Cake Pincushion & Wedding Keepsake ~ New Designs

How about a delicious chocolate cake with pink frosting . . . not to eat :) to put your pins in while you sew!
My new 'Piece of Cake' Pincushion (machine embroidery design) can be made in any flavor combination.

The sections of the cake are made & quilted in the hoop. Then you sew the sections together on a sewing machine.

There's icing on the end.





I've also created a Wedding Keepsake using my cake pincushion.
This one is made from my wedding gown and that's a bit of my veil in the ruffle on the top. I covered the sides with some of the lace from my gown.












I personalized it with our names and date of marriage.






I think this would make a wonderful gift for the new bride or a special anniversary gift for someone.

My Garden '09

Here's a link to some photos of my flower garden this year.

My Garden '09

I hope you enjoy looking through them.

Happy Summer,
Reen

Tissue Box Cover Set

I've finished my new set of Tissue Box Covers.
The set includes a Santa Suit, Bunny, Tutu, Ladybug & a Blank cover that you can add your own designs to.





Visit my web site to view/purchase the Tissue Box Cover set

These turned out so cute, I may do another set of them :)

Sneak Peek

I'm working on a new set for my web site ~ Embroidery Garden

I've got a few ideas for some cute Kleenex box covers.
Here's my Santa Cover. It'll be so cute for the holidays. They will be here before we know it!




I have a couple more cover ideas. Here's a hint ~ one will be "tutu" cute :)

I hope to have the set done by next weekend.

Lilies

My Elodie Lilies have begun to open up.
I hope to get some photos of my garden next week and upload a slideshow.

NEW MACHINE EMBROIDERY AD LIST

Are you into machine embroidery?
Do you like to know what new designs are available?













If you want to find out what's new from your favorite machine embroidery digitizers without having to wade through a bunch of chit chat, this is the list for you.

We're all limited on time and we all know we spend too much time on the computer :)

I've created a new Yahoo group that will only contain ads from your favorite designers. There will be no chit chat to wade through to get to what we all want . . . to know what's NEW out there.

How many times have you skimmed through a list or deleted emails that were of no interest to you just to get to an ad you WANT to see?? Or have been on a list with so much drama, you couldn't wait to unsub from it.

You won't have that problem on this list. There will be no other posting than from approved digitizers.

The list is small now, but it's growing a bit everyday.
Please join and spread the word and the link to the list.
Click here to join!

Wristlet - InTheHoop Machine Embroidery Design

My new Wristlet design is finished.
I'm really happy with how it turned out.













It's completely made in the hoop. It's lined and has an outer zippered pocket that can hold change, ID, debit/credit cards, etc.
You can use ribbon for the strap, or make a fabric strap like in my sample. Detailed instructions are included. On my sample, I opted to use a split ring and snap hook. This is optional. The strap can be plain with no additional hardware.
You can make a 'lapped' zipper for the pocket, as I did in my sample. An alternate way is included in the instructions.
I will be working a 5x7 version too.




To be one of the first to know about my new machine embroidery designs, sales, freebies, member specials, etc., please join my Yahoo group.
This is an update list to my website, Embroidery Garden
Click here for the link to join.

13.1 ~ DONE!

I've finished my Half Marathon training.
I ran the 13.1 miles today in just under 2:23.
Fortunately, the weather had cooled down a bit. I went out early. The last 2 miles were rough, but I made it :)
I'm going to take this week off of running and let my legs, hamstring & hips recover.
I'll gradually start back running again after the holiday weekend.

. . . wipe me booty

I finished this machine embroidery design yesterday and put it on a onesie.
I used a lightweight cutaway stabilizer and Heat N Gone on top when I did the lettering.
This design is available on my web site.
Click here to view/purchase the design



















Here's another cute baby design I did.
iPoo
Click here to view/purchase








Watch my site for more baby designs to come.

Golf Towels

Our neighborhood has an annual golf outing.
This is the 2nd year for it.
I'm giving the guys embroidered golf towels. I designed the 'logo'.
Hopefully, they'll like them :)

SWEET Cupcake Gift Card Holder

How adorable is this???
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I saw a youtube video on making one. It's easy to make, but a bit time consuming.













Pull the cherry on top to reveal the gift card!




I used ribbon for mine, mostly 7/8". I can see adding all sorts of trims, etc. to one.

I'll be making more of these this year for gifts.

Nature in Action

I found this by my side garage door today.
Poor toad :(