skirt and Kimono in a flash

It's been a little while but at last I've got some time for a few sewing projects. I whipped up a pleated skirt from lightweight georgette print fabric and I'm totally loving it. Couldn't wait to wear it to work and show the girls!

And this is the Kimono that I also started making on the weekend and finished on Monday. I love the colors - perfect for the Thai dinner evening out!

working on a new Triangles Quilt

So, after cutting out like a zillion blocks, I've started to sew them together using a great technique (which I found online) to create triangled blocks.  This morning, I decided to pack them out just to get a general idea of what it will look like. So far - pretty nice I think!

I'm trying to make use of my stash of scraps and the colors I've chosen are all in the reds and pinks and I've added neutral colors black and whites to break it up a bit.

The rest of my stash of scraps have mostly blues and greens, which I will use in the next quilt project. But that is for another day.



Pin cushion

Here is a photo of the little pincushion I made up with pieces of scrappy fabric.

The old one went straight in the bin!

Such a simple and fast sewing project, but of course it's one of those things that you neglect to do until it is absolutely necessary.

Wavy Quilt all finished...

...and on my bed. I also changed the duvet cover to a white one with pink flowers. It should all go together very snugly. I found stunning sheeting that I added to the "wrong" side.

Wavy quilt

TADA! so nice. I added the last collumns together last night and then ironing so that the seams can lie flat. It makes such a nice picture! I'm really happy with the way it came out! WOW

GOING CONTINENTAL

I decided to make new continental pillow cases, as the plain ones I had was a little sad looking. My bedroom is looking so snazzy with the new quilt and new cushion, something had to be done. It took a bit of scratching through my things for similar colors and also dashing off to the fabric store to get some more pieces. They are almost identical in pattern and also double sided. Me being so very fond of the log cabin quilting style, I decided to stick with it and came up with these cusion covers. I think they are gorgeous!

my wavy quilt

I was so inspired when I saw this tutorial for a "wedding quilt" - I immediately decided that I will try this out and give it shot.
So I went about thinking of the colors that I want to use and then started cutting. and cutting and cutting some more....
http://www.purlbee.com/wedding-quilt/

So this is a little taste of how it will look like. I haven't added the strips together as yet so it looks a little uneven, but that's ok. Once it's lying flat and iron properly, it should start to look really beautiful.

For my quitl I decided to opt for purply colors like Grape, Mauve, violet, lavender, egg plant, etc. And instead of using white pieces in between the rows, I opted for beige, mushroom, sandy colors instead. I am hoping to even out the contrasts and it looking a little more cohesive. It might not look as striking as the quilt from the tutorial, but hey, this is one will be timeless and snug.

I will post more photo's as I get along with it. I hope to get a little further with it on the weekend.

Scrappy quilt and cushion from scraps

Isn't this gorgeous?


















 I am busy making another quilt, this one for my niece and it should fit a single size bed. Many blocks are sewn in the log cabin style and then sewn together until you get the desired size for the quilt.

There were a few of the log cabin style blocks that didn't really fit into the color combination in the quilt and so I decided to make a cushion cover with the left over blocks.  See below

front

I'm glad to report that it didn't take too long. And look how nice it came out.

back

Cushion cover with lace and beading

Going through my fabric stash, I came across this little square with flower pattern on. Embroidering with beads and sequins, and then adding the cotton lace strip around it and tada!, I have a new cushion for my bed and it goes nicely with my other linen of mostly light blues and white.

Watching tomatoes grow

Aren't these tiny tomatoes cute! It's amazing how much they grow. In little more than a week they have almost doubled in size! so cool!

dreaming of my Bernina Overlocker

And so the time has come for an overlocker and I'm taking the plunge. I've decided that I've been at this for long enough and it's time to get an overlocker.

Having decided on the perfect model - it's a Bernina Bernette 610D, it's now just a question of finalising the purchase and swipe, swipe, swipe!

This will be the perfect addition to my Bernina sewing machine, which i got last year. It is still going strong and such a joy to operate!

Since getting these 2 Bernina machines, I had endless hours of joy. Just look at these gorgeous things!

Bernina Bernette 66

Since taking this photo, I've also acquired a sewing cabinet so now I can easily close it up when all the sewing has been done and don't have the unsightly view of threads and bits lying around.

Tropica Sun

Driving home last night I was looking straight into the setting sun. Since I didn't have my camera on hand, I quickly dashed into the house, got the camera and raced to the nearest spot where I could take a photo minus any suburban distractions (like cars, sides of buildings or tops of houses).
The sun was a glowing and luminous pink/orangy color! Just like the Sun on the Tropica drink!

Logcabin Quilt coming together!

I'm currently on a quilting frenzy - my latest project is taking shape. Many, many square (64 in total) all done by hand, and can now be stitched together. I've taken stock of all the other quilts that I've done to date - and slowly but surely, it's all stacking up.


I'm so excited as I can start to see all the blocks together. the colors are amazing together - even though it looks like a mish mash, I think it's great like that.
I'm not so fond of matchy-matchy kind of coloring.

Patchworking

This was my first attempt at working with patchwork strips back in 2007 - It's currently covering my bed and purposed as a duvet cover. And still a favorite - I just love the color combination.

Patchwork - another Duvet

This duvet cover waited over 2 years for me to finish. I only managed to finally finish it in 2011. The reason for this is that I got stuck with the ribbon flowers. Putting the blocks together went super quick, but the flowers took a lot more effort. In hindsight, it would have been better to add the ribbon flowers before putting all the blocks together.

I still like the Autumn color combinations on this one and will start to use it more when it starts to become cooler.

I'm quilt crazy...

This little blue logcabin quilt is still a favorite of mine. I managed to finish this one in early 2008. It's only 2m x 1.5m, so perfect for a single bed cover.
I like to drape it over the bottom end of my bed, as shown in the picture.
The soft blue hues in this one is very calming.