In honor of my mom’s birthday today, I’m including a few of her craft projects. Mom was an amazingly versatile crafter and taught me so much. This small blue and white baby hat is crocheted with extra soft terrycloth yarn and features a fold-up brim. The little butterfly accent is crocheted with #10 thread. Very [...]
One of my first embroidery projects, this small blue tote bag includes a design of vines and pink flowers that wraps around the top of the bag. I made this bag for my mother who loved the color blue and little flowers. The bag itself is from Joann’s dollar section. The design is freehand and [...]
In Summer 2008, I embroidered this small cosmetics bag for my preteen niece whose name starts with “B”. It was one of my first embroidery projects and turned out to be a sampler of sorts as I learned new stitches. The design was completely freehand and I made it up as I went along, filling [...]
This crochet afghan in beautiful blue and purple jewel tones was a gift for a friend last Christmas. I thought the yarn I selected (Lion Brand Homespun…so soft and lovely) was too busy for a complicated pattern so I chose a simple block stitch pattern. I eyeballed the width and made the length a bit [...]
I’m busy working on new patterns featuring my little penguin friend. In this design, the little penguin is peeking in to say “hello”! The sample pictured is a burping cloth for a new baby. I stitched this design using outline stitch, seed stitch, and stem stitch in only two colors: black and gold. The fabric [...]
I knit this country blue baby blanket for a close friend who wanted to avoid baby blue for her baby boy. I didn’t use a pattern, just counted stitches and measured every once in a while. Overall size is about 36″ by 24″. The border is garter stitch and the inside is stockinette. A very [...]
I crocheted this Kokeshi Doll amigurumi for my niece from a pattern created by Michelle McLaughlin (available for free at her site Suncatcher Eyes). The pattern calls for mostly single and half-double crochet stitches. In my case, the embroidery is simple straight stitches. I used Caron Simply Soft yarn for the body, face and hair [...]