Hello There!
I hope you all are doing well! I finished some more cowls for Christmas. You've seen a few of them already, but I just had to show them all together. I have a few more to make.
Hello there!
Thank you for stopping in! I hope you are doing well.
I've been as busy as a bee crocheting cowls. I use a very complicated pattern for each one of them and it's called "design as I go"! LOL! I love stitching up cowls because I simply play with yarn as I go.
This year I decided to give a nod to my paternal Grandma-in-law and highlight her favorite stitches, a simple mesh row and solid double crochet row. She named her beautiful pattern, Puertitas y ventanas (Door and Windows).
For the first cowl, I used an I (5.5mm) hook and a soft acrylic one from Hobby Lobby: I Love This Yarn Stonewash 01/Demin, 5 ounces. . I started by chaining until the length felt wideI alternated between rows of double crochet, X-stitches, playing with the texture until the cowl reached the perfect width. One skein yielded one complete cowl. I had enough left to begin another one and combine it with white yarn.
Both projects were quick, easy, and very budget-friendly. I’m hoping to have at least one more finished before the month is up. Happy stitching and creating to you all!
I'm back with another post! My goal is to indeed finish something Christmasy every month. Fingers crossed!
Hello There!
This was my first Christmas without Daddy (yes, at 63 years, I still call him Daddy LOL!). I started so many holiday projects, but didn't have the heart to finish them. I'm on a mission to get them done as they are certainly making a mess out of my sewing room!
I realize this blog is 1 Xmas Item a Month, but I have another quick finish to share. I hope you all don't mind if I share here more often than once a month! :)
While visiting my local quilt shop, I fell in love with a vintage Christmas ornament panel. Last month I hand stitched some beaded accents on about half of them and this week I finally took them over the finish line.
January 2026
Happy New Years to all!
It does seem like it’s been a while since anyone has posted, to include myself. My precious daddy, yes at 62. I still call him daddy, became very ill and eventually passed in August 2025.
The annual ornaments I make for my grandchildren were late, but I am hoping to finish the last one this month. I’ve decided I’ll start making their ornaments at the beginning of the year because life happens and I don’t want to disappoint them. Here is my progress thus far.
I did, however, make my mama this quilted Christmas tree. The easy tutorial is by Petra at Creative Decor.
This year I again participated in a Christmas ornament swap and again thoroughly enjoyed it.
Finally I have a few Christmas items to write about it. Is anyone else surprised that it is October already? I made these for our Church fair weekend. I sold several of the felt ornaments but none of the lace ornaments.
Ever since I saw Vanessa Goertzen's of Lella Boutique new Christmas line, Christmas Eve, several months ago, I knew I had to stitch through my Christmas stash so I could make room for her beautiful fabrics!
In April I finished this simple patchwork quilt.
Hello Everyone!
I finally have a February and March finish! Being that we'll be going to San Diego later this month, I decided I should post both months.
This month I finished this set of Christmas placemats. They were an opportunity to practice machine quilting and binding.
