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I love February! For a lover of hearts and pink and all things Valentine’s, it’s a beautiful month even if the weather doesn’t agree! Often in the Pacific Northwest, it’s also the time of year we get what I like to call “False Spring.” We get a few days of very pretty, hopeful weather that gets all the gardening people excited…then it settles down to rain for weeks. One of the other things I love is making baby quilts and there are a whole bunch of new babies on the way this spring. I found ...

five hand stitched Artist Books

a quick look through some of my embroidered pieces

Chester made a couple of appearances over the past couple of weeks. He doesn’t always stay around to get his picture taken, but this day he must have been really hungry as he was on the veranda trying to beg a treat.

I’m delighted when he stops by, and wish he’d come more often.

In the meadow, a couple of dozen robins came by and stayed a couple of days. We saw them many times, and then they moved on.

The photos had to be taken with the long lens on the camera from inside the house ...

If you want to finally make comfortable clothes that fit this is the course for you! Bring your questions as she will be answering questions LIVE as well!

In this episode of WIP Wednesday Vanessa is answering any questions you have about the Jalie 4131 Laurent sewing pattern and online video course!

If fears and doubts are holding you back from beginning (or restarting!) your garment sewing journey we can help! Tune in today and learn how Vanessa’s straight forward teaching approach has helped thousands of students over the years. You can sew clothes, too!

Tune in LIVE and ...

embroidery on gingham, love gingham!

a hand made pouch, embroidery

This 72″ tall by 32″ wide Folded-Freezer-Paper-Piecing pattern is based on a famous painting by Polish artist Eugeniusz_Kazimirowski of a depiction of a 1931 vision described by Polish nun Faustina Kowalska.

Order this $23.75 pattern from Peggy Aare.

It comes with a color chart for the 27 colors (specified Kona solid colors, though certainly you need not restrict yourself to one line of fabric), an exploded assembly diagram, and pages to print on freezer paper, plus general ...

embroidery chat

small embroidered embellishments

People are much more relaxed about getting Zoom links, but seriously? Certain people need to relax or STOP making a nuisance of themselves, and if they read my blog -- they know who they are. It's FREAKING ANNOYING! 

Some instructors will send out the Zoom link several days before the class. People are comforted to know they have the link and won't miss the class. I do NOT send the link out several days in advance because many people lose them, which results in more emails. People are WAY BETTER than they used to be, so issues are rare ...

embroidery hoops, Saturday prep

hand stitches, process

When I saw the Challenge from Project Quilting for this week “Inside Out” the first thing I thought of was a rag quilt, or a quilt with raw seam edges showing on the right side. NOPE. (Everyone will be doing that.)

So next I looked up the phrase online. Besides the title of a new cartoon Disney movie, most posts were about how to “birth” a quilt by sewing the top & backing/batting right sides together & leaving a seam open to turn right side out to finish it instead if binding. NOPE.

Nothing else I saw or read inspired me ...

stitching papers, a video

When I saw that the Chinese New Year would be the Year of the Dragon, I just had to get my little dragon out and put him center stage on a table. I got this little guy for our MINIs on the Dragon event a few years ago.I got a long blonde wig and had him on my shoulder like Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones while I worked registration. Since then, he has been used for not only those events, but he was also a photo scavenger hunt item on a picnic event last year. I put him ...

Learn how to sew a heart for any project – quilting, hand warmers, applique and more. It doesn’t take that much time and you can customize your heart template depending on what you are sewing.

Sewing a heart from a template is a delightful and straightforward sewing project, perfect for creating handmade decorations, gifts, or embellishments.

Making a heart doesn’t have to be complicated.  It’s a simple shape that can be used for pillows, pincushions, hand warmers, applique and more. Here’s how you can simply make the shape of a heart and explore the options of projects ...