: old quilt, quilting, sewing, tea stain
I had the honor of finishing a beautiful quilt started by my sweet aunt’s late mother. Her mother had done several coordinating quilt blocks all done by hand. Such elegant little stitches showed the love and hardwork that had been put into these squares.
These squares were aged from time and one of them had been left in a hoop over the years causing yellowing. The only solution I could come up with was to tea stain the entire quilt top to hide the discolorations.
I spent alot of tea and time to test my strips for just the right color and timing. It was a little scary to put this one of a kind piece into a vat of hot tea but it had to be done!
It’s done! So amazing how designs from decades ago are still poular today. I loved examining all of her sweet little stitches and thinking that one day I might take a turn at quilting by hand… someday.
… 144 boxed corners later.
November 3, 2011 at 7:47 pm | Posted in instant gratification!, sewing, tutorials, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: boxed corners
kid friendly bandanas.
October 31, 2011 at 4:31 pm | Posted in Holidays!, kidstuff, sewing | Leave a comment
It’s dress up time! My girls dressed up for a Western adventure and no cowgirl is complete without her bandana. They wore them to school so I didn’t want them to have to deal with the traditional knotted bandana. I applied a denim button on to one side and an elastic loop to the other.
Perfect solution! They could easily take it on and off and it was never too tight. Not too shabby!
capturing summer.
August 19, 2011 at 9:08 pm | Posted in family, instant gratification!, whichcraft? | 6 CommentsIt flew by and I don’t want to forget a moment.
love nest.
June 3, 2011 at 4:04 pm | Posted in feather my nest, instant gratification!, reincarnate::giving old things new life::, whichcraft? | 1 Comment1st project of the summer.
Boy that felt good.
easter tree.
April 19, 2011 at 10:45 pm | Posted in Holidays!, kidstuff, whichcraft? | 2 Comments
I had a little fun with my little girls this afternoon making these easter bonsai, as we like to call them. It’s amazing what you can do with a tin can, plaster, a branch and some hot glue.
One of my favorite parts is the little nests that they added made from wool roving and tiny beads.
My little apples didn’t fall far from this tree.
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