Friday, February 26, 2010

Weekly Dose of Crafts

As some of my twitter friends know I took my first of 2 knitting classes last weekend. I was shocked how much I approved with practice this week. The left swatch I made immediately when I get home from the class Sunday and the right was the same exact pattern but like a million times better, which I made on Wednesday! I have my second class this Sunday and actually a crochet class tomorrow. My goal with these classes is to one day be able to do this.


I've started following a lot of crafty blogs recently and sometimes they share projects and free patterns to try. This week I came across a very cute St. Patrick's themed embroidery pattern at So September. She gave some great tips and ideas including turning it into a Spring themed piece which I tried to do here. This was also my first experience using transfer paper to get the pattern onto the fabric. In the past I had tried disappearing pens (which I think would disappear before I finished!) and iron on transfers. I think next time I need to press harder but besides that it worked out great!

7 comments:

  1. Yay! that's awesome progress!! lol I remember my first pattern thing... it was a joke. looked a lot like your first blue one. i think i threw it away, though ;)

    keep it up! loving the embroidery. I might do that pattern!

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  2. i'm doing some embroidering (if that's a real world) too! it's a great way to relax.
    nice pattern, love her!

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  3. Wow, you've become a craft machine! Keep us posted on your knitting progress!

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  4. Okay, now I think I like the flowers even better - this looks wonderful! :)

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  5. oo awesome! My sister is taking a sewing class because she wants to make clothes. I would love to learn how to do embroidery.

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  6. That needlepoint is so cute! I love it!

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  7. Looks perfect!!! You did such a great job. Embroidery is totally something I need to get into.

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