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Flowered Towel

· categorized in Sewing Tutorials,

My littlest niece gave me a chance to do what I love to do. Making things for my loved ones is something I treasure. I’ve made these towels before but not with flowers or matching washcloths. If you are interested in how to make them see the instructions in this post for the basic hooded …

Painting the Kitchen, the How

· categorized in My Home,

When I posted about my kitchen I didn’t want to bore you all with the details. Plus, I don’t consider myself an authority on the topic but I have learned from some amazing people over the years and have gone through the doing of it a few times. I’ve been getting questions from people interested …

A Little Thing

· categorized in Garden, Miscellaneous,

Sometimes I feel the weight of starting again in a new place. The to do list (or more like the “want done” list) is so long. The number of imperfections my detailed eye sees each day is high. I remember the houses and gardens I have labored long in and had to leave and it’s …

Crochet Violet

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

I have loved using the crocheted flower bookmarks I started making a few months ago. They are a quick project and have inspired me to make more flower patterns. Here’s a free pattern for a violet. Please see my copyright page for permissions.

Not Perfect

· categorized in Miscellaneous,

You may have heard this story. It is of some people group of long ago with intricate and beautiful handwork. It was said that they purposefully left a flaw in each work of their hands in acknowledgement that they were not gods. I don’t think I’ve ever once had to do it on purpose, but …

Crocheted Chrysanthymum

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

It is Spring and I can’t wait to get a garden going. But for now, all my flowers are crocheted. I gave some to my bookworm daughter and she has been loving them. They also made great Christmas presents for some lovely ladies I know. Now I’m putting the bookmarks in my store as new products so …

My Kitchen

· categorized in Uncategorized,

When we first saw what is now our house, the kitchen was not inspiring. In fact it alone was enough to make me strongly dislike this house. But there are a lot of other things this house has going for it so I tried hard to imagine what it could be. It would be a low …

The Art of Freedom

· categorized in Uncategorized,

My actual garden has been very finicky this year and so I may blame that in part for all of the crocheted flowers I’ve been making. Since I found a fun purpose for them I kinda went crazy. A week from today, there is a fundraiser event called The Art of Freedom in Sacramento and …

Crochet Rose Bookmarks

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

Didn’t you always want to save your page with a rose? And not come back later to find it wilted? Check out my store link to purchase crocheted rose bookmarks. They make great gifts too for the book-loving girl or woman. Or check out the free pattern below to make your own roses. I just chain …

Quilted Curtains

· categorized in Repurposing Tutorials, Sewing Tutorials,

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about making a quilt… What I mean by that is that I see some gorgeous quilt and I want to make one, then I remember how much work it would be and quickly it is moved into the “someday” list of things I want to do. But when I …