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Primrose Bishop
Posted by Claire on Feb 02 2015
I’m finally getting a chance to show folks the bishop I finished over the Christmas holidays. This is Gail Doane’s Primrose, from the Country Bumpkin book Beautiful Bishops. I’ve made a bunch of bishops from this book, but I’ve always had my eye on the Primrose. It’s just so sunshiny and sweet. I started this […]
Lace! Lace! Lace!
Posted by Claire on May 26 2014
Now that I’ve got the attention of the heirloom fans, I want to show you some shots of the dress I’ve just finished for my SAGA Smocked Lace correspondence course. If you’re a regular reader, you might remember me showing you my samplers here and here. The samplers were practice pieces that let me try […]
Ruby’s Day Dress
Posted by Claire on Nov 15 2011
I often take my children to the Hamilton Children’s Museum. We’ve been going since they were very little. It’s a wonderful, hands-place where they can play and explore to their hearts content. Earlier this year, one of the exhibits was about archeology. They had a giant sandbox with dinosaur bones glued to the bottom. […]
Cherie, the Swiss dot bishop, finished
Posted by Claire on Jun 06 2011
I’ve finished “Cherie”. Put the last stitch in Saturday evening. The deadline was tight but after promising myself I would get this UFO FO’d it’s all done and I love it. You can see my progress over the past few weeks here and here. (Stanley’s standing up straight; the wind is blowing the dress crooked. :)) I […]