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Custom Letter Pillows Added to My Shop

Published: 11-09-2011 07:34pm
I think I need to take a moment and count how many letter pillows I have made thus far.  I have not quite made it through the alphabet yet, but I have certainly made way more than twice the number of letters in the alphabet.  Which letter do you think would be the  most popular?  I found that when I started the letters that sold the most often were the ones I had already made since the customer could see what they would be getting.  One of my favorite letter projects was for someone who want a little something special added to the letter, as you can see in this blog post.  I love the interaction between myself and my customer... » Read More

Now What Do I Buy For Dad or Husband for Father's Day?

Published: 11-09-2011 07:33pm
I don't know about you, but I am often at a loss when it comes to choosing gifts for the men in my life.  So, when I was coming up with some new ideas for crocheted items I knew I needed to think of something for men.  My husband is a football and golf fan, as well as enjoying a cold beverage while watching them on the few occasions in which he has the chance to see television in our household of two daughters.  So, I came up with football beverage cozies that will fit on cans or bottles in favorite team colors.  I also came up with a couple ideas for golf themed cozies after a customer asked me if I would make one. Now I also make ba... » Read More

What is a tawashi?

Published: 11-09-2011 07:33pm
I had never heard of tawashi myself until I discovered someone had linked to my wordpress blog with a comment that one of my patterns could make a good tawashi.  That sent me to do some research.  I discovered that a tawashi is a cute cleaning scrubber, usually made with acrylic yarn.  They seem to have exploded in Japan, where you can even find anti-bacterial yarn for them. Since I like to do things a little differently (and wanted to make my tawashi for both body and cleaning dishes,)  I decided to try making mine with cotton on one side and nylon tulle on the other.  Not sure where the nylon tulle idea came from, since nylon netting s... » Read More

Working on Clothes for 18 inch American Girl Dolls

Published: 11-09-2011 07:32pm
Grandma was extremely good to my older daughter and purchased an American Girl doll for her as soon as she was capable of reading the books that go along with them.  Once the doll entered the house I started thinking about making things for the doll to wear.  I did find a couple patterns on the internet, but did not have much luck at first finding too many patterns. Now I have decided to work on making some patterns and clothing for 18 inch dolls myself.  Knowing that I am gauge challenged, I have been thinking carefully about how I will design patterns that need to be a specific size in order to fit the dolls.  I am hoping that the patte... » Read More
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