WIP-TAST-ic Wednesday 11

Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

I made some progress on my ribbon embroidery this week! As you might recall, TAST is on hiatus this week for people to catch up. Sharon announced a small project, to combine a few stitches we’ve learned in a new project. I did not do this per se, but I did...

Colored Pencil Techniques 4

Sunday, March 11th, 2018

This week’s lesson was to draw bananas. Tom had an image of bananas pre-cut for each of us to speed along the class for those who can’t draw quickly (or at all). Then we set to work, making our bananas. Tom lent a few of us his pencils to take home so we...

TAST: couching stitch

Saturday, March 10th, 2018

You’ve read about my idea for this here, right? Ok! See all completed TAST posts here. So as I mentioned, I stuck with basic couching stitches – I did not couch using anything fancier than a straight stitch or two. Front and back: In this top portion, I used...

Baby EJ quilt

Friday, March 9th, 2018

Our old roomie Chris is having a baby girl and I hosted the shower with the help of another gal. We aimed for a Disney Aladdin theme based on a Pinterest photo we discovered. Of course, ours didn’t look as dramatic but considering we barely spent any money at...

WIP-TAST-ic Wednesday 10

Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

It is best I have been super busy working with Boy, else I might get too use to my early + temporary retirement. Sigh. All I have to show you is this week’s TAST which is the couching stitch. I have it all planned. The trick is that I intend to only use the...

TAST: cretan stitch

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

You’ve read about my idea for this here, right? Ok! See all completed TAST posts here. This is the cretan stitch – brand new for me! First up is the front and back. I realized with this one that my backs have improved so much, almost beyond measure since I...