We got a White Christmas!
Dec26
No Need Dreamin’!
Dec24
Merry Christmas!
Babysitting left me with no time for Christmas cards this year. I’ve sent ecards to those folks I have addresses for. I took the photo of PJ in his Christmas cap (below) and uploaded it to http://www.frameshow.com/ , saved the photo/frame to my pictures folder, and sent it out as an attachment.
Dec21
Oh Boy! Craft Shows!
After Christmas, when I’m in Charlotte babysitting PJ, I’m going to have access to Time Warner Cable. TWC carries UNC-MX and UNC-MX carries craft shows!!!!
Dec20
Another Little Restoration
I have this little jingle bell arrangement that I hang on my mailbox post. The ribbons were really faded, and the berries were long gone. I didn’t want to hunt a new one or try to recreate it, so I grabbed some Sharpies, glue and beads I had on hand. I colored the ribbons and glued on the beads. When it dried, I hung on the mailbox post and I’m pretty happy with it! $0.00!
Dec16
Ho! Ho! Ho!
A Christmas cap for PJ!
Dec11
Well Now, that’s Better
I’ve been wanting to try this little button pattern from the Oct/Nov issue of Beadwork Magazine. I enjoyed it much more than the little dragonfly.
Dec11
New Craft Book!
Don’t you love it when you need just a little something more to qualify for free shipping? I am very pleased with this purchase and may take it to Staples to be wire bound so the pages lie open.
I also have this book which is more about small projects than about the stitching. Small projects are right up my alley!
Dec11
Itty Bitty Beaded Bug!
This tiny dragonfly is my first attempt at beadweaving:
It wasn’t as easy as I thought it’d be, or as much fun. Oh well, it’ll make a cute little embellishment for a crazy quilt project someday.
Dec10
Craft Project Database
I have so many projects going at once, I decided to create a project database. I chose these fields:
Project/Craft/Progress/Needed Materials/Location/EDC/Complete
EDC stands for Estimated Date of Completion. I listed 12 projects I would like to see completed soon. So far I’ve completed two and updated the progress on several. I’m pretty pleased with myself, and maybe this will help with my ADD tendencies.
Dec6
C’est Fini!
I finished this piece of silk ribbon embroidery by adding tiny seed beads to the centers of the flowers instead of French knots. Here are a few lessons I learned while working on this practice piece:
Nancy Eha’s tip about sewing beads straight up and down through the fabric (90 degree angle) is a good one. It makes the beads, “sit on edge.”
Sewing through each bead twice for extra security is another of her good tips.
A number 9 “between” needle will fit through the tiny opening in a seed bead.
Long braided collapsible eye beading needles ARE NOT good for sewing beads to fabric. They are good for threading the tiny eye of a tiny #9 between needle.
YLI’s gold metallic thread does not shred and unravel like DMC.
I need something more than my finger to hold the “curl” of silk ribbon. I think a pencil or similar sized crochet hook might work well.
I got my pattern from this book, and if I had to give up all my craft books except one, this would be the one I’d keep:
