My machine is in maintenance for one or two weeks, so I worked some things I could finish with my simple household machine. I got the quilting in the hoop done last week and had to finish the binding only. On the back of the runner you can see the quiltin
More sewing with scraps and swatches. Made this cover for a sketch book for the patchwork curse. The applique is a sewing mouse from Adorable Applique. Behind the book is a place for sketch pen, a small ruler and triangular ruler to make sketches fo
Used the leftovers from the shoulder bag for a cosmetic bag. The bag is sewed the old way without raw edges. The three parts of the flower are done ITH on felt, to give the flower some dimension and then sewed together and on the bag, hope my GD will like
Do you know this? Your project is finished and you have scraps, not enough to make more from but to much to throw away. Take a long strip of paper and sew your scraps on.(pic2) Cut along the strip(pic3 and 4)< Sew the stripe between fabric (pic5)
ITH frog purse, quick gift for the GD of a friend.
Bag for my GD. Behind the snaps are pockets, in front are two pockets (one without snaps), on the back is a big pocket with the same shape as the two front pockets together. Inside I added a zipper pocket. I hope she (15 years old) will like it.
Made some travel cushions for DH and me. They are working as a Quillow. A fleece blanket is folded inside the cushion, so we can use it as cushion or as blanket during traveling. Sorry on the last picture is some fluff on the blanket I have to remove.
My neighbor is opera singer and liked the folded bag with the notes, so I decided to make her one for her Birthday. But as I put the snaps in, one wasn´t on the right place, so I had to remove. Over the hole I sewed a white strip and now I have a folded
My DIL wishes for her Birthday money for a new saxophone. Because I dont like to give only money, I decided to make her a matching bag for things to take to music school. The bag has no embroidery but the bird and the keyfob. In the 2. picture you can
Holidays are over and so I have no Grandkids in our home. This means, there is time to sew and embroider small things because now I have to do a lot of work in the garden. Every year I make lavenderbags for friends and family and every year an other de
With my Granddaughters I maked some keyfobs, all from the leather I got with all the swatches from a furniture store some time ago. On the back I used felt. I love the frog and one is now on my garden key.
Hi Cuties, its been a long time since I was there. But I had and have still to fight with a lot of problems. After our vacations inSouth Africa DH had a first surgery and after a month the second. At the same time my mother had to go to the hospital. Just
I can´t believe it. Since yesterday we are back from our beautiful trip to South Africa and found our garden full of flowers and our old magnolia tree was in blossom. This morning (28.April) I maked the first picture and the second 3 hours later. Now we
Hi, I am back for a short time, love all your nice projects and will try to give flowers, but hav´nt much time, because we will travel to South Africa next week and it ist too much to do until our vacation.
Wellnes set for my friend. Monogram design is from DBJ. The lamp is a battery candle with a cover from greaseproof paper made with the Cameo.