Pot holder

I made a pot holder!
I was bored today and I really wanted to sew something, but nothing too complex and large. Then I remembered I have a fairly large project folder on my compy, so I looked through and found an easy pattern for a finger pot holder.


I used some leftover christmas fabric for this. And now I'm pretty sure this is what I will be making for gifts next christmas.


I have to find some fabric with coffee or cupcakes on it so I can make one for myself.
Now I just need to work on my blind stitching.


It looks very odd just sitting there. lol

Sushi!

I made wallets for my sisters-in-law.
For the oldest I made one with an oriental theme.
I stitched up this cute piece of sushi. I LOVE it.


And I'm very happy that she loves it too.
I tried using a snap that you clamp on but I never can get them to stay one or look alright, so I used the kind you sew on. I also sewed on a plain black "fake" button to cover up the stitching from the snaps and it looks pretty good (too bad you can't really see it in the photo).

This is a cute wall hanging that I made for my tea loving friend.


The best part about this teapot is that I did a kick ass job on the satin stitching on the eyes. I didn't get a close up pic because I didn't think to at the time. :(

I'm still trying to decide if that is a doughnut in it's mouth...

That's the most quilting that I do. Very simple. I don't think that I would have the patience to sit there and finish a very large project like that.

Hard Work Pays Off

French knots.
Are the devil.

But if you practice long enough and hard enough, they become your bitch.



I stitches up another Jenny Hart design for one of my friends for christmas.
It's one of those doorknob hanger thingy that I like making so much. I mean, come on, it's a tiny pillow on some string.


After a while the french knots became so freaking easy that I didn't even think about them anymore. They no longer have any control over me!
I added a couple sequins to the tear drops to make it sparkle.

After I took the photos I realized that I had a big old string sitting on it. lol

A Very Busy End of the Year

I made a bunch of embroidered goodies for my friends this year.

A lot of them were my our design and some were from various designers.
One of them, I made a doorknob hanger.

I saw a similar design on a little kids shirt and I thought that it would look very pretty embroidered.


I used a variegated yellow, you can't see it too well. But it's light enough to have a soft effect.

Then, I made a pillow for one of my other friends.


I really wanted to use the cherry print fabric. She LOVES cherries. And Jenny Hart's fan girl reminds of her for some reason.
She was very happy to receive it. :)