Valentine's Wood Craft Workshop

I really am obsessed with birds and owls (yes, I know owls are birds). I hope you like what I came up with for Valentine's Crafts. If you live in the Salt Lake Valley, check out the class dates. If you don't live in the Salt Lake Valley, I am willing to ship... painted or unpainted. Two Little Love Birds Sitting in a tree: $15 Bird Trio: $10 (stands are $5) Hanging Owl: $18

Dates:

• Tues. Jan. 26th 10am-noon (kids welcome)
• Thurs. Jan. 28th 6pm-9pm
• Sat. Jan. 30th 10am-noon

email me at anisascholes@gmail.com to sign up for the class at least a week in advance or if you have any questions.

-anisa

Wearing Art

My little girl has been drawing this simple flower and variations of such since she was four.

I found them immediately appealing and so cute. I encourage all my children to draw a lot and this is the first image I feel like she invented as part of her budding signature drawing style. To me it's very cool and I thought she'd really like it if I embroidered her 'pinwheel flowers' onto a shirt for her. She most definitely does!

I couldn't resist doing one for myself.

I tried to keep the look in line with a child's crayon drawing.

I just used three-ply embroidery floss and a back stitch. Here's a brief explanation of how a back stitch is created:

To start this stitch bring the thread up from the back of the fabric on the line that you want to create. Make a small backward stitch through the fabric. Bring the needle through the fabric a little in front of the first stitch and still on the line. Pull the thread through the fabric. Make the second stitch backward, bringing the needle out a little in front of the second stitch and still on the line. Repeat this movement and continue sewing in such a manner along the line. (I got this explanation here)

--C

I Resolve...

Doing this blog has brought about many great crafts for me, but there are those crafts that I never get finished.

That changes this year! I resolve to eventually get all my craft projects done! Eventually. Who's with me?

So last year I said I would post the finished 'paper quilt' that I applied to a canvas board. I did finish it and just never photographed it.

Well, here it is!

See the original project here. I loved doing it.
If you've got a New Year's resolution to get in shape, maybe you should just do this project. If you punch out 192 squares, like I did, you wake up with sore abs. I'm not kidding.
--C