Time for ... pfffffs and finishing some WIPs

had some hard time deciciding what to make for Anne for Placemat Swap 3 ... as usual ... And then at the end - time is short .... pffffff
So today I wanted to finish it - but I din´t like what I have done so far ... took some flickr time, but the result just was that I didn´t know what ti do - again! pfffff no.2
Hmmm time for sewing something in between:

Once again: a little mug rug! With a little hand embroidery this time ... My stitches need some more practise ...pffff no.3 - but it looks kind of cute...
This little project soothed my nerves a little bit - looking again at my placemat ... well I decided to like it anyway and started to quilt in in wonky lines, then added some handquilting, some little embroidery. I saw a little star stitch in a quilt book - now I have seen that I changed the stitch (I just didn´t look how to do it right) but - it looks nice - so the placemat has got some individual monaw star stitches :)

Well - can you see it??? The hexagon fever took me - lol ....

Time for .... 16 cozy cases

I just love how they look together :)
Some of them will find their way in my Dawanda-Shop and in  my Etsy-Shop...

Time for .... sun and sunglasses ...

I have started to make some eyeglasse cases with some of my most favourite fabrics (oh that´s soo hard to cut into ...) The sun is shining so you may be in need of some cozy cases ... I thought.
That´s how my work space looked today:

I started one day with cutting fabric and fabric and cutting batting  ....
Starting sewing is just more fun! I have bought some high loft polyester batting to provide a good protection for the glasses - but this was a pain in the neck .... aaarrrgghh. Can you imagine the feeling of the batting in your fingers ... The next time I´ll use some cotton mix batting!!

What a lovely thing to do: turn around all of these!

I always forget how many steps I have to do... from cutting till it´s finished... not to forget ironing those small things .... watch out my fingers!!!

Almost at the end ... now I just have to close the opening in the lining ... and the fun part: choosing the buttons!

See you this week! We will have some sunshine this week so I hope I can make some nice pictures of the finished cozy glasses pouches...:

Time for .... wordless Friday

... finished and already arrived in its new home ...

Time for ... new patterns ...

I have seen this lovely picture by msmcporkchop... she made a "mug rug": so cute and lovely! I always have some sopts on my table so when I had some time I took some hst which were waiting for their time ...

... not quite as cute but I like it - the shape is a little like a tiny quilt ... I´ll do some more (nice to train my machine quilting - maybe a little handquilting????)

The next project this week was some kind of adventure: Brioni (flossybossy) from  the Euro Bee Group wanted a special String X Block. This took some time in sewing and ironing ... measuring and cutting ans sewing and ironing ...
the finished block is great - what an impressing pattern!
There were some cutted triangles left over ... big enough to make something .... I made four squares, then a little white around, to create this "memory block".

And because I love recycling I reused the envelope Brioni has sent her fabrics to my house (I try to reuse almost every envelope I receive...) ... so its a "Two Way" envelope...

I used a page from an older catalogue with some great pictures from New York ... those pictures are just too lovely to throw away ... :)

Time for ... pillows ...

..We are all waiting for spring ... it´s soo cold today - but the sun is shining!!!!
I started making some pillows this week. Buket (bukiby) wants new pillows ... so we were working on the first one. Some appliqued houses on reused on linen ... the back:

Some sneaks from the front .... :)

A little cat is sneaking around the corner .... on the back too!
This lovely tape with those cute cats is made by Annax (www.lillalotta.etsy.com).

The other pillow is not a pillow cover but a stuffed pillow. Just a try to make some cosy houses...

This is a sneak of Paulinas house. She looks out of the window, next to her some lovely flowers ...
Paulina is an handdrawn original by bukiby! (www.de.dawanda/shop/bukiby) - I just LOVE her girls...

Now I have to stuff this one ...