state fair pictures #3 creative arts building

cross stitch little girls dreams


each square is a stitched flower in a pot, it was very intricate. hard to get a picture of thru the glass.


butterfly quilt made of butterflies


leather bag with yoda and r2d2


cross stitch holly hobbie i think


crocheted baby/doll bikini and sarong


a very fluffy knitted bunny


crocheted dragonfly afghan


piggy booties


gorgeous afghans


crocheted spiderman picture afghan


crocheted paul bunyon and babe the blue ox afghan (folklore/story of how we got all the lakes in minnesota, his and babe's big footprints)


noahs ark crocheted picture afghan


folded paper motorbike


dragon tile mosaic


beaded turtle mosaic


dragon, i believe this was papercraft


stained glass dragon


cross stitched puppies


bird watching cats cross stitch


dragon cross stitch


dragon - i think this was metal


wooden toy trucks and tractors


gorgeous wooden bowl. i think thats maple wood, curly maple is used to describe that figuring in the grain, though it does occasionally occur in other woods.


hand carved wood game




santa cross stitch


metal statues of huey, dewey, and louie playing golf


intricate 3-D doily




tatting, this piece is bigger than a dinner plate. theres so much tiny detail. i think i'd have lost my mind.


fairy cross stitch


football metal statues




cross stitch, winnie the pooh, piglet, tigger, and eeyore


wooden turtles


wood doll furniture


entropy carving


i had a difficult time getting a picture of this, the lights just kept reflecting in my way




pretty horse quilt


benedict cumberbatch cross stitch


purple cow quilt


barn quilt (again with the reflections in the glass)


the very hungry caterpillar quilt, from the childrens book by eric carle




not quite sure what these were, 3-D sewing of some kind. this one was titled the craft room or the craft closet or something like that. made me smile.


raggedy ann doll (i had raggedy ann and andy dolls when i was little)

xmas sparkly

they dont sell xmas tank tops over here. its all xmas sweaters and long sleeve shirts. and i needed a tank top to avoid overheating. so i bought an iron-on applique and put it on an existing tank top.


its so sparkly its hard to take a picture and get all the different colors to show




because i sew, i own a little tabletop ironing board. but i do not own a regular iron. i had to borrow my moms actual iron.


my iron is a little tiny sewing seam iron, like this http://www.joann.com/clover-mini-iron/5351150.html
to iron on the rhinestone applique, you needed to apply maximum heat, and pressure, and my little iron couldnt hack that. but i didnt know that until it arrived and its instructions said i needed a heat press, not an iron, which is bullshit. i found a couple videos online, and learned i could indeed get by with just an iron. so i borrowed my moms iron and ironed it without issue (and then turned it inside out and ironed the backside like one special video said to, to make sure the adhesive REALLY was melted on good). and none of the rhinestones fell off! so i did good. i'd definitely order an iron applique again.