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. :)

Still Around!

I'm still here!
I've been sooooo freaking busy over the past two months that I haven't gotten time to post any of the stuff I have been working on. Plus, a lot of it are christmas gifts that I can't post yet.
But I can post in progress pics of some of the random things that I have been working on.


First off, I have been working with my sister to make curtains for my parents camper. And boy does it have A LOT of windows.
10!


My sister purchased the fabric online. We (I should say she) did the math and drafted up the measurements. We had to bring my dad in on it, he measured the windows for us.


It was A LOT of sewing too! lol
I finished the curtains, and my sister finished up the gift with sewing up some tie backs and curtain rods. I can't wait to see my mom's reaction! I know she'll love them!


Next is my french toast recipe card holder. I made a lot of fun stitching this cute little guy.
He's complete with a beret (with a french knot!), and pencil thin 'stach! He has a magnet on his back so I can keep him om the fridge.


Speaking of recipe card holders! I made a small army of my chocolate chip guys!
I bake every year for the holidays for my family and I make about 5 different trays for all the people my hubby and go and see. I made chocolate chip cookies this year, so I just had to make some of these cuties for the trays.



I had a strange feeling that I was being watched.


All of the piece cut up and ready to be sewn.

Magenta Girl

I embroidered another one of my husband's drawing.


I have been waiting to post this for a couple of weeks now. I'm VERY pleased with how this turned out.
I colored it using crayons. But I had a hard time with the skin tone to make it match.


I was super excited to give this to my hubby, I couldn't wait until his birthday.
I snagged one of his drawing and embroidered it!
He had no clue that I was doing this.


I have linked his blog before, but he has some new stuff up if you want to check it out. I want to more!