Earrings and Aprons

Here are some fun things I whipped up yesterday!

This apron is embellished with vintage buttons and crochet lace.  It has three deep pockets.

This apron has a vintage embroidered scarf.

New Project

An antique embroidered cloth that I put into an apron.

Embroidery

Time to share some pictures of my latest needlework.

I wanted to make pillows of sayings from our family, but decided that would be too many pillows! So I worked them up and placed them in a multi frame.

Then there was one that needed a frame of its own. Those that know my mother understand this one!

Yeah, those were my first words. It’s in my baby book. Children learn what they live!

I also finished an apron. LOVE the owl!!

This is on the bottom of the apron.

Happy cook!

This is a tea towel swap. It is off to a new home!

I’m still finishing up on weaving some kitchen towels. I am so close to be being finished, but it is like a great book that you don’t want to end! I put a couple of rows in every day or two in order to prolong the project! I LOVE WEAVING! Thank you Jenny!!!!!

Cheers!

More Embroidery!

Ok, here are the shot of my recent stuff. 

I love this primitive piece! The cat just cracks me up! It will be a pillow with a denim back. I thought about a frame, but I don’t have a rustic one around.

These 3 Kewpie’s will be made into individual ornaments. I like the idea of making them into a Christmas banner alternating with colorful fabric, but the first set will be ornies!

I just LOVE their little tushies!! My great aunt Mary collected Kewpie dolls and I have always loved them! DD#2 looked just like one as a baby! Much to her chagrin!

On to sewing ornaments today!

Cheers!

Needle work Day

Well, here is what I have been wanting to do for so long, but since being down with the flu, haven’t been able to finish. However this Sunday I felt great and here is what I did!

First is a cutter’s quilt bird.

Then a couple of cats to go with Bob the cat I made at Miss Wilma’s.

I found an amazing idea for using crayons to shade embroidery so I did this scene that I’ll put into a pillow.

Then the following Christmas ornaments followed.

I had such fun! I also have a picture of the pillowcases I did for a swap, but I haven’t mailed them out yet, so I’ll wait until later this week to post that picture. I am going to go through my children’s book collection from the 30’s – 60’s and recreate some images to frame. I love old children’s illustrations. The innocents and sweetness is so missing from our lives these days. If I have to look at one more Bratz doll, I’ll puke! That’s the bar we set for our little girls now? Not at this house! My girls didn’t have Barbie dolls! I made Waldorf inspired dolls and Jenny dolls to dress up. Ok, didn’t mean to get on an old soapbox! 

Cheers!