LIEBSTER AWARD

I was very surprised when
Faith of 'Faithfully Stitching' told me
that she gave me the Liebster Award.

She was so kind.

Thank you very much Faith. Her link is here:

http://faithnchls.blogspot.com/

This award

is given to a blogger with less than 200 followers.

It is a german word that holds many

meanings such as favorite,

dearest or beloved.

There are 5 rules

1. Post the Award on your blog.

2. Link back to the blog that gave you

the award.

3. Reveal 5 things that no one knows about you.

4. Give the award to 5 other bloggers.

5. Leave them a comment telling them you

gave them the award.

The 5 things that noone knows about me are:

1. I am a celiac. I am highly allergic to wheat, corn.

along with trees and Kentucky Blue Grass which

is located all over North Carolina. This puts me down

in the bed for 2 seasons out of the year. Shots and

pills are useless to me. My name should be
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle!

2. This year I have been married for 38 years to the

same wonderful man whom I love dearly. In fact I

have lived longer with him than I ever lived with

my parents.

3. I was married, graduated from high school and

had my first child all in the same year.

4. My sewing room is totally, utterly, terribly, horribly disorganized.

I can never keep it clean or straight for long. And

if I put things away most likely it will be another

year when I clean - before I can find it again.

5. I was born around Atlantic Beach and I have

never been able to swim.

Now it is time to tell you the following blogs

whom I will give the Liebster Award to. I am

sure that you will like them all as well as I do.

1. Marlene of Poppy Patchwork.

http://poppypatchwork.blogspot.com/

2. Trixie of Fair city of Portland Oregon. I

find her blog amusing.

http://heardinmycab.blogspot.com/

3. Rita E of http://stitchdays.blogspot.com/

4. Vicky's blog of http://kiwicraftydoglover.blogspot.com/

5. Lastly Kat of Flopsy Kitten Stitchin. Her blog is

http://kat-gillespie.blogspot.com/

Now I am almost finished. All that is left is to leave

them a nice comment telling them that I have

nominated them for the Liebster Award.

Many stitching hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger

WELCOME

I would like to take a moment to welcome all of my

new followers. However some of your blogs

are not being shown. Send me an email

and let me know where I can find you!

Many stitching hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger

RENEW and REFRESH an old Baby Box

Have you still got your child's old

baby box. Are you hesitant about throwing

it away. Well dont do that. Refresh that old box

and use it for something else.

This is actually a very nice box that I picked up

at the thrift store. Yes it was a little dirty

but all n all - it was not bad. The box was

sturdy with no tears on it. I love boxes!

 You can see the dirtiness of the tabs that open the

box as well as some of the dirt on the inside.

Something red was in one of sides. You can still

see it.

 The bow was dirty but that is easy to replace.

Read those sweet words that surround the photo

of Pooh bear. We have to hide those words.

 Pretty butterflies are all over the box including

the bottom.

 Well here goes - this is what I did. I cleaned up

all of the inside slots in both drawers. Here you

see me cleaning up the red spot. I do not know

what was in this drawer but it cleaned up okay.

 Time to change that ribbon. I used the same kind of

white ribbon that was on the box. So glad that I had

some of it already left over from prior projects.

The old ribbon pulled out and with a safety pin I

pulled the new ribbon thru and tied it in a bow.

 I used a flowered scrapbooking paper that had

many of the colors of the butterflies that were on

the outside of the box. Flowers and Butterflies

coordinate.

 After I finished the bow then I cut out a

pattern for the scrapbook paper. All I did was take

a piece of computer paper and lay it on top. Then

with my fingernail I pushed the paper all around the

edges creating a pattern. I removed the paper and

cut out paper pattern. Then I traced around it on

the scrapbooking paper. The flower design is not

even glued in - I just placed it in the indented area.

This spot is also great to put a loved ones photo.

This would personalize the box and look great!

But I did not have that kind of a use for this box.

 The inside looks good with scrapbook paper. I

did not glue it down either in case later I want to

change it. The flowers look great with the blue green

checks.

 The scrapbook paper I already had, but I had to

buy the butterflies at the craft store. I looked

for flowers but I could not find anything that I

liked. These are butterfly stickers. They are

made from cardboard.

 I positioned the 2 large butterflies to hide the

words Baby. Then I used 2 smaller flowers to

also hide the words baby. The cardboard stickers

also had button pieces. So I placed 2 of those

button stickers on top. They adhered very well.

 This is what onse side of the box looks like.

 This is the other side of the box.

 I removed those old pull tabs that opened the drawers.

See how grimy they are. They got thrown away.

 This is how I replaced them. I used white ribbon

and threaded it thru one of the cardboard stickers.

The older tabs when removed left holes. So I threaded

the ribbon thru those holes to the inside of the

drawer.

 Here you can see where I knotted it really good.

Afterwards I trimmed up the ribbon.

 Now the box looks really good. Time to see what

I want to stuff in it.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my new box.

Next week I will show you what I used it for.

Thanks for visiting me!

Many hugs and kisses to you all.

Hopblogger

A show of 2 of my Biscornu patterns

Hello Everyone.

First, I would like

to give all of my new followers

a very warm welcome. I hope
that you enjoy my blog.

I have a beautiful Biscornu to

show you. Dede stitched up 2 of

my patterns and sent me pics to show

you. The patterns are so much prettier in Linen

than in Aida cloth.

The Biscornu's are stitched on 28ct Cashel

"Pampas" which she bought at the Picture

This Plus store in Kansas. 

Thank you so much Dede for showing everyone
your beautiful biscornu.

Your friend is a very lucky woman!

I really would love to see any pics that you have

stitched using my patterns. Some more Biscornu

patterns are on the way!

Many hugs and kisses sent to you all,

Hopblogger

Scissor Case & Fob

Hearts with a Rhodes Heart

Another pattern that has not yet

been stitched. Please let me know

if you find any errors.
 

Stitch the front in linen or Aida cloth.

The choice is yours.

However, be sure to cut 2 pieces of whatever
you use - one for the back and one for the
front. Cut the cloth a little

bigger but do not add the flap on one of the
pattern pieces because the front piece
does not require a flap. The flap should be
added to the back piece as this piece will fold
over onto the front. Be sure to line the inside
with fabric so the scissors do not catch your
threads and break them and ruin all of your
hard work. Also line the scissor case because
your linen or aida cloth might be flimsy and
need that extra support.

Do all of your stitching on the bigger pieces of
fabric. You can even do this stitching on the
back piece of fabric that contains the flap. It is
easier to cut down any excess than to add fabric.

Once you are finished stitching there are several
ways to finish this scissor holder.
1. One way is to line the front piece up with
your lining fabric, stitch on the back sides,
leave an tiny opening and turn right side out.
Press or finger press the seams. Then close
the seam. Repeat for the backing. When finished
put insides together and sew on the sewing
machine for sturdiness. Turn right side out
and press. Turn down the flap and use a
button closure or velcro.

2. Another way is to cut out front and back
pieces, add a lining and then use a blanket
stitch to close it together. Turn down the
flap and close anyway you like.

However I was going to just cut red FELT for
the backing and blanket stitch all around to
include the flap.
 

But use and do what you prefer. Just use the
patterns here as a guide. Google scissors
tutorials and see which one you prefer to
use.

Some tips: Always measure your scissors
and allow extra fabric for the scissors. It
would be a shame to accidentally cut the fabric too
small only to find out your scissors will not fit inside.
Then you would have to work the pattern again
onto bigger cloth. Even though it is a
quick and easy pattern to finish it can be
redundunt to do it again. So always measure
before you cut any fabric to make sure
everything lines up.
 

Once the flap closes it will hide your first
Rhodes pattern. But if you like you can make
the pattern longer and put the Rhodes patterns
further down. But this would not be a problem
if you put the Rhodes patterns also on the back
side.

If this would not bother you then it would be

a surprise to open the flap and to

see another heart!
 

Decorate the front and back with anything that

you like - use beads, sequins, hearts and

glitter to add extra punch or not. The choice is
yours.
 

This set can also be used for HALLOWEEN.

All you have to do is change the colors

to black, purple and orange.

The scissor fobs are easy. One side is hearts and the
other side is the Rhodes pattern. Or you can
stitch up the front with the Rhodes pattern and the
back with the Hearts pattern and put them together
to match your scissors case. The choice is yours.

Thank you for visiting me!

Many stitching hugs and kisses sent your way

Hopblogger