A Picture... a Moment
A corner in my sewing room. My happy place.
I hope you can join me next week, the link up starts next Friday February 7. Every week the link up will be open from Friday through Sunday.
New Sewing Adventures: Dressmaking
Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. So this is what I have been up to. At the beginning of the year I made a list of all my crafty goals for 2014 and one of them was to start sewing my own clothes. I'm totally obsessed with Japanese sewing patterns and I finally acquired a couple of fabulous books by
. All the patterns are amazing so it is a bit hard to chose a favorite. However, as it turns out
and I have the same book and decided to sew the same pattern. We are going to show our finished project by February 15 for the February
. I'm so thrilled about this new sewing adventure. I hope I'm successful :)
Have a lovely week.
XX
Martha
Owl Project Bag and the Begining of My First Shawl
Happy Sunday! I hope you had a lovely weekend. My weekend was crazy busy, but I managed to fit in some crafting. If you follow my blog you might remember that I mentioned that my sewing machine was giving me some trouble while I was quilting my Feathers and Patchwork Quilt. Well, I had to take in for service and I finally got it back from the shop. I'm happy to report that it just needed some maintenance and now she sews again like new. So to celebrate the return of my sewing machine I decided to make a new project bag for my knitting. The fabric is a screen printed fabric that I got from fabric.com a while back. I think is very cute and whimsical, don't you agree? To make the bag more functional I added a zippered pocket inside to keep my knitting notions in place and to avoid loosing them in the bottom of the bag.
Knitting Finish: Honey Cowl
Feathers And Patchwork: My Christmas Quilt
Happy Sunday, I hope you are enjoying the holidays. I had a wonderful Christmas. As it is our tradition we spend Christmas Eve with our extended family. Then my husband and I spend Christmas day at home watching movies and relaxing. And this year was not the exception; we watched all the movies we had been 'saving up', and ate way too much popcorn and candy. But this year I added something new to our tradition: a new quilt to snuggle under while watching our movies. As you might remember I started working on my Christmas quilt at the beginning of December (you can read more about it
). I wasn't sure I was going to able to finish it. The piecing is very simple and the quilt top came together in no time, but the quilting is another story. I decided to quilt it with straight lines about 3/4" apart. The quilting was slowly progressing when my machine decided to act up (now I need to take it in for service). Luckily I have another machine: a
that a friend gave a while back and I had never used. Well, the little machine came through: it sews beautifully and I finished my quilt in time.
I'm so happy with how this quilt turned up. I love the random patchwork. If feels very homemade and the flannel backing feels so warm and cozy. It has quickly become a family favorite.
Have a wonderful week and see you next year!
XX
Martha.
Merry Christmas!
Hello Feather
I hope you are having a lovely week!
XX
Martha.