Gift and a bag

I'm sorry I haven't been able to post this sooner... if only I was more motivated. First I have my secret santa gift who I was so lucky as to have jennifer. I think she made an excellent santa, and I swear she knows me so well... you can tell just by looking at the gift. She went through the trouble of covering a box in my favorite paper that has little whales all over it. I also received an awesome pattern from Melly and Me, and some japanese fabric that I have been eyeing for a really long time (and was obviously vocal about).


Next I have my Weekender Bag! I finished it almost a month ago and i'm just now announcing it. I did a pretty bad job... but aside from the puckering, the bad cording, and the awful lining, i'm proud of it. I took it to the states with me as a carry on, and I felt so proud of my accomplishment.

It's finally done

It seems like i've been working on this quilt forever. Maybe it's just because i have either been too busy or too tired to even look at it for the past few weeks. Anyways for anyone who was at the last quilt till you wilt then this is what i was working on. I'm really happy with how it turned out because when i started i couldn't help but to think " what the heck am i doing with this, it will look horrible!" but then again i do that with most of my stuff...

ceramics

So Jenny and I have been working at the kelley shop for the last couple of weeks. We have been studying under the great instructor, edeltraut (i think i spelled that wrong, sorry) and have been having alot of fun. I just thought I would show a little of what we have done (you will have to decide for yourselves whose is whose...)

Apron

So i finally created my new apron. yay!!! so here it is:
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Side 2:





And something really really cool happened to me yesterday. I was in one of my not so lovely moods and feeling really tired because i started school again this week. So after cutting some fabric for a lady she thanked me and gave me a fused glass pin! She said that she wanted to thank me by giving me something she makes! I think it is the best thing ever and for the rest of the day i was in a good mood. So i now know it's true that one small act of kindness really can make a difference for someone.

Here is the pin! not so much of a good picture. So if you want to truly see it, just take a look at my apron when i wear it!


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beads

I think most of you have seen them but i have some bead animals i made. There are two frogs, two octopuses, a turtle, and a really cute mushroom.

I'm no blogger

Okay Yes I KNOW! i'm a terrible blogger. But i'm sitting down tonight and writing a new post! YAY!!!! So i gave a sneak peek of this quilt and I have finally finished it. (who knew that being sick could make me so productive?) Here it is.... I really really like it even though it was a pain in the butt to make, but it really pops which is totally my style.



And this is a quilt i made from the Nest jellyroll that i had been eyeing ever since it "stepped foot" in the store. I'm really glad i did finally break down and buy because i adore the fabric! i used the pattern from the book Jelly Roll Quilts that is a really great book because , of course, it has a lot of pictures ( good for those who read something and think "HUH?" like i do).



Okay so thanks to all of those wonderful people out there who tell me everyday how many weeks it's been since my last post. Without you i probably would have stopped. what a shame.

Beads

So since i had the day off today because i'm currently carless, which turned out to be good because i'm sick today and wouldn't have been able to come in anyways, i decided to finally get off the couch and make something. So i looked through what little glass i have left and realized that i have never really done anything with purple. I took all my purple glass as you can see below...



And i decided to make what i think is a really cool set of beads. The purple is really much prettier than the picture shows just to let you know. I think i should get a bigger and better camera.....hmmmm.