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first pastel paintings there s something exciting about letting these two art styles coexist the color choices i m making in pastel already feel like they re influencing what i want to weave next i don t know if these two crafts could be any more opposite from each other math and planning heavy weaving to artsy and flowing soft pastels that might be one reason why i enjoyed the class so much it s just so different than the types of activities that usually occupy my days i ll be sharing more photos from all creative worlds as i go for now here are a couple of snapshots from the studio in september a selection of finished soft pastel paintings studio helper mornings at the folk school purple greyhound painting in pastels my first attempt at a more real animal instead of a super stylized version thanks for following along with my experiments and meanderings handmade life is never just one thing and that s what keeps it alive and interesting danielle read more posted by danielle a at 11 08 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art artist campbell folk school folk school halloween john c campbell folk school notes pastels soft pastels studio weaving location raleigh nc usa thursday march 6 2025 baskets so many baskets finally put up shelving in my office i ve only been in this house for a bit over 5 years and owned the shelves for 3 some things just end up taking a back seat to everything else i took up basket making a few years ago and several in this photo have been made my me not all but several i have not been super busy being creative this year the weight of the world has been getting to me but here s a few from the last couple of years i took a class at my local arts center and found it super fun so i joined the nc basket guild and have been going to their annual conventions the 2025 one is next weekend and i m looking forward to the three classes i signed up for one of my own designs i did it in a second color way with a few changes and entered it in the nc state fair got a blue ribbon i did not expect it to do so well this was a class i took at the convention in 2024 a nantucket basket class i got second for it i didn t enter this one but i really love it it s my favorite colors i have it holding a bunch of knitting yarns in my office right now it s quite large i found a few mistakes in the pattern which is why i did not end up entering it into the state fair i bet it would look stunning in a solid color instead of the space dyed i used the rim took me months it was a huge pain in the butt but it turned out so good looking it was worth the time one of my friends is keen to come over and make some baskets when the weather is nicer and we can do it outside on my deck i m hoping to connect more with other crafters this summer doing all my hobbies alone isn t as fun as i remember it being when i worked in an office my second basket ever was this lovely cat head basket i made from a kit i got at earth guild in asheville in 2022 it s currently under my nightstand holding my greyhound s outfits and some misc other bits and bobs it was supposed to have a handle but something happened and i lost those pieces i d love to make it again with the experience i have gained since then my shaping would hopefully be even better now hope everyone is having a good 2025 so far read more posted by danielle a at 10 53 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 2025 baskets hobbies organization thursday february 6 2025 once a year update winter looks like i never updated again sometimes i miss blogging i recently deleted the social media apps from my phone but still want to see what fun things others are up too there s still blogs out there it just seems a bit harder to find nowadays with the socials as options i ve been looking around discord which seems to have replace forums too i ll find my people maybe i need to start prioritizing going to guild meetings again here s some crafty updates pulled a 8 2 tencel scarf off the loom for my mom s christmas present yes it s february better late than never still wet and hanging to dry also measured out a warp for my next set of towels this is just half of the 480 threads it s two different shades of gray i m using a kit from jane stafford for huck towels i have a huck book as well so i m going to try to do a bunch of different ones i accidentally used the charcoal for the warp when i was supposed to use the other grays but i think i ll make some napkins with that instead and yes i ordered more charcoal so i could use it here too i also finished this temari a few months ago i think it turned out really well i m not sure about everyone else but i cycle through hobbies a lot speaking of that i learned to knit and crochet last year finished a sweater in january and a scarf in october and a hat i think we sometimes forget that these hobbies take time and that s the appeal of them but in a world filled with instant gratification it s hard to remember good things take time farewell for now but hopefully it s not an entire year until i post again read more posted by danielle a at 11 40 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby wolf hats knitting loom termari weaving friday january 26 2024 temari 14 i haven t updated this blog in over 6 years but i was thinking it could be a nice place to keep some of my temari records or some weaving records i do keep a pretty extensive onenote notebook with all of my projects and i do keep a lot on instagram as well but i kind of miss blogs or at least long format posts here s a temari i stitched during a stitch along it s called striped obi and it s from barbara suess s book japanese temari it s roughly 29cm in circumference stitched using a variety of perle cotton 5 it s number 14 that i ve stitched since june 2023 read more posted by danielle a at 2 26 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday march 15 2018 quilting hi my cross stitch friends i ve been mia for a really long time now mostly because my cross stitch progress has been pitiful really it s because i have started quilting i bought another domain so i could do my quilt things in a blog type form as well but then i never got around to it i thought it might be nice to share some of my more recent projects here anyway maybe it ll be a xstitchhaven cross stitch and quilting blog my king size swoon quilt it took me 11 months from start to finish but totally worth it i kept getting board and i really hate doing borders and sashing it looks fantastic on my bed so it was worth it i recently finished 3 baby quilts mesa valley pattern mesa valley with tula pink fabric this was in a sewsampler box the colored prints pattern i love how this turned out and part of me didn t want to give it away fancy foxes elizabeth hartman this one used rhoda ruth fabrics chuckles elizabeth hartman an elizabeth hartman pattern again using reef fabrics this was also in a sew sampler box i also made two christmas quilts i just couldn t part with i made this pattern up using 2 packages of charm squares in juniper berry by basic grey i really love all their christmas collections and have already preordered their 2018 one this was using jolly bars 5 x10 precuts in merry berry fabric i love love love this it s my favorite of the two i could not part with it though it s original purpose was a christmas present my favorite is how i quilted it spirals in a gold thread called vegas gold swoon drool love i started quilting when i moved to north carolina just over 2 5 years ago it s very addicting just like cross stitch it but i find with the exceptions of course that i finish projects so much faster it s a more expensive hobby but the results are so much sooner i ve been dragged into the community full force i took a picture framing course last spring and managed to frame about 15 things 5 or so were cross stitch pieces that had been hanging out in my finished drawer i ll have to dig up some pictures since then i ve finished 4 more things to frame d also this past fall i took a photography class i ve been putting that to use in my finished quilts photos i m really loving how everything is turning out and how everything is so connected anything new up with you lovely readers am i the only one who moves form hobby to hobby read more posted by danielle a at 1 48 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels berry merry christmas elizabeth hartman fabrics juniper berry quilt quilting quilts swoon wednesday may 25 2016 mayyyyynia hi all i m back with my monthly update i think monthly updates are working much better for me now i tried to get it in around the 15th but this month has been a bit crazy aren t they all anyways it s may nia and i decided to start 2 new projects go me first is little house needleworks gingerbread wo man if you ve been here for 2 years you ll know i made this for my husband in 2014 with plans to make one for myself as well i m finally getting around to starting mine here s my progress i think it s coming along nicely i really only work on it when i don t feel like doing something that requires my lowery we re going back to pittsburgh for a week soon so i ll probably bring that with me my first start gingerbreadman was actually the second one i just talked about it first was my first mira yay it s roses of provence i love love love the colors my only complaint is there s a lot of color changes i think i might learn to park for this lady thoughts is she worth it should i keep up with my cross country stitching of her i m torn on it don t forget you can click the picture and zoom in it s on a very light version of rose petals from crafty kitten it was an opps i got on her facebook page several years ago i did find this cute little thread holder at walmart it only holds her floss right now adorable do you see the 7 skeins of white for her dress i worked a bit on my plum pudding funny story not really when i took it out to work on it there was a giant spider on it even though i keep it safe in a pillow case when i m not working on it sooooo i decided i needed a better storage thing for it so i whipped this guy up it s lined in flannel because that s all i had that was large enough it fits my 17x17 qsnap which was the point hopefully no more spiders on my work ugh shudders i barely worked on passport i did added some stitches and backstitching to this freebie i think i might have shown this before but it s my current wips basket i have more that i don t consider to be ufos but aren t current wips either annnnd last but not least y all might remember the stitch along back in 2014 for the frosted pumpkin s halloween town well i hated part 3 with the bakery so i just lost all interest i finally recharted the bakery into a house and am making some progress i love the color changes like my teal purple houses do you see the cat i added i think i m going to give him some eyes maybe some whiskers too i m still figuring out the house and there was a witch charted but i kinda don t want to stitch her either so it s still a work in progress charting as i go along ooooooooh and i have an ffo i know my friend doesn t read my blog so i feel like i can show this even though i haven t given it to her yet excuse the glare at the framing shop i m so pleased with how it turned out and it was super reasonably priced i m kinda in love with it i ll totally be taking more projects to this framing shop i think they did an excellent job i bought some stash butttttt what i bought is for my mom and i m fairly sure she does read my blog so i m not going to spoil it goal is a september finish her birthday is in sept but i want to finish one wip a decently sized one like halloween town before i work on that so it could get pushed to christmas not totally sure yet i feel like i need to find some manly patterns and make something for my dad any suggestions how s everyone s may been productive i hope read more posted by danielle a at 2 51 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cats christmas classic colorworks cosmo crafty kitten cross stitch dessert series desserts dinky dyes diy projects dmc finishes floss frostedpumpkinstitchery halloweentownclub tuesday april 12 2016 spring updates hi all today is a gray and rainy day but yesterday the sun was shining so i managed to take some decent pictures i guess i ve been busy since my last update the pictures tell me so but i don t feel like i ve had much stitching time we ve just been so busy my husband is away for work this week so last night i made dinner did my nails watched mr selfridge stitched not all at the same time clearly but i did get some more progress on plum pudding then you ll see below not a ton but i finished another motif first up is the frosted pumpkin stitchery s pumpkin passport and slightly closer it s cute but i get bored working on it i did see someone on facebook omit some of the busy ness and i liked that a whole lot more so i might do the same thing i can t remember how far i was on the peacock last time but i think i filled in a bit more of the flower since last time it s a dimensions gold kit so there are tons of blended threads and fractional stitches it s going to look amazing when it s done i also started a freebie by durene jones you can find it here i was in a spring mood i was hoping to finish by easter but that didn t happen it s super cute and durene has so many cute free patterns she releases new ones every friday on her facebook i m stitching it over 2 on 28 ct fabric that i had in my stash it s a pale blue last but not least glendon place s plum pudding my goal for this past weekend was to finish the dark purple petals in the center which i did manage to do it s on 28 ct antique white fabric with the called for dinky dye threads now i m going around in a circle and trying it that way i think i should start in the middle of a pattern instead of the top left it s more gratifying to me to see it take shape that way i ordered feburary s fabric of the month from crafty kitten for my cherries jubilee pattern and it came this past week i didn t do a floss toss i forgot but one of my favorite things about crafty kitten is that she ll do custom sizes this is a 20 x 20 cashel linen i think it ll look awesome i also received a rak from a friend in co no blog though i love cats and she noted that i could probably finish it in one evening which is perfect for my attention span oh how she knows me well it even came with fabric and the trim how s everyone s spring starting getting lots of stitching or is it slowing down with the warmer weather read more posted by danielle a at 9 43 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 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