How to Crochet a Rug out of T-Shirts - CraftStylish

How to Crochet a Rug out of T-Shirts - CraftStylish

"Let's Get Ready for Christmas"! Blog Giveaway

Yes, it's that time of year again!  I've started working on gifts for the holidays.

Check out a fabulous Christmas giveaway on Leona's blog!

Junk Love Wednesday

Sharing finds and treasures with you!

This saree is beautifully beaded!

 

It is good to visit my local used bookstore.  This one is my favorite!  If you live in Central Florida, it is located on Hwy 17-92, near State Road 434 in Longwood.  The sign simply says, 'Used Bookstore'.

This book was an awesome find!  It contains all of the stitches and how to do them of crocheting, knitting, embroidering, macrame, rugmaking, sewing, and tatting.  This book will be greatly used, again!  Although, it looks as though never used.

Well, I came home the other day to a Singer treadle sewing machine at my front door.  The wood cabinet was in the worst shape, however, the machine head and irons were salvageable.  See, sometimes the machines 'find' you!  So that evening, I dismantled the irons from the cabinet, as well as took out the machine head.  When hubby gets home from the road, we are going hunting for a butcher block (maybe, I can find one in a thrift store or on Freecycle) and then have an opening cut for the machine to drop into.  I'll keep you posted on the WIP!

Enjoy your weekend!  Until next time...

Peace and Junk Love!

Girls Saturday Road Trip!

I needed this trip!  Three of my sewing gal pals and myself took a 2-hour trip to Trenton, Florida to visit Suwannee Quilt Shop, Antique Gallery, Rose Cafe, Stained Glass Studio, Lynn's Country Cross Stitch Shop, and Frame Shop!  We also met-up with a new sewing friend that lived nearby!

The quilt shop and cafe which is housed together was once the Coca Cola Bottling plant in the 1920s.  The library has a tin ceiling and loads of books to purchase.  Christmas is all year 'round in the Christmas and Gift Room.

Is this not the most colorful and happy applique quilt?!

(Hi Wendy and Willa!)

I was truly amazed by this quilt and it's story!  Sorry, it was hard to get a full picture of this quilt.  It hung in a narrow hallway.

Did you read this?  Her first attempt at hand quilting...WOW!  The employees of the quilt shop said that she had lost her husband and the hand quilting was therapy for her!

After shopping and sightseeing in the quilt shop, we sat for lunch in the cafe.  The food was delish and the conversations among the other ladies (customers and employees) was great!  It was a very quaint and friendly restaurant!

We then, went to another building which housed the Cross Stitch Shop, Stained Glass Works, and the Custom Frame Shop!

The 'Home Arts' pattern books were dated 1936.

We had a blast!

Our 2+ hour trip home became a 3+ hour trip thanks to a University of Florida, Gators football game!

Thank you ladies for the great trip and great company!

semi-wordless thursday

Making great strides with the cowl I'm knitting.  Only 3 inches more...!

It was my first time making prairie points!

School work is keeping me quite busy studying and writing!  But, this is the best time of my life and I'm enjoying my return to school!

HAPPY KNITTING and QUILTING!

Junk Love...Embroidery Hoops and a Cat

My wall of hoops!

A sleepy cat.  Looks like crewelwork by an unknown needleworker.

HAPPY THRIFTING!  Have a Safe and Wonderful Labor Day Weekend!

Wordless Thursday

Needed a break from school work.

HAPPY QUILTING!

Sewing, Knitting, Quilting and Fabric Love

I was tired of looking at the standard black Featherweight sewing machine box.  Boring!

I knew that I wanted to do something 'different' to make it my own!  Decoupage, hmmmm?!  I didn't know if I wanted to decoupage with paper or fabric until I saw this...and, this!

And, came up with this...

I still need to add grosgrain or some sort of ribbon to the handle, per suggestion of my online crafty friend, Rita!  You gotta go check out her Etsy shop here!  Still have more to do, but so far I'm pleased with my box!

Next, on the creative agenda, was this laptop bag for my daughter!  All of my thrifting and garage sale shopping, left me defeated in finding a laptop bag that would fit "today's" laptops.  Most of the ones I came across were for retro laptops!  I'm talking about 5" thick from the 90's and shorter in width!

I'm also knitting a cowl for a dear friend!  Found this easy and cute pattern by Madelinetosh!  She's on Ravelry, also!  Beautiful patterns!

These blocks are from a Block Exchange via Treadle On.  For the love of vintage and antique people-powered machines!  Rules for this block exchange, this block design and colors be sewn on either a treadle or hand crank German manufactured machine!  Here's the machine I used!

Here's a center medallion block I made in March.  This is one of my WIPs!

And, I've been feeling the urge to splurge on some fabric!  The budget was tight, but my neighborhood fabric shop had a great sale!  (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)  So, I picked up these fat quarters!

I'm sorry I didn't have any Junk Love for you!  Maybe, next week...we'll see!  For now, I need to go over homework with the 2 youngest children and work on my assignment, due Monday!

Until next time...

HAPPY SEWING, KNITTING, and QUILTING!

Luggage, Knit/Crochet, Embroidery, and Bargello Junk Love

I actually acquired this vintage luggage for skates through Freecycle.  It's perfect for MORE fabric stashes!

Bag of these lovely knitted? or crocheted? scarf and squares in cotton!  I think they're crocheted.  I love collecting projects from unknown artists (quilters, crafters, sewists, etc.)!  The challenge is to find out what they might have been creating and making your own version!

Vintage cross-stitch and embroidery transfer patterns.

Vintage apron sewing pattern.

My husband found this one.  He's heard my conversation on Bargello quilts, however, this book is about Bargello needlework!  Interesting book.

Now, back to school work for myself and the children...

Peace and Junk Love!

Here are the newspaper clippings to purchase the patterns also, in the envelope...

Here are the actual patterns still intact...

I have found many of these vintage patterns by mail.  Mainly clothing, some dolls and some purses.

HAPPY SEWING!

Peace and Junk Love!