I am feeling like celebrating for various reasons! Firstly, this is my 100th post on my blog and that seems worthy of a little celebration. Secondly, I can now count the days on this year's camping season on my fingers! It has been a busy summer out here at the campground and I am anticipating getting home for a rest - I am so looking forward to hot showers, a real bed, good lighting and my comfy stitching chair! So, I have decided to celebrate with a giveaway! I think these are great fun and have put my name down for several and even won once so it feels like time to be on the hosting end for a change. I have decided to give away a squishie of items for stitching, embellishing and inspiration. I can't show you a picture right now because of the twist I have come up with! I'll start out with a squishie containing some fun items like an oya or two, specialty threads and fancy yarns, a silkie and a couple other things. For every person who puts their name in the draw by leavi...
On the Crazy Quilting International list, we have been discussing painted mother of pearl buttons a lot with the help of a great tutorial from Gerry. I am going to try it but I thought I would try some covered buttons first since I think I do a lot better in painting with a needle rather than brush! I took some small cross stitch roses and used several sized of covered button kits to give it a try. Although I always thought the construction of covered buttons was a bit intimidating I was pleasantly surprised with how easily they went together. These particular buttons range in size between 3/8" and 3/4" and I think I like the smaller ones better. I think they will be fun to add to button clusters on crazy quilted blocks or perhaps to attach them surrounded by beads cabachon style. It was a quick and easy little project!
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