On the Desk

 
This has been sitting on my desk for weeks. It was supposed to be part of a pin cushion for the PMQG October swap. I ended up getting a cold and didn't make it to the meeting. Or getting the pin cushion finished :) The devilish character was inspired by this fabric...
I have a few scraps left over from the trick-or-treat bag I made Colin last year. I really like having embroidery patches in my sewing projects. Here is my drawing I used for the embroidery, feel free to use it for your own little project.
I think (wishful thinking here) that I will make it into a little mug rug for Colin. I just need to get myself motivated enough to sew. It is doubtful/highly unlikely this will happen before Halloween. I cannot seem to get anything done unless it is something I can do in the living room and requires only a few supplies.
Happy Halloween! Just in case and more then likely I will not blog again before Sunday, seeing as I hardly ever get on the pc anymore.

Spots Again !?!?

I made this cute little shirt to go with some pj's for the shop. While ironing it I noticed some spots on the right sleeve. I have no idea where they came from but they wont come out. They are not extremely noticeable but since I know they are there I spot them right away. I can't/wont sell this shirt so I am giving it away- if anyone wants it send me a comment or email.

T-shirt is size 2T-3T  

Here is the new complete set ;)  

Fun in the sun...

All weekend long :)

     

We had a very busy and very fun weekend and I even did a little sewing :)

Wordless Wednesday

A Birthday Gift for Sarah

I made her a sewing machine cover (thank goodness we have the same machine, cause the dimensions were different then the pattern) from this book. I got the Little Red Embroidery pattern from here. Sarah has been mentioning for a while she wants to learn how to embroider and that she wants a bag with an embroidered camera on it. So I got her this e-book, a set of various sized embroidery needles, I made her a little needle holder (last minute because I couldn't figure out how to wrap them so they wouldn't get lost), and I made her a drawing of her camera for her to use an embroidery pattern.

I of course finished everything last minute and almost forgot to take pictures :)

French Knot

p.s. sorry for the funky picture but I can't give to much of the project away, its going to be gifted :)

Thank you Christina for showing me how to make a French knot. I had watched several videos and looked a diagrams but I could not get it to work. I watched Christina make a few times and it clicked :) I even made them with different thicknesses. So Cool! Love the French Knot, especially on the the little mushrooms.

*The key for me was/is holding the needle in my left hand while wrapping the thread around the tip of the needle counter clock wise.