Wooly Sweater

I ment to post this one a while back.  It is a baby sweater that Grace knit for a little girl at church.  Her one mistake was the line going across the front.  At first I thought it was part of the design, but was told it wasn't, lol.  She has since made one (without the "mistake" :) and put it in the shop.

Adding to the shop soon!

Thanks to Mama's Little Monkeys

we'll be adding these facial scrubbies to the shop.

Errrr!  I have the worst trouble with my pictures!  

The lighting is the biggest problem and it seems no matter what I do to fix it, it still is bad. *sigh*.

Basket Making

Taylor has really gotten into basket making.  When she graduated in June we took her to Suzanne Moore's place in Vass, NC.  She is extremely nice and helpful.
Suzanne Moore's Basket Supply

Here are a couple of the basket's Taylor has made...
(This one Eva helped with.)

This second basket is in the shop.  She will be adding more soon.

Picks of one of two scarfs I made recently.  Can't wait to do pink and cream, but have to wait till I finish the 1800's Dress (you can see the fabric underneath the scarf).

It's hard to get them in the shop when I want to give them all away, lol.

2nd Scarf Completed

I finished my second loom project which turned into 3rd and 4th project as well.  I miscalculated the amount of warp I'd need and was able to get two scarfs and a finger towel out of it.  Actually the finger towel will have to be something else because I remembered Bamboo is a wicking material, not absorbing. 

I was excited because my teacher said that my edges come out so nice and that I did so well i could sell them.  So I am selling one of them in my etsy shop. 

Coming Along

Here is a pic of the work I've done on the loom.  I'm pretty pleased with results so far.  I have completed about 18" so far.  I'm making a scarf so I have a lot more to do before I'm finished.

 Here I am trying my hand at some dish soap.  If it turns out and I like it, I will be adding some to Etsy along with more laundry soap with new fragrances.  It has been a rough start from when I had to close when we moved, but things are mellowing out now and I'm anxious to get started again.

This and That

It's been awhile since I've posted about projects I'm working on and thought I'd share a few.

This first one is actually one that Taylor did for a little one at church.

She crocheted the pocket lace and did a hand embroidered stem stitch for the collar. The picture she used was from a greeting card she received.

Here I am doing a small Biscornu. I did a larger one here with a tutorial.

In looking back I see where I wasn't clear in some of the steps. If you have questions, please email me. I will fix the issues as soon as I can.

This is a table loom my MIL gave me just before we moved to NC. It was her grandmothers. I absolutely love it. I contacted a lady about her chickens and wound up with lessons! I saw some really nice guitar and belt weaving patterns that I excited about trying.

I was complaining to my husband about doing a project that I'm not excited about and that I'm one that would rather do a project that is too difficult, but inspiring than one that is easy that I lack enthusiasm over. He loves my corny artist quotes, like, "An artist needs inspiration!" It always gives him a good laugh.

I bought goats milk soap from a vendor at the county fair. I do not like having a mess from the bar in the shower, so I thought I'd make some terry cloth sack like thingys. I'll think of a better name later. I will put some up on my etsy (along with more laundry soap) and see what happens. The fabric I'll be using is Michael Miller's Organic Terry Cloth. MoSoap is an excellent source for lye soaps. They are very generous.

Introducing...

Natural Creations

Laundry Powders and Dryer Sachets

Limited Introductory Supply

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Etsy

Etsy Item

New @ Etsy

Practical Creations @ Etsy

Old and New

First the New: Item added to my Practical Creations shop @ Etsy.

I used Deb Strain's Daydream fabrics from Moda. I love the colors!

Last the Old: Well not too old. This is a picture of the lap quilt I am doing for Greg.
Actually it is bigger than a lap quilt. Who wants to curl up for a good nap or read with your feet sticking out. (Please excuse the wrinkles :0)

New @ Practical Creations...

Embroidery Barn Pattern

Practical for all needlework projects.

Keep your needles, scissors and floss in one convient place!

Regency Pelisse...

just added to Practical Creations...

New Items @ Practical Creations

Embroidered Onesies...

Taylor's creation...

Patriotic Redwork

New item in the shop.