NEW PROJECT

 First post for this new year and already a new project to show. I decided that this year I'll try to avoid buying clothes, although I'm not a shopping addicted, but in fact who need s all the clothes in their closets?

But I decided too that I could sew some special and unique clothes. So, my first project will be a tunica, but a very special tunica. I took inspiration here and bought this book. The idea is to create my own clothes collection.

For the tunica I started assembling scraps of Liberty fabrics and will then sew them together to a large piece of fabric and after that sew my tunica (the patchwork will only be in the front).

They already look great, but I will rearrange them, this is just to get the feeling.

Have a nice week-end.

PINK

TUTORIAL LAVENDER SACHETS

Hi dear friends,

as promised here is a tutorial of how I made my little lavender sachets.

First choose some fabric scraps you like, I made them out of my Liberty fabrics.

 Futhermore you need cute little buttons, ribbon and dried lavender flowers.

Cut a piece of your fabric measuring 4 1/2" x 11" and a 2" piece of your ribbon. Fold in half and sew together with 1/4" seam allowance.

Turn down about 1/2" and sew in place.

Now box your sachet. Lie the curner flat on your working table, measure 1" and sew in place.

Cut away at a 1/4". Now fill about half of your sachet with dried lavender flowers.

Grab the opening and fold as shown, fix in place and sew.

Place the little ribbon piece and sew on. Fix your button in the center of the ribbon.

Done! You have a lovely last minute gift. Happy Holiday and peace.

PINK

LITTLE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

Hi dear friends,

yesterday I went to my sewing room without really knowing what to do and stardet grabbing some fabric scraps (Liberty). Some time ago I bought dry lavender flowers with the idea to make perfumed sachets. And finally I ended up with three lovely gifts for Christmas.

Soon I'll make a tutorial to show how I made them. Have a nice week.

Hugs. Pink

Liberty Dear Jane finished

Dear friends,

my Liberty Dear Jane is done!!! I'm really happy with it and it was great fun doing it. You can read more about on my other blog. There you can see all the making of and progresses.

FRONT

BACK

DETAIL

Have fun!! Hugs

Pink

Liberty Dear Jane almost finished

Hi dear friends,

my Liberty Dear Jane is almost finished!!! Till end of the year I managed to finish all the blocks, for this quilt I only made 81, it will be a lap quilt for me. Then I started ssembling them. Since I did my blocks with the QAYG method, it was very fast. Here you can have a look at my tutorial: QAYG.

And here it is:

Visit my Dear Jane Blog, you can find all the blocks I did.

Enjoy visiting. Have a nice Sunday. Hugs.

Pink

New Dear Jane blocks

Hi friends,

here you can see my next 9 Dear Jane blocks. They are all with batting, backing and quilted ready to be sewn together. See all of them in my new blog: www.libertydearjane.blogspot.com.

Enjoy your week-end. 

Hugs. Pink

More Dear Jane blocks

Hello friends,

here is a little mosaic with my next 9 DJ blocks. I just love them all!!

Have fun and have a look at my new blog: http://libertydearjane.blogspot.pt/

Hugs. Pink

New Blog

Hi friends,

I just wanted to tell you that I created a new blog to show my new Dear Jane made with Liberty fabrics. If you like you can follow my progresses on there. Have a look here. 

Thank you for visiting.

Hugs.

Pink

More Dear Jane babies

Hi friends,

here are my next 9 Dear Jane blocks. Great fun to make them. You can see each block here. 

Here the new quilted babies and two ready to be quilted.

Thank you for visiting and have a nice week.

Hugs. Pink

First 9 Liberty DJ babies

Hello dear followers,

here are my first 9 Liberty Dear Jane babies. Today I sat down thinking about how many blocks I wanted to sew. I excluded blocks that I didn't particularly like and ended up with 132 blocks I will probably sew. The quilt will then be 11 x 12 blocks. That's for now....

I wish you all a great Sunday. Hugs.

Pink

Liberty Dear Jane in progress

Hello friends,

here are my frist 6 Liberty DJ block, sandwiched and hand quilted. They are so fun to make. As you can see on the back of each block I used the same fabric I used for the block. I took inspiration from here.

As far as I have a little spare time I'll go on with more blocks.

Have a look at this blog: CELEBRATE HAND QUILTING They have a fun Blog Hop, all about hand quilting.

Front

Back

Quilting detail

Have fun. Hugs. Pink

Liberty Dear Jane

Hi friends!

Have a look at my new Dear Jane project. I wish you a great week-end.

Hugs. Pink

 

More Liberty

Hello friends,

my Liberty collection is growing. Today I added a new phone case to my lovely items.

What will be my next work?.... Ipad case.... business cards case....

Hugs.

Pink

LIBERTY

Hi friends,

this was a busy week-end. Still windy and rainy, great for patchwork!!

Inspired by my friend Susan I decided to sew a tote bag for my trip to Nantes. Some time ago I bought some Liberty fabrics and decided to use them for my new Liberty set. I made a tote bag following some directions and specially that one.

Then I made a pouch (my first attempt with a zipper) following this tutorial and a kleenex holder.

I really love them all. I'll probably do some more things before my trip.

I hope you enjoyed your week-end and wish you a good start in the new week.

Hugs.

Pink