Dabbling in This and That

posted in: Crochet, Embroidery, Rocks | 18

It has been a week of dabbling … some rock painting, some crochet, some embroidery, and some sewing.

The slow and steady work on my stitch book (here and here) continues between other projects.

stitch doodling at craftygardener.ca

Page 3 had a small piece of cross stitch appliquéd onto two fabric hearts and bordered with chain stitch. Various other stitches were practiced and a couple of small flower bunches added to the corners. I’m not sure if the page is finished yet.

stitch doodling at craftygardener.ca

Page 6 was a practice page for some TAST stitches(Take a Stitch Tuesday) from the Pintangle site. I’ve been slowly working on this page for awhile now. Glad to have it completed.

I started work on a small cross body bag, just the right size to carry the phone and a couple of other things.

making a portable pocket at craftygardener.ca

This is a creation as I go along, and it has seen a few changes already, and I’ve only just started. More about it soon as it progresses a bit more.

quilt rocks at craftygardener.ca

Rock painting also took part this past week. I haven’t really painted any rocks for absolutely ages. Slow stitching of a different sort.

quilt rocks at craftygardener.ca

I saw an idea that gave me a bit of inspiration and just had to try it out. It was some rocks someone had done and used masking tape on them to get straight lines. Now I have three quilt rocks to leave in various places.

crochet dish cloths at craftygardener.ca

The stack of crocheted dish cloths got a bit bigger this week. An ongoing project with this pattern of my creating.

Intsructions:

  • 4.5 cm hook
  • 27 sc for foundation chain
  • hdc in 3rd stitch from end, hdc across
  • start each new row with 2 sc (first hdc), then hdc across
  • repeat till cloth is square
  • sc around all edges to give a nice finish

I love crafting when there isn’t a timeline involved, just do a bit, work on something else, get ideas, unravel, work a bit more. Total enjoyment.

Slow and steady is the best way to go.

crochet line at craftygardener.ca

I get lots of inspiration from other stitchers at Slow Sunday Stitching and appreciate all the visits and comments from there. Visit them and gather some inspiration for yourself.

The Crafty Side dabbles in: knit & crochetsewing & plastic canvas, Crafty’s projects, craf-tea ideaskids crafts, rock crafts, Christmas Ideas

18 Responses

  1. Ivani

    Hi Linda, love your embroidery book. Seeing yours makes me want to start one…ah let’s see… there’s a lot already in my pocket. But yours is an inspiration, for sure. I’m not a big fan of painted stones, naturally they are so beautiful, but I have to admit yours turned out beautiful.
    Have a great Sunday!

    • Crafty Gardener

      The stitch book is so fun to work on. I’ll be sorry when it is finished. Thanks for visiting today.

  2. Diann@LittlePenguinQuilts

    You’ve been doing lots of fun things this week! Your stitch book is a neat project – I’d like to do something like that. There are so many interesting stitches to try!

  3. CathieJ

    I like those quilty rocks! They look so much like crazy quilts. Your book pages are really pretty. You are using so many different and beautiful stitches. I like the yarn you are using for the washcloths. I always seem to have at least one project that has a timeframe associated with it, but many of my other projects don’t. Have a wonderful crafty week!

  4. Gail

    What a fun way to try out new stitches! Nice dish cloths too

  5. Sherrie

    Hi,
    I really like your quilt rocks…so pretty. Your TAST
    stitches looks great. I’m making 8 1/2″ quilt blocks
    for my stitches. Going to make a TAST quilt out of
    them…have a great day!

  6. Margie

    Love the bright colours of your painted rocks! Very eye-catching!

  7. Debbie- Dabble

    Linda,
    You have been very busy!! Everything is so pretty!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! Stay safe, healthy and happy!!
    Hugs,
    Deb

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