Hearts up!

 Happy Valentine's Day to our goddaughter! Liana is back at LMU after a semester in Madrid.

This just like her dog, Snowball.

I didn't make the card.


I copied the scarf  from a magazine - it's  felt hearts sewn on a narrow base. Godmothers and grandmothers take a risk of doing something dorky. But I figure if it is geeky she can use it to decorate her room.






The pillows below are for Leslie's birthday. She loves all things  Dia de los Muertos. The skulls are actually white with red dots. Click and maybe the color will be more accurate.

I like these pillows because they are quick and the covers can be changed so easily.

Using stash and recycyling

Halloween came and went - so fast!

I embroidered a design on the red that really  matches the printed gold fabric.

Mostly autumn is in the house, not outdoors!

 This yummy yarn worked into a great scarf.
I think the brand is Toyko. My friend and I found it at Tempe Yarn and Fiber. I can't wait to go back!








Now for the use it up  & recycle section:

 These pillows for the couch were made entirely from my stash - oh, except for one zipper. A friend gave me the print fabric & trim. My sister gave me quilted fabric.

This animal embroidery pillow is my piece de resistance. A Goodwill fleece vest was the beginning. A large vest but such darling embroidery!  I let it mature in my stash. Finally, it mellowed into a project. With consults from the sewing group, I used a left-over piece of zebra-striped, minky fabric for the mitered border and the back.  Fiber fill was given to me. So..cost zero.....satisfaction factor - priceless. 

Projects

Some projects have the Kiss-of-Death all over them from the get-go! For example this cute dotted knit. I got ready to cut the pattern and whoa....who cut this big old slash in my fabric??? Surely not me? Grrr... Alrighty then - I worked around that disaster. My pattern is Very Easy Vogue 8323. As I assembled the front I found I was missing a section....totally forgot to cut it. Whew, the trash can held the left over fabric. Fine. Next I discovered I cut the wrong center back. So with view A cut for the front and view C cut for the center back...it was either be creative or the trash!

Yeah, Very Easy Vogue if you have a brain!

The end result is OK, but not stellar in terms of fit. I'll have the girlfriends see if it can be tweaked. It is a nice soft knit which is a littler greener than the picture shows. (I used to like it!)
It came from from SAS - so no tears!

Below are the logo shirts for the almost son-in-law's business - Sun Blockers. It is about only repetitive work I do! It's a cute logo that we designed together. He loves my embroidery thread box and he picked the colors. He seems really proud to wear them and he get lots of comments. (Would I sew logo shirts for money? No way! Just for family!)

The kids had a community garage sale last weekend. I brought home these treasures. They are Sac crocheted pillows which happened to be a perfect match for the red wall in our family room. I washed them and did a tiny repair on a zipper.