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crafting in the new year
Lovely embroidery supplies won on September House's blog.
With the new year, comes new crafting projects. Here's what's currently on my workbench:- Little forest quilt by Lovely Design (posted on Purl Bee)
- Ruffly headband by Heart of Light
- Pom poms by bleubird (I've already made one pom pom from red yarn, and I love it.)
- Argyle ornament by September House
- Fabric pom poms from Once Wed
blogger christmas swap: what i received
So in exchange for the cross-stitched mustaches I sent to my swap partner for the Blogger Christmas Swap in December, I received these goodies from my thoughtful swap partner, Tamera:
Floss and vintage notions
Vintage ribbon with a cross-stitch design
Colorful zipper pouch
Tamera is the lovely gal behind Crank Heart Pony, an Etsy shop filled with handmade bags and excellent vintage finds. I've already started using the pouch to carry all of my pens and pencils, and I'm excited to find a use for the cross-stitch ribbon. Any suggestions on what I should do with it?
b. poetic flowers
I've completely fallen in love with the ruffly and romantic fabric flowers of B. Poetic. I would have loved to have worn a B. Poetic ribbon belt or pair of shoe clips at my August wedding--and would have, had I known about them sooner!
Lots of pretty products can be found in the B. Poetic Etsy shop.
quilting project: pieced border scrap quilt
Back during Scrap Buster Month on Sew Mama Sew!, I fell in love with this quilt by Rita of Red Pepper Quilts. Knowing that I wanted to make my parents a quilt for Christmas, I decided to use her easy-to-follow tutorial.
I chose to keep the colors for the lap quilt simple, and used shades of blue for each border. The blues were a combination of scraps from around the studio, and fat quarters that I...
