Happy Pink Saturday! Thank you to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for hosting this weekly event.
Even though dear daughter never took ballet lessons, I adore this ballerina salt & pepper shaker. She always wanted to do what her older brothers did, and that meant playing ice hockey… We retired her from the sport after two fractures.
Happy Pink Saturday! Thank you to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for hosting this weekly event.
Here is my Quilty Barn Along, Barn #2. I gave the barn a pink roof, and the flower is pink, so I thought I’d share for Pink Saturday as well. For whatever reason, I had a hard time lining up the farm fresh flower block:
Happy Pink Saturday! Thank you to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for hosting this weekly event.
I have been wanting to do this method of printing on muslin for a while now. As dear hubby always says, it all comes down to having the proper tools. And since I have all my sewing/cutting/printing tools at hand, I thought I’d give it a go. As I was perusing around, I came across Aunt Lindy’s Paper Doll fabric panels. Of course, they have been around for a while, and no one seems to have them anymore, so I found a cute graphic of Dolly Dingle & Billie Bumps, and made my own fabric panels. I resized and tweaked the graphics in Photoshop first. Here is the process I used, and here is where I got the graphics. The only deviation from the process was that I ironed the fabric onto the butcher paper first, then used my rotary cutter to cut a nice 8 1/2″ x 11″ . And the biggest tip in this process is, make sure the muslin (pre-washed) is ironed on really well to the butcher paper. You can see on my photo where Dolly Dingle near her pantaloons snagged a bit. Billie Bumps was my second go, and his printout came out pretty good. I ironed the printout to set the colors ( not sure how well the color washes). Then I just got backing fabric, sewed around the perimeter, stuffed, embellished, and “voila!” who needs to buy a fabric panel, you can make your own! Oh, the possibilities are endless!
They do look like they lost some weight 🙂 … Oh, and Happy Halloween in July!
Dolls #3 & #4 done! (only 3 to catch up)
– Linda
Happy Pink Saturday! Thank you to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for hosting this weekly event.
I was finally able to spend some time playing on the torch, early in the morning before it got too hot. I made these two rose sets as well as a few others that I will list later. When I start making beads, it’s so much fun, I just want to keep making/experimenting with different glass and combinations. You can find these roses in my Etsy shop – I can’t wait for cooler weather!
Happy Pink Saturday! Thank you to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for hosting this weekly event.
Today, I am featuring an Heirlooms of Tomorrow, draped lace Lady Figurine. It was a Christmas gift from my children several years ago. She has seen better days, but she is perfect to me. I imagine my boys, going to an antique shop, totally out of their element, looking around, and finding her…
Happy Pink Saturday! – Linda
Happy Pink Saturday! This week, I am featuring some pink flamingos. I picked these two cuties up at a recent estate sale. They stand a whopping 2″ tall. I have always wanted a couple of kitschy plastic pink lawn flamingos – these will have to do for now.
Happy Pink Saturday! After visiting the Lavender Festival, I was inspired to make a lavender wand. If you want instructions, they are all over the web. It’s pretty straight forward, so I just did it my way. I don’t know what type of lavender grows in my garden, but it was definitely not the slender petite variety they used at the fair to make the wands. So, I had to offset the bunch I used. Basic steps: Pick 15 lavender stalks, remove the leaves. Tie the bunch with dental floss, bend stalks over the flowers, weave ribbon around, and tie off. Pretty simple, and the results are even prettier. The hardest part was competing with the bees for the flowers:
I’ve noticed a few bloggers participating in Pink Saturday over at How Sweet The Sound. And, I just love the color Pink, so I am posting one of my favorite flowers – Pink Peonies. Unfortunately, it’s too hot where we live to grow peonies, but I can indulge in them seasonally at our local Trader Joe’s:
Lutka And Co.
Cutiepie Misfits
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