Update 7/19 : All of my patterns are now free for commercial and personal use. The pdf itself still says personal use only but it no longer applies! A center piece I designed for some of my Christmas gifts this year. I added barbed wire which I will soon be making a pattern for and […]

Urban Threads is my all time favorite site! They have cool and unusual embroidery patterns that are available for machine embroidery OR hand embroidery. Since I’m a hand stitcher, this makes me very happy to have such awesome patterns to choose from. Something else they offer is free patterns and free tutorials for various items. […]

An awesome wallet tutorial by Joann over at CraftPassion. I’ve not made one YET, but I’ve already got the fabric all chosen! View Tutorial Here      ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail {dot} com About Me : Buy Me Coffee! : Get My Badge! My Projects : My Artwork Digital Bullet Journal […]

What mason jar is complete without a wild flower? Update 7/19 : All of my patterns are now free for commercial and personal use. The pdf itself still says personal use only but it no longer applies! Each pdf file includes the above design in three sizes as well as an instruction page on various […]

Karen over at CraftBlog.Com.Au posted an awesome tutorial on a way to re-use up those selvedges that so often hit the trash can. I’m already saving mine up! New tutorial link due to the old one not working any longer (2/2019) View Tutorial Here    ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} com meandmyinkpen {@} gmail {dot} com […]

A great pattern I found at UrbanThreads.Com! This vintage lace dress is so delicate that I had to grunge it up… there’s rust stains on the fabric as well as the grungy cardboard behind it and dirty flowers. All stitched by hand, this piece took about 17 hours to finish.    ijourney1018 {@} gmail {dot} […]

Update 7/19 : All of my patterns are now free for commercial and personal use. The pdf itself still says personal use only but it no longer applies! Each pdf file includes the above design in three sizes as well as an instruction page on various ways to transfer the design to your fabric. If […]

I can tell you I did not do the ‘pillow’ type bags that Teesha does. Instead I used a layer of batting and created a mini quilt block. Every block is embellished with one or more of the following : swirl embroidery pattern, embroidery pattern, beads, silver thread, actual items (key, pins, buttons, etc). 1. […]

Another simple flower for little ones to learn with. Update 7/19 : All of my patterns are now free for commercial and personal use. The pdf itself still says personal use only but it no longer applies! Each pdf file includes the above design in three sizes as well as an instruction page on various […]