Bemidji Woolen Mills… 100% pure wool quilt batting. I didn’t know there was anything but cotton batting…grin… being from the South and all…grin They also carry Homespun yarn in 225 yard hanks (4 ply worsted) for $4.95 each… and 100% wool cloth 60″ wide … Have a look….
When I first found this tutorial put together by Rivkah Rosenfeld, I was working on Barbie clothes for the great- grand daughters for Christmas. These would also make wonderful charms for jewelry, embellishments for crazy quilting….whatever… Have a look…
I’ve heard it said that with every generation, whatever is happening at the time they are born is the norm. Whatever changes are made after that are considered “new & improved” and whatever came before is “old” and “old fashioned”. Here’s a case in point…
Shrugs have been the “thing” for a couple of years now, with new patterns popping up everywhere… This shrug in the picture is from 1916 with the only difference being the name… it was called a “shoulder shawl” in 1916. The pattern is here on the Crochet Treasures site. Have a look….
Knitting-and.com is a favorite place of mine. And Blues Clues is a favorite of most kids I know. This Blues Clues chart can be worked up as a knitting chart or a hand embroidered cross stitch chart. It can be crocheted using single or half double stitches. There is even a downloadable machine embroidery chart for Brother embroidery machines. Have a look….
This is a larger tote pattern that appears to me to be stronger than most of the patterns I see on the net… or anywhere else, for that matter. The strap handles are sewn not just to the sides of the bag, but completely under the bottom of the bag also. I like it… Make it out of canvas and go to the beach, make it from hand crafted crazy quilted silks and velvets, embellish it and have a one of a kind work of art… so many choices… love that…
Make It Easy.com has many great patterns, but it seems there is some difficulty with the home page site, so I can’t give you the link to the home page… just follow the links on the pattern page to see some more… Have a look…
The hand quilting part of the Split Rail Fence quilt seemed to take a long
time..grin But finally I reached the part where I could begin to put the binding on. I immediately realized I would need to quilt another row around the edging, but that’s no big deal. I love the way the burgundy binding finishes it off… hmmmm…
And then we get to this corner… One would think that I am a comple
te sewing novice…duhh.. I did not check the back of the quilt after sewing the front of the binding. If I recall correctly, this must be the spot where I had to loosen the pressure of presser foot. (That in itself should have been a red flag!) Anyway, after trying every way I could think of to mask the mistake, it has become very obvious that I will have to remove almost the entire binding and begin again… being more careful this time to monitor the back as well as the front… no matter how many pins I have holding it in place.
We stopped in a small town last weekend on our way home from GSs graduation. Stonewall, OK is where I lived as a very small child and visited often in my much younger years. I have to tell you about a great little antique shop and craft mall.
We stopped in Stonewall so I could get some pictures of the place where so much of our family history originates. There was in reality not much left to photograph (see this post on my Mish Mash … etc. site)after 55 years, but I wanted to get whatever pictures I could. In the meantime, DH did not want to sit in the car and waste away, so he stepped inside the only store we saw that was open on this part of town.
When I finished my photo spree, I stepped in to see what he was doing and immediately was met with “Honey, come look at this!”…. Well, our little visit turned into a little longer than I had anticipated. There is Hall’s China, Depression glass, Carnival glass, handmade quilts … the list can go on for a while…
We will be going back on Thursday and taking our friends from Bokchita with us for another visit, perhaps to visit some more with the lovely lady behind the desk that I cannot for the life of me remember her name. There will be more about Wildflowers & Rosie when we return… In the meantime, if you are ever traveling Highway 3 between Atoka and Ada, OK you might consider a jog of 1/2 mile off the road and visit Stonewall and the lovely ladies at Wildflowers & Rosie.
Ever think about making your own shoes. I have. Mary Wales Loomis did too. So she tore apart a pair of shoes and guess what… not so hard after all! Her site is called Make Your Own Shoes and includes sample instructions for making a classic pump shoe. She has a book that can be ordered online showing how to change the toe, heel size, etc… Have a look….
This post on my other blog Mish Mash… etc.. discusses my 
first step into the Art Trading Card realm. After a few postal SNAFUs, look what arrived in my mail….
Thank you so much, Lynn! They are so lovely.
Having to take the photo under interior lighting just does not do the colors justice. If the sun ever comes out, I will take some more pics outside..grin
I think the roving I bought at Hobby Lobby is a poor quality. It says i
t will work wonderfully for needle felting … but that’s ok with me since I felt that spending more money for something that I wasn’t sure I would be able to do or would want to do was ..well.. wasteful. As it turns out, I love it. I can only imagine the fun it would be to spin my own wonderful wool in quantities that would be usable. BTW… I changed the smaller wooden wheel I was using for the whorl and replaced it with a larger one.. then moved it down on the dowel spindle. What a difference that makes! The balance is sooo much better and it will spin for a lot longer at a time. I still have problems with the plying because I tried it using no support at all for the holding spindles… talk about a tangled mess. Before doing any more, I will have DH make me a spindle box that allow it to unwind without letting it roll all over the floor. (It wasn’t funny, Jan!) lol I have no idea what I will make with it, but I can hardly wait to get started…. naalbinding, perhaps?
