A Holiday Goose

May 20, 2024 by Sara Denny in Personal

Surprisingly, I didn’t make this. Though I would like to make one for every single member of my friends and family now. It’s plastic canvas and yarn, just like the items I make and I even found the pattern available on Esty, so it is a possibility that I’ll eventually make one myself.

I purchased this from my next door neighbor. He was having a garage sale and this was on the table and I flipped out and he let me have it for a song. He doesn’t know when his wife made it or purchased it but it has been around for a very long time and now it is going to be around for a very long time with me!

I’ve been having a lot of fun with all the different holiday outfits and when there is no holiday going on, he looks great without any of the accoutrement. It’s a win-win!

A Fiber Art Update

April 29, 2024 by Sara Denny in art

My Dad turned 75 recently and I’m not going to lie. I was going to do something else, but unfortunately this was supposed to be a Christmas present and I really did not give myself enough time to complete this. So it turned into a birthday present instead. I do think this is a better birthday present now, but I digress.

I found the pattern on Etsy (seller: crossstitchbeautyart) and it is from the pattern called Plastic Canvas Pattern Clocks.

My Dad collects clocks and him and my Mom always want me to make something for them so I thought this was a perfect fit! I did change the colors of the pattern because this thing was supposed to be different shades of brown and how boring is that?

April Tissue Box Topper is inspired by the Diamond! I only have 3 more to make of these and I’ll have made all 12 and that is very exciting.

Pattern is purchased from Etsy seller RaindropsandMemories. The pattern itself is from Leisure Arts and it is the Birthstone Boutiques in Plastic Canvas. They changed their listing now and unfortuanetly if you want to purchase these patterns they are all individual now.

A simple basket for my reusable napkins. I had my napkins in a stand that held them vertically but they kept sticking to each other so I made a basket sized for them and it’s perfect. I designed the chevron pattern myself.

All of these have now been added to the Fiber Art section of the site!

A Fiber Art Update, Tissue Boxes Part One

August 27, 2023 by Sara Denny in art

I’ve gotten really into crafting with yarn. I don’t know how to knit, I don’t know how to crochet, I only can simply weave but I love my branch weavings and then I found Plastic Canvas Crafts.

I’ve posted about a few of these before and now I’m making a bigger post just so I can do 4 of them at once, haha.

All of these are from I a pdf from the Etsy seller RaindropsAndMemories for a birthstone pattern pamphlet called "Birthstone Boutiques in Plastic Canvas.”

I’m having fun making these and I am definitely going to be making the rest of the birthstones.

A Fiber Art Update

August 13, 2023 by Sara Denny in art

I have created a great many tissue box this year. I’m not even close to being done with all of the ones I want to do. They’re very fun and cozy to do and I love giving them to my friends and family. If you know me in real life, you might receive one! Be prepared.

This one is for my sister-in-law. I had created a cross stitch for her full of leaves.

When I saw the pattern in my book “The Ultimate Tissue Topper Collection” for the Leafy Glade and how similar it felt to the cross stitch, I knew I had to make her another gift.

This Tissue Box cover was waaaay easier than the cross stitch. That thing was kind of a nightmare at times, I’m not going to lie. I’m pleased with both and I’m looking forward to doing even more tissue boxes and more cross stiches.

Happy Mother's Day! A Fiber Art Update.

May 14, 2023 by Sara Denny in art

From awhile ago: My Mom and I at the traveling exhibition of Disney’s Heroes and Villains Costumes

Several months ago I came across a book called “The Ultimate Tissue Topper Collection” at a used bookstore near my house. I was very excited to purchase this book because it seemed like a very good crossover to my burgeoning cross stitch skills. Something I could do in the evenings since cross stitch can be a little intense on the eyeballs at night. I also have 3 million pounds of yarn in my art supplies stash, so something to do with that. Couple this book with the large plastic canvas stash I found at a store, it was kismet. I’m to make these tissue toppers.

So making them I have been.

Design: “New Mexico” from “The Ultimate Tissue Topper Collection” by Sara Denny, January 2023

I will say I’m not a huge fan of many of the color choices from this book, so I’ve been making up my own color schemes to use for these designs. This Tisse Box is for my own mother and she loves a SouthWestern Design.

Peanuts Tissue Box Topper from Vintage Leisure Arts Pattern from Etsy Seller: StarShopPatterns. By Sara Denny, March 2023.

This is another Mother’s Day gift for a special lady in my life who loves the Peanuts Characters, I happened to find this pattern while perusing Etsy. There are 4 more patterns I didn’t use of other characters (namely Snoopy) so I may revisit this pattern in the future.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there! But especially mine!