Here are the Pup Birthday Bandannas promised earlier in the week. BUT these aren’t just for pups. A bandanna is a bandanna whether wrapped around your doggie’s neck or for keeping the hair out your eyes! Truly, the hardest part of making this bandanna is deciding on the size. Here is the standard sizes when purchasing …
NOTE: Although the number 5 is depicted in the applique, numbers 0 – 9 are included on the pattern. So… when could you possibly need numbers in the shape of bones? Well… if you’re: making doggie birthday bandannas anything Halloween related have a little pirate in your life are doing a dinosaur or archeology unit …
The other day when I posted the Swimming Turtle Coloring Page, one of our readers asked if we could do a bear. Well, as it turns out, bears are a perfect companion to Winter Wonderland Curriculum. So, it didn’t take much encouragement to agree to make a bear coloring page. And, since I was making a coloring …
We get tons of emails from our readers. Sometimes they have questions, sometimes their kind words make us blush, and sometimes they simply WOW us! This falls into the category of WOWing us! I got this email from Jane: I thought you might be interested in the blanket I made as a Christmas present for my eight …
Whether you live in an apartment, condo, or house, the place we call “home” is often an alias for “family”. Our home is where we gather with our family at the end of the day. Our home is where we keep the things that are most important to us. And our home is where our …
Next to the Nativity Scene, angels are probably the most common religious symbol of the Christmas season. Many Christmas songs refer to them: Hark the Hearld Angels Sing, Angels We Have Heard on High, Angels From the Realms of Glory and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, just to name a few. During this first …
Although Michelle and I are taking the holiday weekend off, I’ve been enjoying some designing and crafting time. I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at a couple of the Advent Applique Blocks. I’m loving them!
Learn how to reduce and enlarge patterns using basic math. There are several techniques that can be used to customize any pattern to fit your desired application. My mother has put together a beautiful collection of Applique Blocks. Although the reason they are popular with quilters is obvious, I am challenging our readers to think …
It’s Halloween time, and what’s more fun than some friendly Ghosties? But don’t be fooled by these seemingly simple patterns. Through these 2 applique blocks, we are going to be sharing some techniques this week to help you think “outside the box” or as Michelle likes to say “outside the blocks”. First off, today we …
Do you have a little would be knight in your life? Then chances are, you’ll find something to embellish with this applique! Last week I got an email from one of our readers asking if I had every designed a pattern for a Fleur de Lis. Nope, I hadn’t. But Bug is fascinated with the …
Just a gentle reminder of all that we have to be grateful for. Thank you, Irving! I Got the Sun in the Morning – Words & Music by Irving Berlin Got no diamond, got no pearl, Still I think I’m a lucky girl. I’ve got the sun in the morning And the moon at night. …
As we are getting close to recital time, our felt Ballet Slipper Bookmark Pattern makes a great gift for dance teachers. Monday evening Michelle called me up and said, “Hey, Mom. Can you do me a favor?” Experience has taught me 2 things… first, I seldom say “No” to my children, and second, no matter how …
