Love takes flight...at night!

My heart with bat wings has become a reality!
Yay! This plushie is roughly 29x12.
He really took no time at all to put together.


It's made out of fleece. I used some wire to hold the wings up and out.


I'm VERY happy with how the wings turned out. I'm proud of this guy!

Oh My! I think I Just Quilted Something!

It's not a quilt, but it's like a made a few tiny quilts, well in a way I did...


I got this idea from one of the free leaflets that you get at a craft store. I thought it was prefect for my kitchen theme.
I have always loved the raw edge look, that shabby chic look.


They are all made from my fabric stash, frankly it was starting to become quite the monster and had to be dealt with.


It is the first time that the applique was completely machine sewn! It was tricky for me but I did it!! Yay!


This was pretty easy. It took no time at all. I did all the cutting and placing in one evening. Then the next evening I sewed it all up!

I think my Granny will be very proud that I made something quilted.

Yet Another Coffee Fix

Sadly I have finally ran out of what a good friend calls "Tracy fabric". It's the fabric that I have use for all of my other coffee themed embroideries. So I picked a fabric that is similar to it.

My fill stitches (like the satin stitch) is getting better every time I do them. I like to set little challenges for myself. Hey, how else am I going to get better?



I haven't a frame large enough for this one (it's only 5 x 5), all I have right now is 4 x 6 frames.
I particularly like this one because I grind my own coffee beans, so it makes perfect sense.

Yet another embroidered coffee themed wall art to hang in my kitchen.


I have a nice overhang space above my cabinets that have just been screaming to be covered with something. My collection of coffee themed stuff is slowly growing. But I think that I'm only going to make a couple of more things, I don't want to clutter up my walls too much.


I kinda like the "bulkiness" of the stitches, it looks more handmade.

My Neighbor Totoro

YAY! I've been wanting to stitch him up for quite some time. I just don't know why I waited so long.


It's stitch on vintage fabric, I couldn't wait for it to dry before I took pictures. But the wet spot dried and disappeared. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet.

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).