Rebecca Sower

crafty cushions

For the longest time I've been wanting to make myself a fun little pin cushion.  So I did, and I'm all happy about it.  But as I was finishing that one, an idea for another flashed in my head, and then another one...

Do you do that too?  And you don't know when to stop?

That's the fun part...making one...then making another one...

Until you can stand back and say 'ta-da!'.  And now I can't decide on my favorite.  But I have fewer scraps and bits and pieces in my stash.  And that's always a good thing.

love series, session 5

"Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything."

{ 1 Peter 4:8, The Message }

Happy Valentines Day, sweetie pies!

love series, session 4

"It is in loving that we are loved."

{ from the prayer of saint francis }

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Just one more post in this series and then it's time to move on to something else.  I'm working on some more stitchery and am anxious to show you what's going on here in the studio.  Thanks to all of you who've picked up the heart embroidery pattern sheets.  I hope you're stitching some lovely little pieces with them.

 

love series, session 3

"May you seek after treasures of precious gold

and find them within the hearts of others."

{ mary summer rain }

 

The above embroidery pattern is from pages 1 and 6 on my 50 Hearts embroidery PDF.

love series, session 2

"The first duty of love

is to listen."

{ paul tillich }

Here I stitched a simple heart design onto scrap of old sweater, stitched that to a scrap of vintage linen, then stitched that to a shipping tag.  Then tied the tag to an old bottle with ribbon and an antique key.  This heart design is on page 1 of my "50 Hearts" embroidery patterns here.