Do you name your sewing machine(s)?? I don’t….It’s just my “Juki, brother, etc” My main workhorse machine is my Juki TL18QVP, it’s a straight stitch machine and this guy is heavy and sturdy!! I LOVE it!! I rarely take it to the “spa”, it has no bells and whistles and no electronics which makes it …
Did you know that February is National embroidery month?! Now, I don’t know if that means hand embroidery with floss or cross stitching or machine embroidery! I do love to use my embroidery machine! I often make eyeglass cases or pincushions or purses, but another fund thing I used to do, was to collect 5×7 …
Did you know I sell and make these owl pincushion / ornaments?? They are really pincushions but I think they are too cute to poke pins in, instead they could really make cute ornaments! I have some hanging at the Emporium on a Christmas tree! If you want to order one, get it here They …
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Hi and welcome to the last blog hop of the year hosted by Carol (and by Joan on alternate months!) I just LOVE joining these fun blog hops! It’s a blast to put on your thinking cap months in advance and come up with something to fit a theme (or come up with something LAST …
When Joan announced earlier in the year that people could sign up for her and Carol’s blog hops at one time, I signed up for them all! I’m not really a Halloween person, but this year my kids are going to a fall fest at our church and my two youngest have costumes! (I’ll show …
It’s blog hop time again and thanks to our hostess Carol for arranging this one! At some point this summer Carol and Joan opened up the blog hop signups for the whole year and I signed up right away for all of them!! This one sneaked up on me though, I thought I had time …
When this blog hop was announced by Carol, I had one idea, but then JUJU designs sent out an email with a sale for this In-the-hoop embroidered table runner and I knew I just HAD to have it and use my patriotic fabrics I had for my FQ club. I printed out the first couple …
I’ve been making a few more crafty things for Emporium locally who sells my crafty things (and they have some of my quilts but they don’t seem to sell) Eyeglass cases and the hanging owls seem to sell well, so I try to replenish their stock there. Then I tried to make this little lamb …
Last weekend my girls were invited to a birthday party for 2 girls who LOVES unicorns. I ordered some unicorn fabric and also ordered the ITH file from dolls and daydreams and made these 2 and embroidered their names on their bellies! They are approx 14″ tall. They are made in 2 hoopings (and I …
I’ve been having quite the marathon using my embroidery machine! I don’t remember how it started but Anja started helping me pick fabrics and thread colors and I showed her how to change the thread color on the screen of the machine too and she’s been wanting to do it every day! My “plan” is …