Cute As A Button

                                          

This is my newly finished  pincushion for the month of March, yes I am still behind and playing catch up but isn't this one a cutie? The black fabric on the far left that was in my kit had yellow and red patterns on it, you can see a bit of it there but the white circle dots were all yellow and I used cream colored DMC floss to make tiny little french knots and I think that looks much better. None of the embellishments come in the kit, just the wools and fabrics for the front and back. I like that because it forces me to be more creative by using up what I already have in my large stash of random stuff, like buttons and bits of ribbons to small for larger projects and beads like the one I used for the crows eye. The threads or DMC floss I have to supply can be tricky sometime because I never know what color the fabric in the kit is going to be until it arrives but so far I have not been forced to go shopping for a matching color, did I mention I have a really large stash? I haven't always used the recommened color but I think they have matched up close enough so far.

That's it for this post, thanks for reading and watch for April's pin cushion coming up next time.

Blessings

Moving and Catching up

Moving is a lot of work! All our previous moves have been military, the easy way to move. They send a crew of packers out one day to pack out the entire house then send a moving company on another day  to load it all up on a truck and badda bing badda boom your done, easy peasy and all thats left to do is clean the empty space. This time however the move is all on us and it feels like it will never end. As I write this I am sitting in an almost empty house and I am taking a break from taking down old wallpaper and prepping walls for new paint. We won't be fully and completely done with this move until July. Needless to say it has been difficult to keep up with this blog in the process but I have been able to steal a few moments here and there to work on my pin keeps however I am still behind on them.   The last one I posted was January, I did finish the one for February and posted it on my FB page but didn't have the time to write the blog post so here it is below.

I am almost finished March's Pinkeep so I will hopefully get that one posted this week. Then I have to catch up April and May so if all goes well I will be caught up by the end of May.

This move is different in every way from all our other moves not just the packing out and loading up part but the biggest thing is we don't have a house to move to. What we are doing is living out of a large camper off the grid until we build the house of our dreams. The off the grid part is part of the reason keeping up with this blog has been difficult, no power means no internet and the cell service is pretty much non existent in the location we chose to move to so it makes things a bit more challenging. I must say though that being up on that mountain is so peaceful I don't really miss all the electronic age stuff because spending less time online means more time to be creative, at least when this moving process is finished.

I will post more about the move and crafting later but for now I have to get back to work.

Thanks for reading and please let me know you stopped by.

On Pins and Needles

Let it Snow

This year I subscribed to "Year of The Pinkeeps", a block of the month club from Primitive Gatherings and this is my finished pinkeep for January. The kit came with the pattern and wool felt to complete the project but did not come with any of the threads to match the wool or the embellishments like the snow flakes or mittens and buttons, I was thankful to have had all I needed in my stash.  I also added a few elements not listed on the original pattern instructions, like the words on the bottom, Let it Snow, the lace trim and the weighted bottom to make it stand upright. Also, instead of using the called for fiber fill, I used some sheeps wool I had that was two short to spin, using seconds off the wool carder is great for this.  I also added some lavender buds and a few drops of lavender essential oil to the wool prior to stuffing so it smells great!

Thanks for reading and watch for February's pinkeep.