my photos on explore

my photos on explore, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

1. the start of three dresses? or just shirts, 2. Christmas garland, 3. on tree, 4. hung on tree, 5. front with out buttons but after star, 6. knitting machines, 7. poinsettia / The journey, 8. kid airplane ornament,

9. more blooms, 10. butterfly pillow, 11. suzyhomemakers mini quilt is done, 12. This block is made by clare, 13. 3rd butterfly on curtain, 14. 1st finished butterfly for curtain, 15. lt and dk pink tatting, 16. hex granny squares,

17. more antique tatting, 18. antique tatting, 19. front, 20. redwork butterfly signature block, 21. style d, 22. layette set, 23. crazy daisies, 24. flower tutorial,

25. English Paper piecing tutorial, 26. bubble gum pink quilt #1, 27. SRE = silk ribbon embroidery, 28. lazy daisy week 3, 29. temari, 30. back side dove, 31. felt ornament dove, 32. felt snow man done, style:christmas colors

Romanian Point lace

I have started a group on flickr for those who make Romanian point lace. If you don't know what this is there are a few posts I have done about it. I am hoping this group will be able to pull together lots of different cord patterns and show of filling stitches and the like. I know in the title of the group is the word crochet that was because the cord is crocheted this isn't really a crochet group but a point lace group ie. needle lace.

rug groups on flickr I admin for

flickr issues

Sorry if it is taking awhile today for things to load; flickr seems to be having issues, again.

I just thought I would post a positive thought for the day.

"Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest."
Ellen G. White

Copyrite issues

This is posted in a group I admin on flicker

I had a copyrited photo infringed upon so did Hyena-in-petticoats and so did Debby Kratovil

Below is the conversation as it is on flickr

hyena-in-petticoats says: Hi everyone, I thought you might be interested in this item on Ebay: cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&it... The seller has ripped off our photos for use in the listing, and is selling links to our tutorials without permission. I have sent a rather nasty letter to the seller, and posted about this on my blog - feel free to take whatever action you see fit. Cheers, Leah. Posted at 11:25AM, 14 March 2008 PDT ( permalink | edit | close | delete topic )

sunshine's creations says: I sent a complaint to eBay; I hope you did the same. I also sent a letter to the seller with my disgust for what they are doing. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. If you know that person is in our group, please point them out to me and they will be banned instantly. Originally posted 35 seconds ago. ( permalink | edit | delete ) sunshine's creations (a group admin) .

All these things are free patterns that we as a group have shared for personal use, not profit. The person is only selling them for 99 cents but, the point is, they don't have a right to sell them at any price!

Update
We won eBay pulled the item that had my photo and two friends of mine photos. Wasn't right someone selling links to things we had worked hard on to make available for non-profit them someone trys to be sly . Just goes to show if enough people speak up you can win.

Happy Happy Birthday ....

Happy Happy Birthday, originally uploaded by littlepinkstudio.

to me. I hope your day is filled with love; mine will be filled with errands and job hunting and love, of course. Many happy returns of the day to you all.

I bet you all can guess my birthday wish: a job/career that fits in with my family.

photos on explore

photos on explore, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

1. the start of three dresses? or just shirts, 2. on tree, 3. hung on tree, 4. front with out buttons but after star, 5. poinsettia / The journey, 6. kid airplane ornament, 7. more blooms, 8. butterfly pillow,

9. suzyhomemakers mini quilt is done, 10. This block is made by clare, 11. 1st finished butterfly for curtain, 12. 3rd butterfly on curtain, 13. lt and dk pink tatting, 14. hex granny squares, 15. antique tatting, 16. more antique tatting,

17. front, 18. redwork butterfly signature block, 19. style d, 20. layette set, 21. crazy daisies, 22. flower tutorial, 23. English Paper piecing tutorial, 24. bubble gum pink quilt #1,

25. SRE = silk ribbon embroidery, 26. lazy daisy week 3, 27. back side dove, 28. felt ornament dove, 29. felt snow man done, style:christmas colors

Flickr issues

Because most of my photos are hosted on flickr I am at their mercy. If you haven't noticed, the last few days my blog takes forever to load. It is because flickr is having issues with image hosting. So some photos just are not loading, which causes the site to never finish loading and to keep trying. Sorry for any inconvenience this causes any one. Between that and the background being white, not my first choice, my site is even hard for me to look at right now.

English Paper Piecing Question

This picture was posted in The English paper piecing group on flickr. A discussion arose about how to baste large hex pieces. My tutorial explained it, but visuals are better. I do have permission to show this example of how not to do it by its maker, Anne Brumley. Pictured are her first blocks; I actually think they are well made. I do not see the stitching between the blocks, her fabric choices are vibrant and lively. I just want it clear that these are well-made blocks, and the only thing I wanted to clarify was all the basting threads. All the threads you see have to be removed; there are also lots of them, which makes that time consuming and your fingers will hurt from going through the papers so much with the needle.

In the way I do it, all you have to do is cut six small threads; just six small nips of the scissors, then pull the papers out (which saves time) and just leave in the basteing threads.

So, you do a back stitch in each corner where the fabric folds over on top of itself. Then, in the middle of each side of the hex you do an ever so tiny stitch that goes through the fabric and the paper. I have made a few things with this technique, so I promise it is simple and not hard.

Go all the way around in this manner; cut thread when you get back to the beginning. I hope this helps whomever does bigger pieces in English paper piecing. Below are other examples of Anne's work; she uses silk in some of her work, and it is lovely. She picks very nice fabrics and has good hand piecing skills; she is a very nice hand seamstress.

my photos on explore

my photos on explore, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

1. on tree, 2. hung on tree, 3. poinsettia / The journey, 4. more blooms, 5. butterfly pillow, 6. suzyhomemakers mini quilt is done, 7. This block is made by clare, 8. 3rd butterfly on curtain,

9. 1st finished butterfly for curtain, 10. lt and dk pink tatting, 11. hex granny squares, 12. more antique tatting, 13. antique tatting, 14. front, 15. redwork butterfly signature block, 16. style d,

17. layette set, 18. crazy daisies, 19. flower tutorial, 20. English Paper piecing tutorial, 21. bubble gum pink quilt #1, 22. SRE = silk ribbon embroidery, 23. lazy daisy week 3, 24. back side dove,

25. felt ornament dove, 26. felt snow man done, style:christmas colors

I know Christmas is over but....

I still want to have fun with it and listen to holiday music. I have never made an ornament wreath before. I have been collecting ornaments for two years to make a real cool one I hope it will be cool, anyway. I decided I had to put all the ornaments on my tree first, so that is what I did this year. Next year I hope to make a wreath, or two, or more. To get me inspired, I started this group on flickr. Feel free to check them out or join, if you so desire, and if you know of any tutorials, I am looking for some so I can have a good idea of what to do before I make it.

The above photos are all ones from the pool; there are many more cool ones in the pool. Go check it out and leave nice comments for the people who had fun making these.

Store up-date: lots of new hats and scarves in store.

Button: Wreaths, Trees, Balls and Flowers

I started a new group on flickr if you would like to check it out.

All of the photos in this post are from the group's pool. None are my work; please go to the flickr group to see who the artist is.

It is about the real cute button trees,

wreaths,

balls (only one had been uploaded at the time of this post),

and, of course, those flowers that are so cool.

November BOM

Sorry for all the bad photos in this post. My husband has requested that I try to keep my projects in the studio/sewing room/kids' art room and not all over the house. Well, honestly, that room has the worse light in the entire house. I will have to figure out some way of taking better photos in that room. I love the light in my family room, but oh, well. Maybe I should just drag the photos down after every stitch; oh let's not kid ourselves, I am patient when it comes to making things but spending four to ten minuets per photo -- just not happening. Especially going up and down the stairs since my knee is still hurting and I'm still wearing the knee brace on and off when the pain is too much to stand. Anyway, on to this month's BOM. It is sort of a cross between snail's trail/court house steps/ and log cabin. I honestly don't know the name of this block, so if anyone in blog land does, please let me know.

Supplies:
3 fabrics cut in 1 1/2 inch wide stripes
sewing machine and sewing supplies ie: scissors, rotary cutter, mat....
clear quilter's ruler for truing up

Go to it!

First two pieces are 1 1/2 inches square. From there, it is follow picture and sew and cut till done. This is a more follow-the-picture type of thing and true up as needed. Be careful, there shouldn't be a need for truing up and you have no tolerance for it either. I like to use a scant 1/4 inch seam; that gives me just a little fudge room. Just so we know, the block is square: a nice 10 1/2 by 10 1/2, but I didn't take the photos from dead-on; the lighting issue and kids-under-feet issue. First block is just the three fabrics cut in 1 1/2 inch wide strips; the rest are sewing order.
Side note: the last two photos are of the same finished block (oops), and they are rotated wrong, too. This is what I get for doing this when I am sleepy, too.

update:
I figured out why I have two of the same block at the bottom of this between picture 1 and 2 on row three. There should have been two more photos; I haven't a clue where they went, the photos that is. But I think everyone can still follow well enough to make the block and life goes on. You see those two last blocks were supposed to be in the construction layout just at the top or bottom of this post. Sorry folks!

Pink For a cure

Peony, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

If you belong to flickr and you have pink photos, add them to the Passionately Pink for the Cure group. I added 47 photos today I wish I had more, but since it is not my favorite color, that is more than I thought I would be able to add. I am looking for things pink to add this month. I am sure most of us know someone who has had this or will have this. Prepare now to help your loved ones before you find out they have this; add as many pictures as you can in pink.

http://flickr.com/groups/passionatelypinkforthecure/pool/

This text taken from the text directly from the group I did not write it but thought it important to post.

"About Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like Passionately Pink for the Cure, they have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.
Added by originalmulli.

Passionately Pink for the Cure is a grassroots fundraising and awareness program of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the global leader in the breast cancer movement.

What makes you passionate for the cure?

Showcase your passion for the cure by uploading passionately pink photos to help raise vital funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Share photos in honor of a survivor, in memory of a loved one, to celebrate Passionately Pink for the Cure events. Or simply share a pink photo that inspires others to rally around the cause.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yahoo! will donate $1 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, for each pink photo added to this Group from October 1-31, 2007 up to $50,000! This donation will be used to fund breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs.

Pick your Pink. Play Your Part. End Breast Cancer. "

• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Cancer Institute
• The Susan G. Komen Foundation
• Breastcancer.org
• Pink for October

Start of Halloween Yoyo swap

start of halloween yoyos, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

Here are my circles, all cut to start my yoyos for the Halloween swap at MJF. If you want to join, sign ups are still open. I am thinking maybe a garland or a center piece for my table for Halloween.

Check out the flickr pool for yoyo creations and such.

September block of the month tutorial

Join block of the month

1. Cut 9 squares 4 1/4 inches square.
2. Lay-out for placement; flip middle column on top of left column.
3. Stack with bottom-most row on bottom of stack; take to machine to sew. Sew these in the continuous chain method that was demonstrated in the block of the month tutorial for Aug.
4. Take your chain back to your layout table and open up. Lay right-most column on top of middle column and chain stitch. Again, do not cut any of your chain stitching. Press seams in opposite directions from row to row so they will nest when sewing the next set of seams.
5. Take this piece of half-sewn cloth to the machine and sew the next two seams and press again.
6. Take back to cutting board; true up and cut in half, both directions.
7. Play with placement of blocks.
8. Once you find the lay out you want, flip right sides together like in step number 2.
   
9. Sew last two seams, press in between the sewing of the first and second seam.
   
10. Press and true up again to 10 1/2 inches.
11. Done!
    

explore photos

explore photos as of Aug 26 2007, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

1. butterfly pillow, 2. suzyhomemakers mini quilt is done, 3. This block is made by clare, 4. 1st finished butterfly for curtain, 5. lt and dk pink tatting, 6. hex granny squares, 7. more antique tatting, 8. antique tatting,9. front, 10. redwork butterfly signature block, 11. style d, 12. layette set, 13. crazy daisies, 14. flower tutorial, 15. English Paper piecing tutorial, 16. bubble gum pink quilt #1,17. lazy daisy week 3, 18. back side dove, 19. felt snow man done, style:christmas colors

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

R is for...

Rock-n groups on flicker that I am a member of but not admin.

Explore Photos

explore photos, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

1. suzyhomemakers mini quilt is done, 2. This block is made by clare, 3. 1st finished butterfly for curtain, 4. lt and dk pink tatting, 5. hex granny squares, 6. more antique tatting, 7. antique tatting, 8. front,

9. redwork butterfly signature block, 10. style d, 11. layette set, 12. crazy daisies, 13. flower tutorial, 14. English Paper piecing tutorial, 15. bubble gum pink quilt #1, 16. lazy daisy week 3,

17. back side dove, 18. felt snow man done, style:christmas colors

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Explore Photos as of July 27, 2007

explore photos as of Jul27 2007, originally uploaded by sunshine's creations.

1. This block is made by clare, 2. lt and dk pink tatting, 3. hex granny squares, 4. antique tatting, 5. more antique tatting, 6. front, 7. redwork butterfly signature block, 8. style d,

9. layette set, 10. crazy daisies, 11. flower tutorial, 12. English Paper piecing tutorial, 13. bubble gum pink quilt #1, 14. lazy daisy week 3, 15. back side dove, 16. felt snow man done, style:christmas colors