Knitting: Santa Pattern

{ via Lion Brand Crochet Santa }

Do you crochet? Do you want to? This great little (free) crochet pattern from Lion Brand is perfect for gift-giving. If you're knew to crochet check out Crochet help and YouTube.

Lion Brand has a great selection of free patterns for the holiday and for the everyday. Check it out!

Wishlist: Silhouette SD

{ via Mubeimmik's Photostream }

I saw this cute little paper wreath on Flickr and I can't wait to make one! I asked for the Silhouette SD (newly mac compatible with their new software, and a plug in for Adobe Illustrator) for Christmas. My mind is completely boggled at the possibilities with this amazing machine.

Do you have a die-cutting machine? What do you like to use it for the most?

Sewing: Embroidery is Alive Again

{ via Sublime Stitching }


{ via Sublime Stitching }


{ via Sublime Stitching }

I am suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to embroider something! These are my favorite picks from uber-cool artist and embroidery-re-inventor Jenny Hart. Are you succumbing to the urge as well? Check out Amazon or run to your local craft store to pick up a hoop, some needles and thread, and some fabric and learn something new today!

More embroidery:

{ via Miniature Rhino }


{ via Laura Gourmel }


{ via The Joys of Jess }

Quilting: I'm doin' it

I couldn't ignore the itch any longer, I had to just do it! I've got three quilts in the making! Two plaid quilts, one for my boyfriend and one for my best friend Scott. Then one for myself! Mine is on the cover of this book I bought:



I am using 30s reprint fabrics (which I am soooo obsessed with, they're all just simply gorgeous) for the quilt, specifically a jelly roll of the Breakfast at Tiffany's collection, which happens to be my favorite movie! I also will be using some of the 30s reprint fabric already in my fabric stash for the back and borders.

For the plaid quilts, I took Roy to the fabric shop over the weekend to pick out his plaid fabrics while everything was on sale. And for Scott's quilt he gave me some old cotton plaid shirts that he doesn't wear anymore to be repurposed into pieces for his quilt.

Hopefully my newfound love of the quilting craft won't make me neglect my knitting too much. Over the weekend I finished my mittens for the fall, they're based on the mittens in a Mad Men episode and I adore them!