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Okay, it has been far too long since I have had a chance to work on any crafts, and my wrist is starting to notice it. I keep my hands in good shape by working on craft stuff during breaks or after a long hard day of working at the computer. my right wrist has been hurting because of the lack of crafting I have been doing lately, so… back to crafting!

I finally just had to find out what that Designs By SiCK site is that keeps showing up on my AdSense, so, opening a new window I typed in their URL – the name turned me off from it, but I am so glad that curiosity won out, because I discovered that Designs by SiCK is a site for machine embroidery designs. YAY!

I want an embroidery machine so bad, one of them ones that I can design my own patterns and such for, so I was, of course, sucked right into the site.

Looking things over I discovered a $1 for an hour deal (look in top right corner for what page is $1 this hour). It took me to a page with adorable wintertime Sunbonnet Sue and little Bonnet Boys in wintertime. (page 13) I love Sunbonnet Sue but have never tried to make a quilt for that design before. Well, I was, of course, sucked straight in and without even thinking about the fact that I don’t own an embroidery machine yet I bought the Sunbonnet Sue and the Bonnet boys and even a pattern for Redwork ballet dancers. I assumed, silly me, they would have the hand pattern as well. (Okay, so I was so excited I was dense, you can’t sue me for that.)

Well, I bought the patterns and have them tucked away for the “someday” scheme and until then I plan to use the images I got from the site as a guide for hand work to create a winter play Bonnet children quilt between now and next winter.

I figure if nothing else I should have bought the right to use those in handwork (didn’t I?), so I’ll be working on that quilt, and even went back and bought more designs that I found and simply adore. Very dangerous and addicting site. Highly reccomended for anyone that owns an emberidery machine.

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I’m in a quilting mood, and I can’t wait for spring to melt out from under all this snow, so I stopped by the store today and picked up some lovely fabric in tones of pink to use to create a springtime quilt. I figured that dad and I could use something cheerful for brightening up the house a little as we go into spring.

I’m planning a different kind of quilt for this one, rather than the pieced squares I normally love to make I am going to make a large checkerboard patterned quilt.

I love to make quilts, it is a passion I developed from having created a quilt years back for my mom as a Christmas present. The ability to take scraps of material, which was all I had when I made my mom’s quilt, and turn them into a work of art was for me… amazing.

That is also what I thought when I saw the art quilts that Willow Bend Creations has. It was pure chance I discovered the below video while browsing YouTube, but I’m glad I did. While not actually one of a kind creations because of the ability to order the same pattern ad-infinitum, these are one of a kind creations in that each artist brings their own uniqueness to the selection of materials and any embellishments they might add, so I want to share with you these lovely patterns by Willow Bend Creations in Soldotna, Alaska.

I would like to announce the creation of a new OOAK Biz group over at Facebook. Open to all who want to create one of a kind creations, the group is to be a place for sharing and interaction.