Little Penpen

 Even though I’ve been busy, I don’t have much sewing to show this week. I used an online tutorial to make a pillowcase dress for Annabelle....

 I started blogging again as a way to keep a record of my sewing projects. I didn’t want to bore everyone with my ongoing cross stitch sampl...

 I really am getting close to the end. I’m not working on this piece as much as I was in the beginning , as I keep finding other things to d...

 I skipped last week because I didn’t have a lot of progress to show. I have completed the words on my Psalm 23 piece and it seems to be mov...

 I have accumulated several new  hand stitching projects (how does that happen?) so I’m trying to steadily work on this one. I refuse to sta...

 I’ve enjoyed slow stitching all week and only sat at the sewing machine once. And that was just to stitch the seams for this little pillow....

 The stitches are in, but I need to decide what to do with the empty space. The original design (shown in last week’s post) has a vintage sa...

 This has been a busy week for me, but I was able to get some sewing things done. I hand stitched all 420 inches of binding onto the Quilt o...

 It’s a quilt top! Ready to bind! I spent all week tying knots. A true labor of love. Really, I enjoyed it! I definitely will do this again ...

 I’ve been doing something a little different with my slow stitching this week.  I am hand tying this king sized quilt! Knot after knot afte...

I'm trying to retrain myself to hand quilt.  I hope to discipline myself to put in a row of stitches daily, so I can keep my finger call...