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Autism Awareness Month
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In honor of autism awareness month, I am going to be posting some designs related to Autism Spectrum Disorders. Our oldest grandson has been diagnosed with Asperger’s and ADHD and his little sister is beginning to show signs of it as well. So we have personal experience with children with the disorder and know how … [View Details]
Baby and Nap Mat Fun
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I thought I would share with you two of my latest projects. I put together a little baby present for a friend of our daughter-in-law’s. And tomorrow will be our granddaughter Saarah’s first full-time kindergarten day and she requested a nap mat from Grandma. Grandma just finished it… none too early. I think Saarah was … [View Details]
Baby Burp Pad Tutorial
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TUTORIAL B – Flannel Burp Cloth Cut: White flannel 11.5″ x 18″ (cut 2) Colored flannel 13.5″ x 18″ (cut 1) For borders: Contrasting fabric (flannel or otherwise) 5.0″ x 14″ (cut 1) 2.5″ x 14″ (cut 1) If you would like to add fabric trim to the border, cut 2″ strips of fabric (fold … [View Details]
Baby tote
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Bear head design added for our special friends
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I have just received permission from Bryden Shiells to post this design for free for our special friends. Bryden is the widow of artist Bill Shiells who drew this adorable bear; the design was digitized by me. I digitized this in a low density format for quick and soft stitch out. Go and make those … [View Details]
Bonus design will be sent out soon to email list
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Hi, all, I just wanted to let you know that probably this upcoming weekend I will be sending out this wolf design in pes format. I digitized this design from artwork by Vivian Gibson. Vivian from rosecottage has a great monthly digitizing challenge and makes her art available for free as well as free lessons … [View Details]
Butterfly Towel Alphabet
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Several of you have written and asked about the alphabet that I used for the “Abby” towel. I used a ttf called “A T & Love” and put it through Embird Studio. If you have Embird or a similar program, you can download the ttf here: http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/a-t-love.htm I am planning on coming up with a … [View Details]
Christmas preparations and gifts
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I haven’t written in a while – have been very busy with watching children, making Christmas gifts and getting the house ready for the holidays. I have just finished today a gift for Greatgrandpa: a remote control holder to go over his armchair. Grandpa seems to be sitting down on his glasses, hearing aid etc. … [View Details]
Come for a visit please
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To celebrate my finishing off my country garden alphabet I thought I would share with you some photos of my garden which inspired me to do the garden alphabet. The alphabet should be up shortly here at Oma’s but in the meantime you can go and take a peak and buy at www.swakembroidery/info/digitizers/1039384127. Also, if … [View Details]
Counting God’s Blessings
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Last Wednesday was a very special day in the life of our daughter and her family. Kristy’s husband officially adopted all three of her children from a previous marriage. We all went to court and listened to the Judge, a folksy kind of person, talk about the value of family and the need to support … [View Details]
Cowboy Effie
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Well, I had hoped to be posting my progress yesterday, but Cowboy Effie wasn’t too cooperative. I got him finished this morning and I think he is sooooo cute! What do you think? I have several more designs to go but just wanted to share. I stitched him out on light beige Kona cotton. He … [View Details]
Effie’s Wallhanging – Progress Report
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If you have been following my progress on Effie’s wallhanging, you may have been wondering what happened to me. I have been working on it, but progress has been slow. I finally finished digitizing all of the cowboys and then redid the color scheme of the wallhanging and I have to say I like it … [View Details]
Eliana’s birthday is coming soon
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Eliana’s birthday is just around the corner and she has asked grandma for a kitty dress with jacket. So, here it is. I have had a lot of fun designing and digitizing this outfit and now hope it will fit and she will like it. I guess I’ll find out! The pattern is a … [View Details]
Eliana’s Kitty Dress
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Here is another Farbenmix Dress I just finished. It has a little kitty appliqued on it from Designsbyjuju.com. I also added a couple of flowers from lynniepinnie.com to “tie” it in a little better with the flower material used on the overskirt. Eliana LOVES this dress. She does not want to take it off – … [View Details]
