All Things Lime at The Secret Stitch Club

Please stop over to this blog where you will find a delicious step-by-step recipe for Key Lime Cupcakes and a giveaway for a bright, cheerful lime-colored apron.
Find it at The Secret Stitch Club blog.

Sheree's Alchemy

Sheree is a a delightful presence in the sewing world.
Not only does she create beautiful quilts, clothing and totes, but she also designs her own patterns.
Additionally, she is sharing her passion for sewing by offering classes to kids.
I was involved in a swap with her a couple years ago and was tickled with the fabric fat quarters she sent me.
She is also so very generous and has numerous giveaways for fabric and patterns.
This week she is featuring a giveaway with a box stuffed with delicious fabric scraps and an Amy Butler patterns, see the photo below.
Check out her giveaway at her blog.
Also visit her shop where she sells her amazing creations. She has another shop featuring fabrics.

Fabric Tea Sets

I just love the look of fabric tea party sets and I think my darling daughter would love one!
Here are some I found online.



Lilian Vernon has these two fabric tea sets that are too cute.



Check out these adorable tea sets made by Jodi at her Ric Rac Blog.

Here is one at Pottery Barn, which is sadly no longer available.

Here is a cute little set, perfect for taking to the park.



I would love to sew our own tea set, but I haven't found a pattern.
If you know of one, please leave me a comment with a link to the source, I'd sure appreciate it.

Teapot with cinnamon sticks

Bule
Originally uploaded by Atelier Artes do Campo by Neide Galindo

This is adorable, I can almost smell the cinnamon...

Quilted Tea Set

Quilted Tea Set
Originally uploaded by PatchworkPottery

The creator of this tea set added beautiful embroidery and I lvoe the color choices.

fabric tea set

fabric tea set
Originally uploaded by sedars13

I think this tea set on Flickr is so cute. I do not know if it is store bought or hand made.

Recent Projects

I sell my embellished jean jackets at a local gift shop. The jackets are bought used or pre-owned although most are in new condition. I then hand knit cuffs and collars using fun combinations of yarns. The knitted pieces are hand stitched to the jacket. Often appliques are added.

Teapot pillow

Teapot pillow
Originally uploaded by PatchworkPottery

Patchwork Pottery has created another delightful teapot, this one is a pillow! Who woulda thunk it????

Quilted Teapot & Lavender Teabags

Quilted Teapot & Lavender Teabags
Originally uploaded by PatchworkPottery

This teapot is so lovely! It almost a shame it can't be used for real tea!

Craft Items at Ramshackled Treasures

These are items I have made and have on consignment at Ramshackled Treasures. Knitting and felting are relaxing and rewarding for me. How the yarn changes once felted is a marvel and the texture is never the same.

Summer Sewing For Noray

I found this fabric while out shopping with my Aunt and my Gramma.
We don't usually have character stuff as we watch little TV and do not have cable or satellite. However, Noray was given a Strawberry Shortcake doll and blanket for her 1st birthday and she loves them.
She sleeps with them both at night and has to be covered with her blanket no matter how warm it is.
She calls Strawberry Shortcake "Cookie".
I thought it would be fun to sew up some summer clothes with this light cotton fabric.

This sweet fabric is a bright sunny yellow. It says, "Jesus and me", "He is Love", "He gives me friends that make me laugh."
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This is the pattern I plan to use for shorts and shirts.
I'll also be making sundresses and matching bloomers. Noray loves dresses and wears one nearly every day..

Ramshackled Treasures

This a a great store in our small town of Zimmerman. There are a variety of vendors, and old items mixed with new. Here is their website: Ramshackled Treasures
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Sewing

I have been thinking about my sewing journey. It is the one craft that I return to over and over again.
Yes, I am a knitting/felting addict, but it causes muscle spasms in my arms so I try to space myself, exercise my arms and visit my chiropractor.
But sewing doesn't hurt!
Okay, cutting out patterns or quilt blocks gets hard on my back, but if I can do it on the counter or sitting down I can cut, sew, and plan forever!
I am currently sewing in my son's old room. He moved out last summer because he got married!!!! The room is supposed to go to my daughter, but somehow my crafting things have been finding their way in there. Now I really shouldn't take the room over, but I just covet this space.
I didn't learn to love sewing until I was 22. I took a class in junior high, but it was awful.
When my first baby was born and she was a girl I wanted to make cute clothes for her. And back then, sewing was cheaper than buying clothes. I don;t think that is the case any longer.
I still had the Singer sewing machine my Mom had bought me when I was 12. My darling mother-in-law helped me along the way and I sewed a dress and pinafore for my Chandra. By the time I had three children I was sewing all their summer clothes, all of Carissa's clothes, most of Chandra's clothes, hair scrunchies, shoe decorations, big hair bows and clothes for myself.