Snowed In

.....It had to be at least over 3ft of snow that fell over the weekend and continued to fall down again late Tuesday evening until Wednesday afternoon--that is a pic from my basement and that is a 4ft. fence.  The house is full as my oldest did not go to elementary school since last Thursday and my 3 year old did not have pre-school as well...so not much alone time for me, more like no crafting time as my hopes of being able to do 28 flowers in 28 days have quickly left me 5 days behind :(

These cold and snowy days make me turn more towards knitting and I was able to finish a pair of socks for my husband whom I never get the chance to make many things for.

 

 

I love natural earth tone colors and really this was the only "man" looking yarn that I had in my stash :P

My finished sock......doesn't it just look warm.

 

  

I hope those that had to endure this winter storm are keeping nice and warm!  I'll be back to continue my attempt at making flowers.

Day 5- Molly Chickens Fabric Flower

Molly Chicken's Fabric Flower Pin

Day 4- Rounded Petal Fabric Flower

The kids have allowed me zero time to make the flowers myself---so I will be attaching links to some really cute fabric flower tutorials.....starting with:

Day 4:  Rounded Petal Fabric Flower by Melissa of Pink Paper Peppermints

Day 3- Ribbon peonies

Bear with me :)  A couple of days late, but I'm adding to it....I will be doubling up tomorrow to catch up.  Sorry for the bad pics, I didn't have enough time to bust out the "good" camera--hope these will suffice.

Day 3:  Ruffled Ribbon Peonies

What you need:

--2-3 yards of WIRED ribbon--that is important! ( mine is 1 1/2")

--thread and needle

--felt, and clip or your own chosen finishing

 

1.  Pull on wire on side of the ribbon to start the ruffling.  Ruffle to the end of the ribbon.  Make sure to leave about 2in. of wire on both ends.

 

 

 

2.  To begin creating your flower, take the end you started pulling from and fold the ribbon back and forth about 4 times to get a good start.  Take you needle and thread and secure several times.

 

3.  Wrap the ribbon around your base and stop at the beginning of each wrap to stitch and secure in place.  Continue till you reach the end.

 

4.  Stitch through all layers if you can, if it's too thick then add a few extra stitches to secure the layers.  It will look pretty messy on the back so you will want to take your piece of felt and stitch to the back.

 

5.  If you are going to be using this as a clip, take another piece of felt--rectangular size and stitch to the back of first piece of felt.

 

  

6.  Attach and finish to your preferred method!

 

Day 2--Fabric Flower Corsage

Mothers Day Corsage by The Object Project:

Attach with corsage pins, saftey pins or glue to headband or bag for a really cute look :)

15 Days of Flowers......Day 1

Ahhh....February, the month full of love and flowers.  This month, I've decided to create 15 days of flowers.

Everyday, (time permitting) I will post a tutorial on how to make different types of flowers....whether they be knitted, crocheted, and made out of various types of material...so we begin:

DAY 1: The Knitted Flower

Don't know how to knit?--no worries this is one of the best sites to learn from: Knitting Help , and of course there is always YouTube videos.

Materials:  (perfect for scrap yarn!)
Yarn in your color of choice
Size 2 knitting needles
Needle & Thread
Button or your choice for center of flower

 

The Pattern:

Cast on 49 stitches

ROW 1: Purl

ROW 2: K1, *YO, K1, S1, K2Tog, PSSO, K1, YO, K1; Repeat from * to end of row.

Repeat Rows 1 & 2, 2 more times ending in Row 2.

Row 7: Purl

Row 8: P2Tog to the last stitch, Purl (you should have 25 stitches)

Row 9: K2Tog to the last stitch, Knit (you should have 13 stitches on your needle)

Cut yarn, thread through all the stitches on the knitting needle, pull up really tight and knot and secure.

 

Attach your center:

 

Use it however you choose!  I chose to attach it to an alligator clip and then attached it to a headband:

and now admire your piece of work!  Here is the final piece on my daughter :)

  

  

Easy and fast and a great way to use up scraps of yarn :)

Patchwork Twirl Dress Winner!!

Pick a number from 1-47 I asked my husband......"16"  Little did he know that he had just selected the winner for my Patchwork Twirl Dress.

...Totally random....the winner is:

Chrystal said...

Wow. In this trying economy, what a wonderful gesture for you to give away a free dress!! This dress is ADORABLE! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE patchwork. I cannot sew a straight line, so I appreciate all the work put into patchwork designs. Boutique clothing is just awesome. I love when girls are able to have clothes that aren't mass produced and that give them a chance to have something that is original. I have two girls. A 10yo and a 10m old (yes, you read that right! The Lord decided our family wasn't done). I would be ecstatic to have either of my girls in this dress. My hopes are that you would choose my comment, but to be honest, your choice will be a blessing for whomever may receive it. Thank you for your kind heart. ~Chrystal

January 28, 2010 11:30 AM

 What a great comment too :)  Thanks Chrystal, please send me an email with your information and I will create a dress for one of your daughters---- simpelodyer@yahoo.com

It's Giveaway Time!

It's been too long since I hosted a giveaway, I decided to make this a 2'fer.  Good things come in 2's :)

I was approached by Leslie of Mamma Tortilla to participate in their first giveaway and create "something cute".  So many things fall in my "cute" list, but the very first thing that came to my mind was to make a little doll perfect for a little girl that included a change of outfits along with a matching baby quilt.  Now the doll being pictured has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, but no worries, I've offered to create a personalized little cutie for the special little girl in your life if you are the winner---granted your little one does not have Dark Brown or Dark Brown eyes, so this is a giveaway for everyone!

Head over to Mamma Tortilla's blog to enter to win a doll and for more information regarding this giveaway.  While you're there, check out their blog, it's so cute and full of great tutorials and ideas for you to make and make that to-do list of yours even bigger :)


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WAIT......THERE'S MORE!!!!
2nd giveaway details......

Spring will be here before you know it and that along with Summer are my 2 favorite seasons, why?  I love getting my girls dressed up like little princesses. 
To help one lucky reader of my blog get an early start for the warm season, I am offering my patchwork twirl dress handmade by me for your daughter, grand-daughter, neice, sister, cousin whomever you choose to have this dress made for plus a matching hair bow. 

 Enter to win this:

Cute huh?

This one's my daughters, she won't part with it, but I will happily re-create one for the winner.  Look at the twirl and just imagine the wonderful photos you will have not to mention one happy little girl.

How do you enter?  Leave me a comment here and tell me why you would want to win this dress.  It's that easy.  Spread the word and follow my blog, as there will be more giveaways and tutorials here!

A winner will be chosen and announced on Monday!  Good Luck!

Yearly Fabric Splurge

I've somewhat started a tradition for myself for the past two years now, kind of as a late Christmas present to myself, I splurge on fabric.  I'm in fabrics anonymous ;)

I have many things planned for this new crop of fabric goodness.  My most favorite is Anna Maria Horners Little Folks fabric line, it has the softest feel in the world and can't wait to create items for my babies out of this yummy fabric.

So here are pics of some of what I picked up...folksy flannels, little folks and dobby dots complete line by Anna Maria Horner as well as full line of Meadowsweet by Sandi Henderson, Sugar Snap by Melissa Averinos, Amy Butler's new Love line in Flannel, Chloe's Imaginations and Caleb's Treehouse collection by Tina Givens and one of my new favorites Dolce's entire collection by Tanya Whelan, and did I mention I also got the whole collection of Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane?  Oh man, I have a true love of vintage fabrics and I can't wait to turn that line into a wonderful quilt.

I picked up yards and yards of Heather Ross's Far, Far Away and Mendocino before it went out of print.

I can't wait to cut into all of this fabric and share my creations!  So that is my little show and tell for now.  I will be de-stashing some fabrics to make room in my craft room soon, so be on the lookout as well for a small fabric giveaway :)

Same Blog, New look and a merge of 2 companies :)

Notice any changes?  It's still me :)

This page is undergoing construction.

Lots of new things coming as I merge my two shops.  I even got my handwriting turned into a font! You can see the samples in my Post titles--sooo cool and it was really fun!  Hope everyone is having a great year so far and still sticking to those New Years Resolutions! 

I'll be back with a giveaway as well as a tutorial so come back and check out my blog soon!

Is that really me?!?!

Knit Lite Giveaway

Yes, it does say....Abbie from Woodbridge, VA
Whooo hooo!!!

I won a giveaway from Jenna Lou's blog! Just for being on her emailing list, I was automatically entered in her Knit Lite giveaway! This is just the best! They will definitely be put to good use as I teeter and totter back and forth from my sewing, quilting and knitting gifts for this holiday season.

Thank you Jenna Lou!