Seventy degrees and a perfect day for jewelry making

Here’s the matching necklace. It is not anything what I imagined it would be. But I like it.

Orangy Butterfly Earrings

Today is my first day of summer. Here is my first summer project, complete.

I picked up a few bags of jewel colored seashells from a yard sale this morning. Then  I used a sturdy sewing pin to poke holes in the tops of each shell. I glued two shells together to make each shell bead.

First I made two pair of earrings. I’m working now on a butterfly necklace to match.

Orange Pacifier Holder

This is an easy baby project that I worked on today. It was the first time I tried something like this. I know that many mothers like having a pacifier keeper so the pacifier doesn’t fall to the ground. Hopefully, my sister will like this one made from 70% acrylic, 25% new wool, and 5% polyamid.  Wash in cool water and air dry.

New yarn

I went to visit some friends in the Tri-Cities. They brought me to a yarn store called Sheep’s Clothing. I found some steals on yarn!  Look at this skein I got for two dollars.

I want to try this…

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Originally uploaded by wiccked

So….for my next little embroidery machine projects I would like to try making a mug rug. Basically, it looks like a glorified coaster with room for a little treat, like cookies with your cocoa, etc. There are many artistic examples online. I will be sharing some of those.

I think this is a great way to get started using my embroidery machine because they are small projects that can be done quickly. If the embroidery turns out nice, it can be incorporated into the mug rug. If it doesn’t work, I have only lost one square, not many, as I would for a quilt.

The largest I can embroider with my machine is a 4 inch square. So the artwork seems like a good size for this little project. More to come.

What a cute Blog!

I am getting back into crafting with my little nephew’s arrival coming soon this summer. So, to celebrate, I bought myself an embroidery machine. How exciting!

It made me start to look around at crafting blogs, and I have a great one to share!

This lady has some really great ideas, and her site is sew cute!!!

W I P baby blanket

Almost done!

Wip baby blanket crochet

So, we found out that out is a boy!  My sister likes shades of gray, red, and orange for the nursery.  Here’s my next gift.  I think I’m about one third finished.

Completed Bib

Here’s the baby bib before washing. Next, I plan to make a matching burp cloth.

Wip edging the bib

So after trying to hand stitch 7/8
binding on the bib and pulling out the stitched the same number of times, I called my mom for advice.  I had two problems: first if all the binding was too wide and secondly, the corners were  poofing  out because of the binding being tight when I turned the corner. Mom suggested cutting the binding in half to make it more narrow.  Then she suggested gathering the corners.  So, I bought 1/4 inch binding and kind of bunched the fabric in on the corners.  Pics coming soon.