for a friend

 made this for a friend at work who has just purchased her first home....

something for her table,

something to nibble on,

something to get ideas from for the kitchen....

 had lots of little bits leftover over...

and they became this,

for me!

testing out my very rusty FMQ skills with some pebble quilting!

don't look too closely....

going to bind with hot pink polka dots (if I have enough left!)

Julz

secret stitching

working on some secret stitching for a dear friend,
all pieced together,
now to decide on the quilting,
think I have a plan...

quilts in the barn 2014

Linda has just announced the dates for QITB 2014

see you there

 



Debut Ball 20014

well my YD had her Debut Ball on Friday night..

she looked beautiful.....

as did her sisters

we all had a lovely night together

 

 

Monday...

it's cold,

it's wet,

it's miserable outside,

glad I'm in here,

cozy and warm

planning on what to start stitching now...



finished, finally

 

IT'S FINISHED!!!!!!
This is my bag from hell, don't get me wrong, the pattern and instructions are totally awesome, but not when you change your fabric to a thick denim (recycling the DH jeans) it had to be modified in several places...the lining wouldn't go in the way it was supposed to, the inner seams are all exposed, attaching the handle tabs was a nightmare...the list goes on....
Would I make this again? YES, but with only quilt weight fabric and interfacing. It looks great and I think will be very functional, happy with the result even if it did make me crazy!
Julz



saturday

well not much happening here!
no sewing,
no ideas,
no mojo....
again :(

sunday stitching

working on my bag...
it's not going together how I want!
(that's what happens when you change the pattern....)

it's here!

Winter has arrived!

new bag

this is the beginning...
black denim main parts of bag with babushka dolls for the flap and possibly on the strap,
blue denim pockets on the side....
still thinking about the lining,
using a lovely pattern but changing a few details so it's more suitable for what I want....
more to come
Julz