More Tea Towels

Here are some more goodies from my tea towel making rampage! These were ordered as fat quarters of Linen Cotton Canvas Ultra from my shop, and then I finished the edges with mitered corners. The designs pictured are Pantone, Buttons, Greenery Machinery, Maritime Yarn, and Seamstress Fruit. These and several others are now available for sale at The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum!

Dutch Spring

 I found this vintage embroidered linen canvas at Value Village and love its textures and cheery colours!

Look at those little pink tulips!

Rose Needlepoint

I found this rose needlepoint at Value Village for a few dollars. The palette and distressed frame are so sweet.  

My goal is to gather a whole gallery wall of rescued floral oil paintings, watercolours, and needlepoints!

Maritime Yarn

My Maritime Yarn design is up for voting in Spoonflower's Yarn design challenge!

Recent Thrift: Knobby Afghan

My mom got this creamy white crocheted throw at a local thrift store for $10. It's about 72'' by 36''--and look at those bobbles--oh how long would this have taken to make? It looks like something Anthropologie would sell! I love it!

DIY Pom-Pom Craspedia

Materials: 

Embroidery needle

Wire for stems

Yellow yarn

Scissors

Fork

Step 1: Snip off a few inches of yarn and set it aside.

Step 2: Wrap the yarn from the ball through the tines of the fork, and then around the fork multiple times. 

The more times you wrap it around, the tighter your pom-pom will be.

Step 3: Use the embroidery needle to pull the piece of yarn between the fork tines.

Step 4: Tie the wrapped bundle of yarn tightly in the middle.

Step 5: Slide the bundle of yarn off the fork and cut open the looped ends.

Step 6: Trim down the ends to make the pom-pom tight, and fluff it up as you go.

Step 7: Push the pom-pom onto the piece of wire.

Then find a cute vase for your bouquet!