My first mosaics is made out of all my sewing projects in 2011. I'm curious to find out what 2012 brings!! I have a few ideas for new sewing projects, but I'm also starting a new job in February! How exciting! Whatever the future holds I know that nothing can separate me from the love of Christ. Isn't that a great promise to hold on to?
_My second mosaic is for the
Blogger's choice contest at
Quokka Quilts.
If I were ever asked to make a Blogger's choice fat quarter bundles this would be it:
_It took me so long to put one together. When I thought that I had finally narrowed it down to 13 prints, the colors didn't really jump out! So I went back and changed a few prints here and there. This is the final result. What do you think?If you would like to make your own, go over to Quokka Quilts. It is so much fun!!
_It has been very quiet here. In the meantime a lot has happened in my home. In December I've ...
... participated in a mug rug swap.
... made a pillow for myself
(I'm entering this pillow in the
Stash Project of the Month on Clover and Violets blog.)
... made some pillows for a birthday.
... bought a few books!
a devotional, Our Daily Journal
an agenda/planner for 2012
a book about change
a GREAT book, Copernicus and the Jews, about the separation of church and faith (I'm already halfway!)
and a book about decorating,
Eline's huis. (it will be translated into English in 2012!!)
Yesterday I didn't get a chance to make pictures. My six cushions are finished!! I'm so pleased with the results. I finished some more projects and I worked some more on my big quilt. The hand quilting doesn't go as fast as I would like to.
Completed projects:- Side swap (for Wendy):
Fall mug rug swap- A small acorn to go with the two mug rugs
(I couldn't find a pattern for it, so I combined a pattern from the
Moda Bake Shop and a
picture of a fabric acorn that I found online)
- Six cushions for my dining room table
- Tilda pillow in brown and pink
Ongoing progress:- Black white quilt
No progress:- T-shirt quilt
- Restore an old quilt, made by my husbands grandmother
My last project were all brown, grey and black. I want some color now!! Maybe I'll start with a bag in blue and red or a pink quilt. Maybe a quilt in blue and green or some lovely pillows. I have more than enough ideas, if only I had more time to finish it all!
This past weekend was full of sewing. My husband offered to cook Saturday and Sunday night! (He made this delicious salmon wrapped in basil with vegetables out of the oven). So I had more than enough time to sew and do other crafty things. Here's an overview of my productive weekend!
I even finished another Fall mug rug and a little extra to send along with that mug rug, but I won't show that until my partner has received it in the mail!
A folder to put recipes in, decorated with decopatch, for the anniversary of a colleague.
All my colleagues added one of their own recipes to the folder.
With the leftover decopatch I decorated my wooden tea box.
A pincushion for myself!
I wanted to change the cushions on my dining room chairs for a while, but after three years I finally started. Hooray! One down, five more to go!!
While fall is just around the corner, I'm hoping that summer is still coming! We've had so much rain and cold weather this summer. I guess that I really hope that we'll have enough sunny days this Fall to make up for the bad summer.
This mosaic was inspired by Rachel
(Stitched in Color) and the
Halloween/Fall Mug Rug Swap on Flick.
1.
Whit's Knits: Sweet Home Sweet Pillow, 2.
Barn Owl in Fall Foliage, 3.
autumn trees close up, 4.
quilt front 2, 5.
Bird Quilt, 6.
mushrooms, 7.
Block 13, 8.
Fall Rat , 9.
autumn leaf wreath, 10.
October Bed, 11.
Fabric and Felt Fox Pillow WIP, 12.
fall, 13.
fall, 14.
Ohli the Owl - Original Pattern by Sew Jenaissance, 15.
Fall Bee sept for Carrie (Breathe&Sew), 16.
Owl Pillows
Filled with all those lovely ideas I decided to sew some fall items, such as mug rugs, pillows, etc.
This is my first mug rug! The second one is coming soon! When my mug rugs are finished I'm going to start working on a few pillows for on my boring brown sofa.
One of my colleagues is expecting a baby soon. I'm so excited for her and decided to make her a little present. It is little baby blankie, with a piece of rustling foil inside. It seemed a bit girlie to me, but she wouldn't tell us if it will be a boy or a girl!
The last few weeks I've been busy basting and hand quilting my big black and white quilt. It will take me a few weeks, maybe months, but I'm sure that it'll be worth all the work.
Yesterday I found this treasure at a second hand store. It is a book from 1976 with sewing and quilting patterns! Some of the patterns for skirts, dresses and tops are very cute, but this little outfit for a boy is very outdated!
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