Thursday, October 31, 2013

My Finished Birdie Needle Case

It's all done. And the baby is still firmly in "the egg."

My Finished Needle Case with my four little birdies and the egg (coming soon!)
 I do many things by initials, so you can see i have embroidered their initials on each of the birds. We honestly have no name for the egg yet (we will work that out between contractions) nor do we know whether the baby coming is a boy or a girl. I picked the colour of a robin's egg.
My little birds, detail
I also know that in the bird-world, boy-birds tends to get the fancier tail feathers. Well, not in my bird world!
Mom and Dad birds--obviously very much in love since we have so many little birds!
And finally, the inside, where the needles are kept.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Is My Little Girl a Crafter Too?

Maybe she is. She is 5 years old. We call her G. Isn't this cute?

G's Little Hand Sewn Dove

Friday, October 25, 2013

My Little Bird Family

Little Birds Needle Case
I need a needle case. Okay, I don't really, but I have been using the torn cardboard one that comes with the Guterman needles and thinking, this is silly. I should just make myself something nice!

I fussed around on Pinterest until I realized that there was nothing that I particularly wanted to make. And then I remembered that I don't like making other people's patterns because they never suit me 100%.

So I designed this and am working on it. One little bird for each of my little birds. And then an egg for the baby we are waiting on. The kids love the "egg." "That's our new baby. He's just an egg!" (We don't actually know if the baby is a "he," but I already have three "he's" so it seems more likely somehow. I do understand probabilities, FYI.)

I'll show you the results when I am finished. Maybe by that time, I should have five little birds and no "eggs"...

Monday, October 21, 2013

My Old, Old Project is coming along: Now the Starburst Quilt


The Starburst Quilt in process, 2013

I feel I need to add the year as I do these steps because as I suggested previously, I started this project while I was still in high school. (I think I did anyway. Or maybe I started it the summer after first year. Regardless, in the early 2000s.)

My normal clutter mantra is to get rid of things like this. This has been my one exception because when I took out, I felt inspired. I don't know why. Old, unfinished projects rarely give me this feeling. And then I just get rid of them because I am busy and I don't need to feel guilty about things that I am not doing--because I am doing plenty of new things. And new stuff is always funner than old stuff.

Except in this case.

Now I have appliqued the pieces onto this dark blue fabric and I'm debating what to do. The blue fabric was at the recommendation of my mother who thought it would give it a good contrast. I agree. But now what? Maybe my mom will have to take it home with her and think about it... (Heads up, mom.)

I am also debating on whether I should make it big enough for a twin because we are increasing the number of twin beds we have in our house yet again.