Charming embroidery for fun tote bag

The little bee in me buzzes around to different things: screen-printing, painting, writing, sewing, scrap-booking, drawing, etc. etc. You get the idea.

Well, Grandma got me on the embroidery kick and I decided to do it up a little differently. I screen-printed stems onto linen and then hand embroidered the petals and bugs. Now I couldn’t just leave it at that, so I zipped up this little number on the machine.

In this pic, it’s hanging pretty on my studio door—a 1964 Airstream travel trailer. It’s time to head out to Michael’s for more thread—I’ll pack up my new favorite bag with my wallet and a list of colors I need.

It’s cold out, baby! This novel temperature (for Phoenix that is) gets me excited to pull out the scarves I used to wear up north.

A few years ago I knitted a scarf (my first actually!) and upon seeing it again I decided it needed a little flair. So, I unpackaged a nifty little tool I just acquired.

With the Knifty Knitter flower loom, I whipped out this pretty pink confection in under 5 minutes—no kidding! Then, I threaded the loose yarn bits through the scarf about 6 inches up so I could wrap myself up and tuck the end in. The flower looks like it’s pinned on, but actually it is fuss free.

It was so easy, I plan on “knitting” a few more flowers for my hair.