Elemental Stitches

US Forces Independant Toymakers out of Business!

I cant believe this is happening.  It looks like the US passed some toy safety laws that will force most small toymakers in the US out of business.  Small toymakers in Canada and Europe will no longer be able to export their toys to the US.

Is this the governments way of forcing me to shop at Walmart and to buy toys from China?  That is certainly how I feel.  Apparently I am no longer allowed to support US small businesses.  I have to give my money to multi-million dollar companies whose toys fall apart and whose CEOs are swimming in cash already. 

Please email your congressman and senator!
Visit this site for more info.
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/Home

More Felt Food- Lettuce, Spinach, Green Pepper, Pepperoni, Tomato

I have some more felt food finished. 

We have 2 kinds of lettuce plus some spinach leaves, pepperoni slices and green pepper slices for the pizza, tomato chunks for the taco, and the same strawberries from last time.  I came across some dark brown and white felt so I might whip out some mushrooms and onions for the pizza next.  What else could I make with white felt?  Any ideas?  I think I am going to make a trip to the fabric store on Wednesday to stock up on my colors!
More progress pictures in a day or two!

Felt Food and Indian Girl

I have been making progress on Indian Girl.  This pattern has loads of detailing.  I cant wait to start on the Persian rug she is sitting on.

 

I have also started on the felt food I am making my munchkin for Christmas.  I only have red and green felt left over from last year so until I can get to the craft store I am stuck with red and green foods only.

I got the pattern for free online from this list of felt food patterns.

I never expected little felt projects to be so satisfying to make.  They use very few materials, simple sewing, and very little pattern deciphering.

I haven't been able to get all the possibilities out of my head and I have been mentally creating food patterns rather then studying for my finals this week.  I cant wait for them to be over!

Speaking of finals, I have to go study.  Happy Stitching!

Free Embroidery Pattern- Snow City

Hi everyone!  I hope you enjoy this holiday pattern I whipped up just for you!

Click on the photo to go to flickr and download it.

If you stitch up this patten please leave a comment with a link to your picture.  I love to see what people have done!  Enjoy!

Finished TTT4 & Starting A New Project

Hi everyone!  I hope Thanksgiving was as wonderful for all of you as it was for me!  My turkey was FABULOUS!  I used Alton Browns recipe for a turkey brine and discovered that he is right!  One cannot do a turkey justice without brining it first.  A brine is now an essential part of my turkey.  I will have to try it with chicken to see how it changes a whole roaster chicken.

I received my finished tea towel from the Tea Towel Tour 4.

It is now serving as the dust cover for my sewing machine (which has been gathering dust lately).  Everyone did a fabulous job!

The Cherry Tree canvas embroidery is still being worked on and is about halfway finished.  I ran out of thread for one of my trees so I have to go find it at the craft store. 

In the meantime I started on Christmas gifts.  I wont be showing the entire piece until after Christmas because the recipients tend to check my blog ever so often.  I am going to call this one Indian Girl and it is based off on a 70's coloring book page.

More detail shots are forthcoming!  Happy embroidering!