Handworks Crochet and then Some!

LONG POST! What I worked on yesterday... lets see I'll start with this.... I am embroidering my Bald Man a shirt.... he's lost 25 lbs now (yay! Raw!) and alot of his clothes are not fitting! This shirt was plain and I'm trying to make it Fab... so far he's loving it! He needs nice, one of a kind stuff to wear too! One of the many wonderful things about having an embroidery machine is while its working and doing its thing... you can be making other things... more things!!! I love multi-tasking.... You can't really tell to the left but this is an outfit for Rach... she wanted a wrap skirt and shirt out of the left over fabric from her costume... she didn't have enough for a shirt but I had this light wt. brown stretch in my stash... then coordinated the decorative stitch on top and bottom... now she has an 'outfit'! I'll post a pic of her in it soon! Also while the embroidery machine was busy I cut out my next "me" project.... now ...

I know its hard to see on this red mannequin... but here is the progress of the Rhythm/Salsa dress I am making for a competition dancer here in town.... I have a ways to go on the top and I have to completely cover it in crystals! Its going to be gorgeous on her!!! This is the first time I've made a dress like this!! Its very exciting to me... I go this fabric at the wonderful Gail K's. The Lycra fabric was pretty reasonable at $12 a yard... but the netting I'm using was $20 a yard!! Thank Goodness I didn't have to use to much of it to get the effect I wanted. And I can't wait for Rach to put her bellydance costume on that I made her last week!!!! I want to post it so bad! Punch Needle! Yes, I love to punch needle lots of little designs and I never have any clue what I will do with them! Here's what I'm currently working on.... and here is my new punch needle toy!!! Its seriously cutting my time in half because I don't have to keep putting new thread i...