Showing posts with label Wednesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wednesday. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

My First WOYWW

It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday!! So here we go--from a blog called The Stamping Ground, I've discovered What's On Your Workdesk Wednesdays (WOYWW). I love seeing other peoples' creative spaces and I'm adding to the Wednesday fun with exactly what was on my workdesk this morning. There are many creative bloggers out there who do this--I love it!

It's not nearly as neat and clean as I wish--I would have cleaned up if I knew company was coming! However, I decided to do this WOYWW during my morning mug of coffee (see Tinkerbell mug next to laptop). Even when I have a lot of projects going on, I love my creative space--it makes me happy, and like Cinderella in her own little corner in her own little chair, it's a refuge from the world. Let's see if I can give you a closer look without the camera flash - it was still dark this morning when I was up and around, fresh off the treadmill and drinking coffee! My pedometer is laying there. Okay, still not a good view - I'll have to work on that. I have some yarn laying around, and inside a little box on top of my desk is several squares of Aida cloth and some DMC floss--I am making a doll! I hope she will be cute, and her body will feature some sweet little embroidery. On the little work table to the left are the knit squares and my big cross-stitch bag layed out. My patch happy knit wall hanging is going to be coming together this weekend, and there is a cross-stitch quilt in the works too. In the meantime, I have not forgotten my mixed media fabric themed houses. The one in production right now is called The Love Shack and it is full of heart--in the desk drawer. I hope it's finished by Valentines. But first, the wall hanging and then my little cross-stitch doll. If she turns out cute, I think she'll have some friends. I wish I had more hands, or more me's!


Eat, write, dream and stitch your heart out.



Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Seven Days of Aprons--Wednesday's I Heart Stitching

Wednesday's Apron is stitched with love. Decades ago, Monday was Wash Day, Tuesday was Ironing Day--revised to be Gardening Day--and Wednesday was Sewing Day. I like to call it I Heart Stitching to celebrate all those hand crafts: sewing, knitting, embroidery, crochet and sew on! I can't help but think it would still be fun to go to one of those old-fashioned sewing bees, stitch with my gal pals, drink gallons of ice tea and eat pies. When you think about it, the sewing bee was really the first girls' night out--they just devoted a whole day to it, and made cool stuff.

Wednesday's work week apron began with the topiary fabric that just makes me happy! This finished off what I had left of it (previously I stitched up tall adirondack chair pillows with it).  I did cut a few squares for a little quilt though. Then I used ticking for the apron skirt, and patched on an angel, leftover from an ornament cross-stitching frenzy of 1997. Kinda funny, it has the year on there. I had made the purple polka dot pocket the other day with the word "homemade" embroidered on it and finished with a button, and a pretty purple heart completed the appliques. On the non-finished side of the ticking, instead of hemming, I stitched on a trim of heart lace, just for fun. I like a little mismatching.
Like gardening, stitching is pure therapy for me. Lately I've heard that treadle sewing machines are making a comeback. I do have memories of my mom's old black Singer treadle sewing machine from the 1960's. Wish I had it! I would love to try treadle sewing--a little workout while you stitch.


I think this is my favorite apron so far--but I have some interesting plans for the next four aprons--celebrating a chore a day. (Am I crazy? Who celebrates chores?!!) I absolutely have to clean house today--and I can't say I'm looking forward to it. Then I'm making a casserole for dinner, from the chicken I slow-cooked yesterday (I'll post that recipe Monday). After all that, I'd love to have some time to cross-stitch. It is actually my favorite kind of stitching. I guess you could say I'm a cross-stitch-aholic and have been for the last 20 years. Here is a cross-stitch pillow I made for my daughter--I loved this pattern and although it's more challenging to stitch with, I love the sparkling DMC flosses. I am rambling today, but I think I could talk about stitching, all day. Guess I need either a good sewing bee or a girls' stitch-n-bitch night out!


Eat, Write, Dream, and Stitch Yourself Happy Today!