Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Cozy Colorful

Hello. It's a nice day to stay home, and that is just what I did today. Looks like fall outside, kinda cloudy and cool. I've been making lots of little projects lately and doing some embroidery tea towels, which I hope to show here soon.
Another favorite thing to do is making pillow covers, and this is one I recently finished. I used an old quilt pattern I found that I really like, its a tulip pattern and I used some of my scraps of fabric and quilted the layers with an S shape and circles. Lots of fun to do with the darning foot. I had the yellow string of balls for a while just taking up space in my sewing room so I decided to just use them and see what happens. The back is a simple envelope closure with some ties. It just gives the bedroom a cozy homey feeling, but it can look really nice on a sofa or chair too. What do you think? 





Hope you are all having a wonderful day. I think I will watch a movie and just relax the rest of this day.
Happy Sewing! KS

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Inspiring sewing blogs

I just read some of my favorite sewing blogs, and they really do inspire me. It's great to sew not only because of the fun of it, but to do it everyday as a career, I would love that! Filling your day with creating patterns, visiting sewing conferences, sewing for theaters, as a business at home, well it sounds wonderful to me. I am thankful to read about so many talented people out there because it helps me to learn new sewing techniques, and think about making my own sewing projects. The more you read, the more you learn!
What am I up to lately? well,
I got a pattern from a book called "I Love Patchwork by Rashida Coleman-Hale and I made her pencil holder. It is a fun project to make and I made it quite quickly in a few hours.



I like having these little holder's around, it helps me to find things in my bag a lot faster. 
I also made a coin purse by using some of my scraps and a recycled jean zipper. I like the colors of this coin purse and it is going into my etsy shop today. It will make a nice gift for someone to carry their little loose change or little trinkets. 



Well off I go to do my Saturday chores, and hopefully some sewing too. Enjoy your day and happy sewing. KS