day 1 :: 2009 craft books

2009 craft books :: Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting by Lorna Miser

what a gorgeous knitting book ! you can view all the 20 knitting patterns at this ravelry link.


such lovely photos & colors, oh the colors !


even the appendix page is beautiful !


i was really inspired by this Charity Hat pattern, they recommended using Lion Brand Cotton-Ease & anyone (in the US at least) can easily buy it at any local craft store. i love Cotton-Ease, it's soft & i had some in my stash, so i quickly knitted one up. it's a hat that is just lacey enough, making it the perfect hat for a chemo patient.


and here's me in the Charity Hat that i knitted, for more info, here is the ravelry link.

see you tomorrow for day 2 !

2009 craft books

i thought it was high time to host a 2009 craft books month over here ---- all during the month of February i'll be posting about my favorite 2009 craft books & what i created from them. 20 crafty books... knitting & sewing & paper crafting, oh my ! some books you already know & maybe some you've never heard of. i did meet 2 of the authors, which 2 authors did i meet? come back & see !

so what were your favorite craft books from 2009? & what did you make from them? would love to hear...

have a great weekend ! see you on Monday !

vintage thingy thursday

some vintage treasures to share... how fabulous are these 3 deer !?! from the 1950's !! at $15, i really should go back & bring them home !


i've never seen a Dualflex IV in real life before & look how great it looks with the flash !


such lovely buttons, the packaging itself is eye candy !


such a lovely blue & yellow tea towel, i want to go back to get it for a future craft project...


such a sweet sheep mold ! think Easter...

TtV :: mourning girl

(TtV photo taken through an Argus 75)

we had a funeral to go to... my mother passed away & my 2 year old daughter didn't have a black dress, so i decided to sew her this dress...



i had just gotten this book: Absolutely A-Line by Wendi Gratz & decided i would use it for her black dress. i bought thick black corduroy & lining fabric & sewed a size 3 dress (the smallest size pattern in the book). my daughter even helped a little - she helped with the pins & i sewed this dress using the sewing machine & sewing table that my mother gave me... these are memories... it was therapeutic, i'm sure you know what i mean --- crafting & creating to help you get through difficult times...

TtV :: Christmas girl

this was the Christmas outfit i made for C, her favorite part was the white pompom on the top of the candy cane hat (knitting pattern is from itty-bitty hats book by Susan B Anderson), i also knitted the matching candy cane legwarmies, then i sewed her a granny smith apple green with white polka dots peasant style dress from the Sweet Little Dress Pattern from leila & ben.

(these ttv photos were taken through an Argus 75)

happy bench monday !

TtV :: purple

TtV (through the viewfinder) photos i took using an Argus 75... i had envisioned this purple ensemble for my daughter, C, & this is how it turned out... the lazy days skirt was sewn from the purple Russian nesting doll fabric from Denmark that i got in a swap, the legwarmies & the one row lace scarf were knit from purple DROPS yarn (also from Denmark that i also got in the same swap), & the purple hippo is a knitting pattern from the itty-bitty toys book by Susan B. Anderson.

happy bench monday !

denyse schmidt quilts

i've been so inspired by craft books lately - so much so that i'll be doing a month of blogging on 2009 craft books during January 2010. we are very fortunate to have access to a public library with so many books & we check out a ton of books. this book above - Denyse Schmidt Quilts is an older one (from 2005), so you've probably already seen it...


i had these purple, pink, & yellow scraps of fabric sitting around & they were perfect for making these Dis-Cards as this project is called in the book. basically you quilt a greeting card, so far i have 3 done & i have 3 more to go...