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Hand Embroidery from Becca's Crazy Projects

Several years ago I picked up this kit from a local craft event. The kit is from ricrack. It has everything you need. It is a great way to get an introduction to hand embroidery. Perfect as a gift to a crafty person or if you want to give hand embroidery a try. I've been working on it during a regular Dungeons & Dragon in-person, tabletop game. I've worked on it for two sessions. My guess is that I will work on it for another session.

Get your own Swallow Embroidery Kit from ricrack.

My favorite tools and supplies ...

added by Becca 5 days, 18 hours ago. under 2026 , embroidery , project

Fur Mantle from Becca's Crazy Projects

What can you do with a piece of fur from Ikea? Well, my plan was to make a fur mantle that would give the viewer the impression of a barbarian character.

I made a foundation for the fur and sewed the fur to the foundation.

And trimmed the fur into a suitable shape.

Then, I decided I didn't want it to be white and did a dye experiment. And that is where it all went sideways. I didn't wait for the water to get up to temp. I wasn't sure the water would ever get up to ...

added by Becca 1 year, 7 months ago. under 2024 , costume , fur , garment , project , projects , sew , sewing

Horned Hat from Becca's Crazy Projects

I've been sewing up fleece hats this week. I found this great pattern from Feerie Telle and just had to pick it up and make a fun hat.

The horns are made using smaller pieces so I went through my scrap bin and picked out some blues.

I needed to get a feel for the effect so I pinned the front of the hat to my foam head. I think they turned out just great.

Then I finished the hat and it is so great! I'm sure I'll make a few more of these, with different colored ...

added by Becca 1 year, 8 months ago. under 2024 , costume , fleece , garment , project , projects , sew , sewing , slippers

Making Masks from Becca's Crazy Projects

We recently attended a game convention that required masks for all attendees.

I wanted some new masks made with fabric that fit the theme.

The cut away triangles are so cute!

I made a dozen new masks. Not that we needed that many for a weekend event. Dice, beholders, potions, dragons, gelatinous cubes, and rainbow vomiting cats. Fabrics from Spoonflower.

Then we popped them into the wash so they would be clean for our convention.

I wrote my own tutorial for these masks. You can find out more about the design on my post How I Mask. Stay safe out ...

added by Becca 2 years, 8 months ago. under 2023 , design , face mask , maryland , mask , md , pattern , project , projects , sew , sew my stash , sewing , tool

battlecry: retreat . . . from Count it *all* JOY!

LOL! Sometimes you just need to retreat . . . on a retreat . . . to a retreat. That's exactly what I did last weekend! But it was my favorite kind . . . the kind I don't have to drive to. A Camp MACOBA retreat! This was my Sassy Affirmation Sisterhood Sister's (SASS's) third annual summer retreat at the camp. It was originally scheduled for July, but Todd's surgery happened, so we pushed it to August. GOOD thing those cabins have A/C!!

It was Gail's (center) birthday weekend, so of course the appropriate signage was put in place!

I didn ...

added by Denise :) 2 years, 10 months ago. under birthday , camp macoba sass , cross stitch , embroidery , handwork , photos , project , retreat , ufo , wool

Binding the DWR from Becca's Crazy Projects

It has been months since I quilted the Double Wedding Ring quilt. More than six months.

I thought this striped fabric would be the perfect binding.

I grabbed my Magical Rainbow of Binding cheat-sheet from the Geeky Bobbin. This wonderful chart (just sign up for the Geeky Bobbin's newsletter) is free and wonderful.

It helps you calculate the number of strips you need to bind your quilt. I needed nine for my quilt.

I love a stripy binding. I accordion fold my binding so it is easy to store and attach. Curious about how I attach my binding? You ...

added by Becca 2 years, 10 months ago. under 2023 , adventure , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , templates , wedding

Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

Sometimes I have a few minutes to work on a hexie flower. That's it, that's the entire post. Someday I will finish this project. Someday.

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Fiskars Rotary Cutter

Fiskars Rotary Cutter replacement blades
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion

Fiskars Micro-Tip Scissors, 5 Inch

Fiskars X-Large Squeeze Punch, Hexagon - this thing turns junk mail into hexie papers!

Flexible Rubber Thimbles

Sewline Water-Soluble Fabric Glue Pen with Refill

added by Becca 3 years ago. under 2023 , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , harm , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip

Frolic Mystery Quilt Finish! from Becca's Crazy Projects

It's been more than year since I quilted my version of Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt Frolic. I decided it was time to get it bound.

Applying binding to large quilts is a wrestling match. I attach the binding to the back of the quilt so I can machine finish it from the top.

If you want to learn more about how I mark my binding for joining the ends, or other quilt binding tips, I have a page (linked on the sidebar) where you can find my machine finished binding tips.

My way is not the only way ...

added by Becca 3 years, 1 month ago. under 2023 , adventure , crazy , design , flying geese , frolic , hst , mystery , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quiltville , tool , tool tip

Double Wedding Ring from Becca's Crazy Projects

It has been months since I worked on this quilt. I picked up the backing a couple months ago but hadn't gotten around to quilting. I decided it was time to make some progress. I designed the label using my embroidery design software. I like to embroider the label directly onto the backing fabric.

I used my new roll of Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 Cotton Blend batting. I'm happy I decided to try this batting. It's great! I like the definition it gives the quilting.

I chose a dark gray thread.

Loaded and got quilting.

The quilting ...

added by Becca 3 years, 5 months ago. under 2023 , adventure , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , templates , wedding

Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I'm still working on my hexie flowers.

Each week I finish a few more.

Some weeks are more productive than others. I never thought this would be a quick project.

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Fiskars Rotary Cutter

Fiskars Rotary Cutter replacement blades
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion

Fiskars Micro-Tip Scissors, 5 Inch

Fiskars X-Large Squeeze Punch, Hexagon - this thing turns junk mail into hexie papers!

Flexible Rubber Thimbles

Sewline Water-Soluble Fabric Glue Pen with Refill

added by Becca 3 years, 5 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip

Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I finished up the basting of the rest of my little hexies a couple weeks ago.

Yesterday I stacked them up into planned flower sets.

Then I filled my hexie project bag with all those sets. Now I can easily grab a single flower and get stitching. Someday, I will have a quilt top.

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Fiskars Rotary Cutter

Fiskars Rotary Cutter replacement blades
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion

Fiskars Micro-Tip Scissors, 5 Inch

Fiskars X-Large Squeeze Punch, Hexagon - this thing turns junk mail into hexie ...

added by Becca 3 years, 6 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip

Fleece Sewing from Becca's Crazy Projects

A friend of mine has one of those really big skeletons from Halloween. He wants to dress the big one up as a skeletal Santa and the little ones up as elves. He asked if I could make them some hats. I said sure. This is the stack of fabrics I pulled that met the red, green, black, and white requirements.

Step two was to measure the skull circumference of one of the small skeletons. We have one sitting around so that was an easy step. Then I found a free pattern, and tutorial for a Santa hat at Fleece ...

added by Becca 3 years, 7 months ago. under 2022 , fabric , fleece , garment , hat , holiday , overlock , project , projects , serger , sew , sew my stash , sewing

Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

Week number two of using the Sewline Water-Soluble Fabric Glue Pen I'm back to show you my progress. This time I managed to baste nearly 100 hexies with a single stick of glue. The stack of fabric that still needs to be basted is so much smaller. I ordered my refills from Amazon and they should be here this week.

A note about affiliate links: Even if you don't buy the products I link to, using my link to get to Amazon counts. If something I share inspires you, and you were going to buy something anyway, click ...

added by Becca 3 years, 7 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip

Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

After a week of using the Sewline Water-Soluble Fabric Glue Pen I'm back to show you my progress. I would make a few of these most evenings. At the end of the week I had consumed the glue and basted 75 hexies. I think that's pretty good. I've changed the glue and am back at it. I wonder if I will get as many next week. Hopefully I will be close. That stack of fabric still needs to be basted. I already have more refills in my Amazon cart. Once I finish the basted I will be ...

added by Becca 3 years, 7 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip

Getting Hexie With It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I've been thread basting my hexies. By the way, these are my absolute favorites scissiors for snipping thread. I have a pair near my long arm and this pair in my hexie kit. Linked at the bottom of the post.

I decided to give the Sewline Fabric Glue Pen a try.

This kit (linked at the bottom of the post) comes with the glue pen and one refill.

One is basted with thread, the other with glue. I don't sew through the papers when basting. I only stitch through the fabric on the back side. This means the ...

added by Becca 3 years, 8 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip

Getting Hexie With It from Becca's Crazy Projects

As I was working on my hexie flowers I realized I didn't know where the rest of the flowers were hiding. This later afternoon sun is not helping me take good photographs.

I poked around in my sewing room until I found what I was looking for: a box labeled "Hexies". Sometimes I get it right. So many great things in that box. A big stack of finished flowers, two more 5" charm packs, a bunch of hexie papers, and some larger pieces of coordinating fabric.

I cut those last 5" charms into 2.5" charms and put them ...

added by Becca 3 years, 8 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads

Getting Hexie With It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I have been working, on and off, on these hexie flowers for close to ten years. It is a great travel project, or something I can do while watching television but I just haven't been working on it all that diligently. Want to see where I was in 2014? Check out this post.

I was recently in a teleconference and grabbed my bag and got stitching.

I managed to finish four of them last week. Slow progress, but not ten years of slow progress.

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Fiskars Rotary Cutter

Fiskars Rotary Cutter replacement blades
Fiskars ...

added by Becca 3 years, 8 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , thread

Double Wedding Ring from Becca's Crazy Projects

I started cutting out this quilt in May 2022. I've been working on it pretty steadily for a couple weeks now.

I've been sharing little snippets on Instagram when I finish a ring.

Each is unique.

Then I hit the tipping point where each seam creates a larger and larger piece and you just know the top will be finished soon.

I finished the top. As with many of my quilt projects, this one will get set aside until I can buy some appropriate backing fabric. This quilt begs for quilting designed specifically for the Double Wedding Ring ...

added by Becca 3 years, 11 months ago. under 2022 , adventure , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , templates , wedding

Scrap Crazy Templates from Becca's Crazy Projects

I also have the Creative Grids Scrap Crazy Templates to make an 8" block. I pulled out the leftover blues from charity quilt backings.

I made some selections.

I modified those selections before I finished cutting.

I made sixteen 8" blocks and sewed them into four 16" blocks.

This is the result.

I added a 3.5" border to bring the size up to 38" by 38", perfect for a charity quilt. This was actually the second quilt I made with these templates.

I also made this one, which has a different feel because of the fabrics used. I'm ...

added by Becca 4 years ago. under 2022 , adventure , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , templates , tool , tool tip

Scrap Crazy Templates from Becca's Crazy Projects

I've had this set of Creative Grids templates for years and years. I think I experimented with a single block but hadn't used them to make a quilt. This is the Scrap Crazy 6" set that lets you make a 6" finished block using some fun shapes. I grabbed this stack of fabrics and got cutting.

I narrowed my selections to four prints. These fabrics were left over from quilt backings from charity quilts. I carefully selected my colors so the B piece would be the darkest.

The blocks make up quickly.

I placed them to get this ...

added by Becca 4 years ago. under 2022 , adventure , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , templates , tool , tool tip

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