It's snowing here and I know some of you are tired of snow but here we will take the moisture any way we can get it. Plus it just gives me a reason to stay in and work on some of my projects. In this picture I'm not sure if you can make it out but in the background there are some wild turkeys that hang around the house sometime, just chilling This project I'm working on is Spool Pin Doilies. I had never heard of them before until Bonnie Hunter had mentioned it on her blog . She a had a viewer send her one for her sewing machine along with a pattern. I did not like the pattern but loved the idea so I decided to make up my own version. I wanted a more simple, smaller and fuller doily. So I tried different thread sizes to get one that I like. (From left to right) I tried sock yarn, which I'll redo because I think I like that look. Heavy weight crochet thread, nope too big Bamboo yarn, I like it. Looks good on my Kenmore. Pearl c...
Beautiful blocks, especially the applique.
ReplyDeleteblocks are gorgeous!!! now what is Ricky Tims Stable stuff; please....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blocks! Congrats on getting 3 more of these done!
ReplyDeleteHey! Almost finished! I am in *love* with that bottom block. Those fabrics together call to me. :) Good to see you at BOMs Away. I hadn't seen the Stable Stuff before. Looks like an interfacing method? I like the raw-edge look for primitive things, but it makes me nervous to think of how it would hold up for multiple washings in normal everyday use.
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