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My greatest achievement in February was making a single handknit/felted dryer ball stuffed with wool yarn scraps from years of knitting projects.

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Been on a quilting kick lately so I made these little back-of-the-chair quilts for some friends.

They like birds. 😅

Explored some new techniques like paper foundation piecing! All the blocks were available for free somewhere online but I otherwise planned it out myself on graph paper.

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Can’t stop thinking about how the back side of embroidered words always looks like a long forgotten alien language

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“she’s barely (t)here” 27 by 32 inches

fabric (mix of upcycled and new), thread, polyester batting, no 10 cotton crochet thread

did i stay up til 6am last night finishing this quilt??? maaaaybeee 👀

and i need to get a dowel for hanging it, but i was too excited so i just used a yardstick so i could take photos 😬

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Just some chill donut painting vibes !! This one is also up for sale lol

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Tried out a new kind of mending patch for knits! You just… knit a patch right over the hole. I think it turned out quite well, and I hope it holds up well. Very quick to do!

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I have like 4 different pieces of pretty silk dupioni I got as thrifted discoveries and leftovers from others but they’re all 1 to 1.5 yards long and I can’t find any good free patterns to make with them. 🥺

And no the colors do not go well together so I don’t think combining them for some sort of project would work out 😭

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Okay well I managed to get all the pleats basted! Now I can continue with installing the zipper, hemming, etc. Feels like it took forever though 😭

Thought I would try to get through some sewing block issues by doing a simple project and decided to make a long pleated wool skirt. I wouldn’t even need a pattern! And I even had this great spruce green wool twill fabric I got for $20 at a thrift store!

Of course when I started I did not realize that I should hand baste all 31 pleats… 😭 It is a simple project but NOT a fast one.

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Thought I would try to get through some sewing block issues by doing a simple project and decided to make a long pleated wool skirt. I wouldn’t even need a pattern! And I even had this great spruce green wool twill fabric I got for $20 at a thrift store!

Of course when I started I did not realize that I should hand baste all 31 pleats… 😭 It is a simple project but NOT a fast one.

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I got some wool roving for Christmas and immediately started spinning some yarn with it!

I still have about 10 oz left so there’s more to come. But look at how pretty this yarn is 💕

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Another English paper pieced quilt block for the Pile!

I’m by no means an expert, but I’m wondering… should I post a little video on how I’m putting these together? Maybe I’ll go work on it now 😅

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Itty bitty sashiko patch 💕

Also, a note: I offer a visible mending service for your clothing. Contact me for details or check out my website for prices! I can patch holes in just about any garment and make it look CUTE.

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Another English paper piecing quilt block!

I’m really just enjoying playing around and seeing what happens! So many more quilt blocks to share, so stay tuned 😅

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Instead of throwing holey socks away… I mend them! 💖🧵🪡

Got some great fingering weight cotton/acrylic yarn to do it with too, instead of traditional darning with sewing thread. I personally prefer the visibly mended look anyways 😅

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Trying out English paper piecing! Here’s my first finished block.

It’s a form of quilting where you use paper templates to help assemble quilt blocks. This gives the quilt block really clean corners and allows you to cut out fabric shapes less carefully.

Usually people use precut paper templates, but I’m thrifty and like to make extra work for myself, so I’m cutting them all out by hand 😅 Honestly I do not recommend this method.

I think you can do it by machine, but I’m whip stitching the pieces together by hand. And I’m really enjoying it!

I’m not sure how many blocks I’ll manage to get done but… we’ll see 👀 I need 72 blocks for a queen size quilt and only 30 blocks for a lap quilt. Although I found designs for the blocks, I’m making them randomly and I’m just winging it for the final layout, quilting design, and whatnot.

I’ll keep sharing the blocks as I go 💕

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That was my original intention, but I didn’t like how the bottom was curling downwards because the slip stitch made it shorter than the top. So it turned into just the ball of the foot 😅

I think if I were to reinforce the whole bottom I would need to use a different stitch from the Dutch heel stitch.

I do want to try reinforcing a pair along the arch and see what happens too!

So i’ve perfected my personal sock recipe.

I tried something out with smaller needles for the toe area and reinforcing the ball of the foot with a slip stitch and I LOVE how it turned out.

They’re sooo comfy, warm, and a little supportive. It’s only taken knitting like… 15 pairs of socks to get to this point??

Yarns are Patons Classic Wool Worsted in Brown Mustard and Dark Gray Mix.

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So i’ve perfected my personal sock recipe.

I tried something out with smaller needles for the toe area and reinforcing the ball of the foot with a slip stitch and I LOVE how it turned out.

They’re sooo comfy, warm, and a little supportive. It’s only taken knitting like… 15 pairs of socks to get to this point??

Yarns are Patons Classic Wool Worsted in Brown Mustard and Dark Gray Mix.