Leaves from walking O to school and fabric from Quilt Merchant.
I really need to go to a yarn store. It's fall and I have no new yarn.
(Carol and Ellie are you reading? We should meet at that yarn shop that was in St. Charles then moved to Geneva then back to St. Charles.)
I started this blog because I was home with my baby, making stuff and wanted to hang out with other makers and chat. The longer I do this blog the more and more I do in "secret", on my own, by myself. I thought the book was going to be super collaborative but instead it was just me doing my part and then handing it off to others to do their parts. I want to go, out of my house, to one of those jobs with huge carousels of markers and talk to people about my ideas. I think I'm just feeling sorry for myself because I'm stuck on this design. I need someone to say yes to this and no to that.
I have my framed farm folks x-stitchettes just sitting in a pile in my craft room. I thought I'd put them out for a little seasonal flair.
I really want to plant some of these in my yard.
I've been sewing a lot the past few days. And guess what? I've forgotten how to sew! I'm botching everything. Sewing right side to wrong, eyeballing things and being off, making mistakes I'm trying very hard to avoid. My seam ripper is my best friend. So today I gave the sewing a rest. It's so hard not to want to just charge through and put some things in the "finished" column!
edited by Flora Klickmann, 1916.
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
