I am making labels for my letter pillows and have been experimenting with them this week. I went out and purchased Colorfast Sew-in Inkjet Fabric Sheets after reading about them on a few different blogs. I found mine at Joann’s but also discovered that ACMoore had them as well.
My first attempt was just [...]
Posts Tagged ‘crochet’
Working on some labels
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged crochet, fabric label, inkjet fabric labels, sewing on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Working on Lovely Little Letter Patterns
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged alphabet, crochet, etsy, letter, pattern, ravelry on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been working hard on my Lovely Little Letter patterns lately. In the past several days I have been creating the patterns for a capital J, capital I, capital L, lowercase t, and lowercase o. Hopefully I will have the patterns available soon; I have a few great testers working on some [...]
Magnetic Bookmark or Row Marker Tutorial
Posted in American Sign Language, crochet, paper crafts, tagged bookmark, cricut, crochet, magnet, paper craft, row marker, scrapbooking on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had been wanting something other than post-it notes to help me keep track of my rows while crocheting and had recently purchased some cute bookmarks that inspired me to create something for my crocheting. I also just found a new contest from Cricut and TodaysMama that pushed me over the edge to make [...]
Designing a New Tawashi Crochet Pattern
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged crochet, design, etsy, pattern, sea horse, seahorse, tawashi on May 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Since I have been learning to design my own patterns I have found that I work in a few different ways. In the case of my tawashi, I have been mostly working with the same circular base and then making new designs that incorporate that as the beginning. I do this because the circular part [...]
Stash Busting Work in Progress for my Four Year Old
Posted in crochet, tagged afghan, crochet, leisure arts, red heart value textured yarn on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I finished an afghan for my seven year old around Christmas time that will fit her twin bed, so the four year old is on the list for one next. She has not outgrown all of her “baby” afghans, but it would be nice for her to have a twin sized afghan that will last.
When [...]
More Cute Tawashi Scrubbies (and their patterns) On The Way
Posted in children's books, crochet, etsy, tagged artfire, crochet, etsy, fish, flower, ladybug, pattern, ravelry, scrubber, scrubbie, tawashi, turtle on April 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since adding a poll about what patterns crocheters are searching for when they arrive at my blog, I found that many people are interested in more tawashi scrubbie patterns. On my blog I already have the flower tawashi. I currently have two other tawashi patterns available to purchase on Artfire, Ravelry, and Etsy. [...]
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Prize Winning Hat
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged bible study, crochet, etsy, hat, mad hatter, pattern, tea party on April 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Every spring our Ladies Bible Study has a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party after one of the Bible Studies. Each lady is asked to create a silly hat to wear to the tea party. In the past I have let my older daughter create a hat for me. I have also made a [...]
I See All The Letters of the Alphabet!!
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged alphabet, crochet, etsy, name, shopping on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, not really. Just the letters in my blog name. I love the alphabet because it enables the sharing of ideas. I have been very busy combining a love of the alphabet and reading with my crochet work lately with my Lovely Little Letters series. So, here are a few items [...]
A Little Surprise for My Daughter’s Birthday
Posted in crochet, tagged American Girl doll, crochet, pattern, sweater, yarn on February 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My oldest daughter will be seven next week and will be receiving an American Girl doll for her birthday from her grandmother. The gifts that we are giving her happen to be going along with the theme of the doll. Her younger sister went with me to the used book store this week [...]
Sports teams are filling my days
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged baseball, basketball, beer, beverage, bottle, coffee, cozy, crochet, etsy, football, gifts for men on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How did this happen? I come from a family that was not particularly into watching sports on television. In fact, I only remember watching sporting events when the Olympics were on television.
Now all of my time seems to be filled with figuring out which teams are in the football playoffs, which baseball or [...]














