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Friday, February 14, 2025

Hearts ~ Layered, Tattered & Stitched

Made these hearts using a variety of supplies I had and included one as part of the wrapping for the book; Layered, Tattered & Stitched which I gifted to a friend.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Sashiko Patchwork Heart

Afternoon Projects. Stitched a patchwork heart, stuffed with a bit of fiberfill and added some sashiko stitching. (finished size 6" x 6")

The butterfly was a quick and easy little project! Sewn using 4 pieces of 6 inch sq. fabric. Two square pieces for top wings and two round pieces for bottom wings. Used Jute cord to create antenna. (finished size: 6" W x 4" H.)

"Hobby Crafting" on YouTube has an easy to follow tutorial for the butterfly.

Shibori Origami Hearts

I used 8.25 inch square Japanese Shibori Origami Paper to make these hearts. The paper is high quality origami paper and double sided with a variety of solid colors on the back.

Very simple to follow folding tutorial over at "Easy Origami" if you're interested in crafting some Origami Hearts for yourself!

Monday, February 10, 2025

Love and Kindness

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Knit A Heart

There are lots of free tutorials online demonstrating how to knit a heart.

I followed 'Nimble Needles' on YouTube. His video is easy to follow and he also provides a free printable pattern.

Knit to your hearts content!

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Mini Komebukuro Bags

I loved sewing these mini Komebukuro Bags! So easy using ten 5 inch Charm Pack Squares by Moda ('Basic Grey' & 'LaVie Boheme') for each bag plus fabric to sew the tabs and additional cording and beads for the ties.

Christine's Home Affairs (YT) has an easy to follow tutorial which includes how to make "Y" seams.

Especially liked sewing these because I didn't have to measure and cut my fabric. Just use the pre-cut 5 inch squares from any Charm Pack which are already color coordinated!

An earlier, larger and slightly different technique of Komebukuro bag that I made using kzstevens pattern (modern Japanese Rice Bag) I posted here

Saturday, February 1, 2025

A Little Birdie Told Me

I embroidered this sweet little bird onto a piece of cotton canvas and stretched it over a mini 4 inch canvas frame.

I purchased the embroidery pattern from 'IvanaStudio' (Etsy) and used my Brother PE535 machine to embroider the design. If you're interested, I explained my embroidery process in a past post here.