Pocket version two

Au revoir fo a while

Soap pocket ,tutorial

Cut a piece of fabric, I used chintz.
5 x 20 Fold into three, 4 inches and 5.5"
Sew first row stitching along each side to hold together.
Raw edges will be showing.
Assemble the trims as shown.
I printed French Laundry sign from the calendar I made last year.
Cut a small doily into three and place as shown, note one piece is glued to the bottom of a tag.
Thanks to Rhonda for that.
Make the patch and sew to the top .
Stitch around all sides of pocket again.
Lace edging is nice along both top, and pocket.
Add a button to the tag.
Stitch two pieces of twine to top for a hanger.
Also sew some seam binding to pocket sides. Let them dangle.
Catch the tag string on the inside of the pocket and add a few stitches to hold the doily , if needed.
Above is another version. Put soap or hand cream inside the pockets.
Pretty cool gift.
Last Tutorial for a while.

Vintage French book

made with old exercise book pages, and a cover with a collage of my own photos.
The lady is simply dressed with ribbon and scrim.
I made a little pansy to add to her waist.

Heart forTexas

Gathering lace objects for class.
The birdies in my jungle would like this.
lace collage round robin is my first class/demo
Made a series of lace projects, book covers, heart, card holders, pillow and cornucopias.
New versions of projects you have seen in the past.

Paper dolls

Little video is on my other blog, Classes and More.
The birds are so noisy in this one.
Will have a good talk to them later.
Thanks Marci for showing me your doll idea.

Got to have burlap to hang.

Hanger with a rustic feel.

Burlap and muslin together.

Just wired

This is another hanger.
Wrapped with muslin. Two lavender sachets.
Sachets are great for the car as freshener also.

Hangers

I am busy getting ready for teaching , but trying to make a few gifts too.
Found some nice galvanized wire hangers.
Covering them as fast as I can.
Ticking with frayed bottom here

Chair garland, little project

Make these for a birthday, or for a gift.
One for each chair at Thanksgiving table.
Fit words to theme.
I have used Bonne Nuit, and Happy birthday.
This is for a daughter who likes the phrase I used.
Find the letters you want, spread with tacky glue and then dust with silver glitter.
Hem a piece of burlap on each side.
Add long muslin ties to the ends
Glue on the sentiments, and enjoy.
In a guest room Bonne Nuit would be pretty draped across the pillow.
Recently I made one with purple glitter, Lavender and Lace.

satin rose

Made quick video for a daughter actually.
But you may like it?
See my Classes and more site.

Old jeans make-over

I made a book with pages for sketches and ideas .
Pages are watercolor paper.

Used some denim and added a scrambled quilt on one side. It has beads, fibers, findings and bits and pieces.

I like to use what I have, not much available here in the Islands except glorious inspiration all around.
This is my ocean and the reef.

Crazy quilt for Quilt festival

This is one of the pieces I will take for show and tell at Quilt festival.
It is supposed to be a lunch bag.
Has pockets inside for drink and cutlery.
Right! see me showing up for lunch with that, I would get a few funny looks.
So it is going to be a sewing bag. Part of a set I showed way back when.

Les Moulins, journal in a bag

Tons of lace and old textiles are in my the journal. Lots of lace and embellishments.
Clock on cover says Paris too.
For sale in my Etsy shop.

Holiday idea

6 little glass candles decorated simply.
I nestled them on a box I made in France with Anna.

Special journal

This journal is filled with coffee stained, blank pages.
Made from rustic French homespun, the cover wraps around.
I used French linen to crochet the wrap cord.
Inside I embroidered the words, 'remember me'. The wrap cord has a brass tag with Paris 009, stamped on. Thanks to Rhonda for that.
Then it has layered linen, organdy and lace decorating the flap.
Size is 9x6" Oh yes and I have hand sewn the binding.

Classes at Quilt festival

Plenty of pages to see my classes and other info.
Some pages you may have to log in
http://www.quilts.com/newHome/shows/viewer.php?page=../../fqf11/catalogue
You can check here for brief class outlines. Mine are numbers 465, 536, 716, 806. Scroll down page and look for class availability. 536 is already full.
One class I have is quilted postcards, this is a sample.

aloha

Quilt festival shabby bag

Sneak peak at the shabby tote I will be teaching at Quilt festival in Houston.
Lots of ruffles, lace, roses, trims, frays, beads and more excitement.
Easy and elegant with a special twist of mine.