I'm motivated!!!!

Now that I am back from holidays, I am motivated to get started on wedding invitations. We are a having a very small wedding so I am just making 14 invitations. Later I will make announcements that we can send out after the wedding and they will have a similar feel but be much simpler.

 

Here is my sample I have been working on....

 

On the weekend I worked on the wording and the layout...

And spent a HUGE amount of time finding the perfect font.

 

This is the first version with a blue band...

 

 

I thought it needed a bit more * ta-da * so here is the next band...I added a little cream under the burlap...

 

 

And here is the inside...

 

 

And the back...
 

 

 

I am very very happy with it! I think we have a wedding invitation!!!!! I just have to find some charms I like for the band.
 In my samples I just used what I had in my stash.

I quite like the key though!

 

And I finished up a little project I had laying around part done...
 

 

I had made these before and had a request from a friend for another one so I thought I would make 5 more. You can never have enough little bags! 

I just used up a couple of old charm packs I had laying around!

Happy Stitching!

 

 

Back to Big Stitching!

I've ripped it out not once but twice! And finally the third time is the charm.

 

 

I still have no idea what I am doing for a quilting design between the 'wheels' or in the sashing strips but for now just quilting the wheels will do.

 

Here is a bit more detail....

 

 

And now that I am satisfied I will be starting on block number 2!!!!

 

 

I have also been knitting this pair of socks. I love sock knitting and I love wearing hand knit socks. This pair is made from merino and angora...oh they are soft! The pattern is Spring Forward from Knitty.com. It is an easy pattern and they fit well too!

 

 

 

And what is next? I have news..I am getting married this summer so I am dusting off my scrapbooking and card making supplies and skills to make invitations! I can't wait to get started on them in early march when I get back from my holidays.

 

Happy Stitching!

This is for my Brother!

All my brother wanted to know was what a person could use all those felted bowls for? So I thought...hmmmm... how about paper clips, spare change..

 

Then one day my Dad was checking them out and thought maybe he could turn a wooden insert for them...so now I have little bowls that can hold snacks as well!

 

 

I love them! What does my brother think now?

 

 

And another UFO has been completed!

 

 

These barrel bag sets are a favorite of mine. They are perfect for travelling. The small case fits a toothbrush and toothpaste perfectly. The large one is big enough to hold your basic shower supplies!

 

 

I have a couple more small UFO's to finish....

 

Happy Stitching!

 

 

Scraps! Scraps! Scraps!

It has been a long time...months in fact since I had a clean ironing board!

 

 

And months since I had no full scrap bins piled underneath my ironing board!

 

 

After several months of sorting and cutting scraps I have them all done....it doesn't look like much for all the effort I put in but I will get 3 or 4 beautiful scrap lap quilts out of these.

 

 

First I cut the hexagons, next the pairs of strips (for a French braid quilt) and finally with what was left I cut 2-1/2" squares. I emptied at least 5 boxes...and maybe more...

 

...I shall not let my scraps get so out of control again.... 

 

Let the quilting begin once again! Happy stitching!

 

 

 

 

A Little Fun...

It is always fun at this time of year to sort something out and then clean it up! So what did I do? I cleaned up my yarn stash. It is usually something I stay on top of, but I did have a bit of left over wool from other projects...

 

It was good timing that I found this pattern in a library book.... It is an Idiots Book for Knitting by Megan Goodacre. It is a fabulous reference book, especially for beginner knitters.

 

 

I could not resist, so for several evenings I knitted up a storm with any feltable wool scraps I had.

 

 

Here they are after felting in the washer in hot water.

 

 

I fit them over glasses to dry them.

We were using cups to drink out of for a day!

 

 

And...dry and done. Now the big question is...what in the world do I do with them all????

 

 

 

And finally, I can show and tell something I made for Christmas.

 

This is a needlecase for interchangeable knitting needles. I found the pattern online at http://missusvonkysmeed.blogspot.ca/2010/05/how-to-make-interchangeable-knitting.html

 

It was a fabulous pattern. This case I made for myself...

 

 

And this case I made for my wonderful friend Cheryl....

 

 

 

The only thing I may have done differently is use a stiff interfacing to make it a bit more sturdy. But it is great...it has little slots for the needles, larger pockets for the cables and a zippered compartment for the tools you need for interchangeable needles.

 

Now I have to get my sewing room cleaned up so I can have some fun this week quilting!

 

Happy Stitching!