i chose to complete the rug by trimming the edge back to about 5 rows past the stitching line, cutting a wedge out of the corner to cut down the bulk, then folding it back and satin stitching around the edge with a very narrow stitch in the pink.. after that i used a loose whip stitch and stitched the edging down flat to the back, catching only a stitch or two at a time so it wouldn’t show through on the front. now it looks just like the full sized rugs i have in my house, and the little girls are thrilled. crystal is showing it off here
after i was done someone pointed me to a great tutorial on how to finish rugs, so rather than re-inventing the wheel, i’ll just link to it here
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- thanksgiving
- the best laid plans.
- the great purge
- thistle
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- tins
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- trees
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- washboard
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- waterfall
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- wedge pond
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- white
- whitehorse pass
- white skin
- white wolf
- wig cap
- wigs
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- wild flower
- wildflower
- wild flowers
- wildflowers
- wild heliotrope
- wild rose
- wild strawberry
- william blake
- willow
- winter
- winter fun
- winter photography
- wisp
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- woodland
- wood violet
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- work in progress
- wren
- yarn
- yarnathon
- yellow
- yo-sd
- yukon
- zoe
- zoo
a rug completed
peek a boo
the tinies turned the roots of an old sun bleached tree into a jungle gym
doll a day 16 searching
the girls played hide and seek in the flower garden. i’ll leave it to you to decide who was the most successful…
doll a day 11 books
i think poor lucy got shafted. while she was chasing two wild boys around the house. wren got to read stories to two sleepy little girls. hope lucy got paid double!
dolly a day july 2-4
the second day and already i’m behind, but i had a specific image in my head for the word “blanket” and i just couldn’t let it go. it took this long to finish the pajamas i needed to make it work.
after i took the picture though, i saw the reflections in the floor and decided i would rather use this picture for that theme ( i do have three days to catch up after all ;))
so i used this one instead for “blanket”.
and of course how can you have a blanket without a “pillow”?
btw the pj’s are the prototype for my newest line on etsy .
doll a day july challenge
trying a new doll a day challenge. i’ll have to see how many days we can get this month. my record is only 11 so it shouldn’t be too hard to beat should it? we’ll see though…
anyway today’s word was secrets and i caught emrys and noah spying on crystalorn and alys as they whispered secrets to each other on the front porch. seemed perfect to me…
swap goodies
crystal’s swap parcel arrived and she was so excited she tore open the parcel and dove in head first while i was setting up the camera! (this is her first swap after all)
she was wide eyed at all the goodies
a pretty felt jumper for those cooler summer evenings, we get a lot of those up here.
a cute capri jupsuit in her favorite color
and a shorty set she couldn’t decide if she was supposed to wear to the beach or to bed , so decided she was just wear it for both! 😆 she also got the stuffie, pillow and cute wig in her favorite color..pink of course!
doll a day 10 mail
well i am averaging about 1 pic every three days , sort of 😆
amber and crystal helped me mail the swap parcels and these are the pictures we took at the post office to prove they were mailed. the girls sat on the mailing labels to protect the identity of their partners
as you can see by her hair, crystal was so excited she was bouncing up and down! she can hardly wait for the parcel to get to her new bff.
doll-a-day 9- presents
so once we got home from the hospital it got really tough to set up pictures and i kind of flaked on the challenge. but we took some today when crystal and amber tried to help me wrap presents for a swap. lets just say they had a little trouble….
braving the cellar
crystalorn and amberglas are taking part in a swap on doa, with a couple of other tinies. crystal has already made a new bff, since her partner loves pink, flowers and lace as much as crystal! she is taking amber in hand since amber’s partner is also rather girly and she says amber is a great sister, but she just doesn’t understand pink! 😆
here the two of them are ready to go down into the basement to look for swap fabric. they put on their hiking boots, and crystal insisted on taking her flashlight, even though we have lots of light in the basement. they are ready for serious work!
