05 April 2025

Saturday Sampler: Spring Stitchy Goodies Edition

 

Happy Saturday, y'all! Got a few new things over the last couple of months so it's time to share and enable! 

First up, for my birthday I got a couple of new floss organizers. I absolutely love these things and have a collection of the 12 and 20 bobbin sizes. This time I splurged a little (30% off sale!) and got a 25 bobbin size (the white one). These are hands down my favorite way to organize DMC for a project and they come in lots of sizes. She has sales fairly regularly. 



It's sparkly!


Next, Market goodies! I don't usually get much from Market, some years just the cookbook, so this year is kind of a haul for me. 



I literally gasped when I saw that Blue Flower bird design and couldn't wait for it to get here! It's such a perfect addition to my bird display!

Speaking of birds, this beautiful hand painted fabric is Woodland by Crossed Wing Collection. It's for a bird project. It was impossible to photograph accurately so I had to actually fiddle with the color, which I never do. 


I found some very pretty Czech glass beads to make counting pins & maids-of-all-work. I'm a little picky about the size and feel of the beads I use for those (the maids, not the pins) and these are ideal.


The perfect size, complete with a small indentation that fits my finger so nicely! Don't you love it when you find *exactly* what you're looking for, even if it's just a little bead? Makes me so happy.


And those are my latest goodies. I've spent almost no time in my sewing room over the last few weeks. In mid-March, we unexpectedly lost a dear friend and the shock and grief have been a bit staggering. I know many of y'all know this feeling. I've settled down somewhat now and am looking forward to pulling out my pile of finishing and making a giant mess in my sewing room. I find the finishing process very absorbing and therapeutic--if I have the brains for it! I think I need that at the moment. 

Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll have some pretty things to share with you. In the meantime...

Bonus Pretty Werewolves!

02 April 2025

Wilbur Wednesday: He's Finished!


What a fun stitch! Here's Wilbur, in all his toofy, goofy glory! He's available in this Etsy shop. I stitched him with the recommended DMC on 32 ct Sandbar by Under the Sea Fabrics.