scrappy card swap

I was asked recently if I wanted to do a private swap of cards made with fabric scraps. This is so much fun to do as you get to go through all your favourite little pieces and actually use them! I still have to sew these down, and cut them and fold them... as well as make five more, but I thought I would share.

I hope I may have tempted some of you to try the same :)

Some eye candy

I have finished up some more bits and bobs these last few days, so for your viewing pleasure, I present the following :)

This last picture is actually a belated birthday parcel from my dearest friend Synn. She made the dream catcher herself and it has selvedges on it... love it! And the puppy has been named Synti :) I am truly blessed by my friends.

Pfilomena Pfaff love!

So I just used Pfilomena for the first time and I am in heaven! (in case you didn't read yesterday, she is my new sewing machine)

 

One thing I had been craving from my sewing machine was blanket stitch... I just love the way it looks, and finally I have been able to use it!

 

This is one of the appliques tea towels I am making for my Christmas show/store. In addition to blanket stitch, she is so quiet it is unreal! And her lights are so bright, as well as having speed control and needle down! I am in pure sewing bliss :)

Long and overdue

I feel like I have been neglecting you and my blog, but I have had a million things going on. I'm going to inundate you with photos now, so if that is not your thing you have been forewarned LOL!

Eraser carved stamp for my friend Leila

Slippers for my friend Monica

Serger cover for a swap item

nap blanket for the store

side 1 reversible skirt

side 2 reversible skirt

mini Aeroplane bag for my friend Anne

nap blanket for store

name tag for Sewing Summit and guild meetings

Our Aeroplane bags together at Sewing Summit

Sleeping bag pouches for the store

Appliques for tea towels to be finished this month

And finally, Pfilomena Pfaff, my newest addition to my family :)







So a lot thrown at you all at once... and believe me, there were many more things lol... I am going to try and get a bit better about posting.

Thanks for sticking around!!

October ALYOF goal post

Quick and dirty... I need to make some appliqued tea towels for a Christmas show I am doing...

Linking up to ALYOF

Coming up next, millions of pictures of what I have been up to lately LOL

What a month!

This month has been a whirlwind and as soon as I catch my breath I will share as much as possible! Today I am sharing my finish for September.

This is the Aeroplane Bag by Sew Sweetness. As you may recall, I was making one for my Sewing Summit roommate and she made one for me.

This bag really was perfect as a carry-on, and I even got to keep it with me when hard-backed carry-ons had to be stowed underneath the plane.

Monica (buttoncounter) loves Russian dolls so I made sure to include many of them in her fabrics.

I had special fabric made with her name on the inside. I loved that fun touch!!

I will be back soon with the bag she made me, Sewing Summit highlights, and my many September makes!!

Linking up to ALYOF!!

Simple goal

My September goal for a finish is going to be very simple. I need to complete an Aeroplane bag. If I don't complete it, I will have no carry-on bag for my trip to Salt Lake City in two and a half weeks LOL.

I am going to Sewing Summit which is in it's third year. It is billed as a sewing and blogging conference. My hotel roommate and I (who are Flickr friends) decided to swap Aeroplane bags. Instead of shipping them, we will each use the one we made for the other person and swap at the conference :) I am so looking forward to this trip. I am going to meet so many online friends and will be surrounded by like-minded people for a whole weekend... so much fun is to be had!!

All that to say that I have no pictures yet because I haven't gotten very far with the sewing of said bag yet LOL... I will have pics by the end of the month for sure... probably before that LOL!

Linking up to A Lovely Year of Finishes!