Showing posts with label free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free. Show all posts

Friday, March 6, 2009

Finish #1...

I have been busy sewing...hand sewing that is. I have a few finishes to share with you, but I am going to dole them out one at a time. Give me more to blog about. Today I'm showing you my "Wonky House" that is an embroidery freebie from Jenny over at Elefantz. There are supposed to be more coming too!



"Wait," you say, "I thought you said embroidery freebie." You say. Well, it is. I just decided to do it a little differently. Instead of embroidery, I got the great idea to do it in needle turn applique. Something that I have never done before. I made the image bigger (since I'm not completely insane enough to make it so small!) and used it as a pattern for my material pieces. I also challenged myself as far as the material choices. As you can see, the "grass" and the "hill" are pretty traditional materials...what I'm most comfortable with. I chose what, to me, looks like a night sky with it's swirlies and "star lights." Where I really jumped out of my comfort zone is in the main house material. I love it, it just isn't something I would normally choose to make something out of. I used wool felt for the windows, doors, tree, sign and mail box. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out and I am really looking forward to the others that Jenny will be sharing. I hope she likes what I did with her pattern.l

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

This 'n That & Angel Swap

I got my winnings from Jane's fabrics. The best thing I can think of to say about it is...YUMMY!!! The patterns are darling and the material is absolutely wonderful! Thank you again, Jane, for pulling out my name!

I took a picture today of the cutest little frog on the back runningboard of my van and just had to share him. He was so tiny, he was about half an inch long!



I also managed to take a picture of a couple more things I have completed for my Stitcher's Angel Swap.


The bag is "Blue Wren's Nest" from Cinderberry Stitches. Obviously, I changed the colors a bit. You should pop on over to Natalie's site and get the free pattern while it is available. The other thing in the picture is a tapemeasure that I covered with felt and a material yo-yo. I topped it off with buttons from my Grandma's button jar. The buttons are from the 30's or 40's. I am almost done with another little project for my partner and then will wait to see what the last project is before I decide if I am done or not. Of course, just in case my partner stumbles across my blog, I am not sharing quite everything that will be in her box - have to have a couple surprises!!